Back again...

SO here I am again trying not to pull a mental hamstring, since being out of the writing game for so long. Be patient while I loosen up again. UPDATES: There hasn't been a whole lot going on in my life. I have been working my behind off, trying to get my grades up, so I can transfer to a real University again (mission accomplished). After taking classes this past semester I have passed all of them with A's and I am ready to get this degree. I got my acceptance letter in the mail on Friday. I've never been so hungry for school in all of my life. I'm usually the one laid back and riding the waves on this academic journey, but now I am on a tiny life raft trying to paddle my way to the shore. I GOT to have it. I NEED to have it. There is no quesiton about it. I see the finish line and nothing will get in my way.
I am currently employeed at a Kohls here where I live, and working in retail is quite the experience. I have a hard enough time picking up after myself, let alone some random teenagers whose mamas never taught them how to hang a shirt and put it back where they found it. Seriously, I think some of them are just doing it on purpose. Next time I see a girl walk in to my dressing room with 4 shirts, that are identical in style and size but different in color, I'm gonna have to pull her to the side and tell her THE COLOR DOESN'T CHANGE THE FIT! Pick one and leave my store. But all in all, its not my dream job but I grin and bare it and pick up my check every Friday. Its only temporary (thats what I keep telling myself)
Other than that the monotony of school, work, and church has been consistant. But consistantly good. I love church more and more and I try my hardest to soak in as much as i can to carry it throughout my week. But the Day to day spiritual walk had been a rocky road to say the least. And I'm walking on it barefooted, and in need of guidance. Its crazy how the fire slowly dies after being so spiritually elevated. But i will Expand on that rollercoaster in a later blog.
But other than the slight annoyances at work, and working on my own spiritual discipline, life is turning into a beautiful thing. I have made a lot of great new friends here, and I'm becoming more comfortable here. Will I stay in Atl? Who knows... But I am going to take advantage of the everything while I am here. A few more updates, but that will come tomorrow. G'night readers.

Deidre Nichole

Prime Time education

Today I started my first day of classes. I woke up this morning with not so much as a pen to write with or a gum wrapper to take notes on. Needless to say I was not prepared at all. I didn’t have one book, and I really didn’t know when they would be arriving in the mail. At Andrews I was used to having an ID card that I use to purchase my books, like a credit card, but here, you reach deep down into the lint traps of your own pockets and pay. I had to find a cheaper alternative so scoured the internet and found my books at a much cheaper price. Let’s just hope they arrive before the quarter ends.

That’s right… I said Quarter. This college works on the quarter system. It feels like an extended summer school. Each one of my classes is over two hours long and each quarter is only 10 weeks long. I only have 2 classes but they are 5 credits each, so let’s just say it’s a lot of work crammed into a short amount of time.

So my alarm sounds at 9, and I wake up like it’s any other day, and then I remember, OH YEAH, I have class today. After I get showered and dress I don’t even bother on a conquest for some loose leaf paper of a note pad, I just throw my laptop in my bag and call it a day.

I drive into the school parking lot (that’s right I DRIVE) while eating my unsweetened oatmeal chock full o’ raisins and I find building B. Intro to Economics in Room 227 is where 4 hours and 30 minutes of my week will decay for the next 10 weeks. I walk in and see students scattered across the room, like they are scared to sit next to one another. So I follow suit and try to find a seat in my own seclusion. 10:30 hits and a 50 something year old woman enters with papers in her hand and her hair tussled, like she just came from a sky diving lesson.

“I will be your proctor for today. Hopefully we can get everything else straightened out with you actually professor.” She said through nasal speech.

I don’t see anyone else with a laptop, so I’m a little hesitant of setting mine up, But I really don’t have any other choice. So as I’m setting up my things, I see another woman enter and turn on the television. She fiddles with some wires in the back and suddenly the class sees a live stream of video from another classroom at an unknown location. We’re a little confused but we just wait for our teacher so come in.

About 3 minutes pass and we hear a voice boom from the television. “Hello Class! I am Dr. Cali, I will be your instructor for Intro to Economics." I look up at the flat screen television and see an OLD man walk into the room, and give a quick acknowledgment to the camera. WHAT? Are you serious? Is this man really teaching our class via…. TELEVISION?

Yes he is… He teachers two classes simultaneously. One in person, and one through the boob tube. There is a camera set up on the television so he can see us, and we can see him. And microphones, so that he can hear us and we can hear him. GREAT! I have a hard enough time paying attention in class, now I have to try and get an A in a class where I’m staring at a screen and listening to some old man ramble on about the economy.

I should have taken this class online…