My first day of school ...

Well, today was my first day, and while I don't have time for a long post, I wanted to let everyone know that it went very well. Julian and Kathryn were very good this morning about getting ready on time without playing so we could leave a few minutes early for me to get to my 8:00 class on time. I found all of my classes and I am still excited about my decision to do college...again.

A few things I learned today:

1) contacts and my eyes don't agree first thing in the morning...I know, doesn't seem big, but I just don't normally try to do contacts as soon as I wake up, but I wanted to today for my new ID and well, just non-practical, vain reasons. I won't do it again. Who am I trying to impress?? I am the "old lady" in all of my classes, after all (see below)...

2) Half.com is awesome for buying textbooks, and I saved about $150 on 2 books using it, BUT I fear there are going to be some problems while I wait for them to be shipped via media mail...expected arrival date is 1/11 - 1/25!!! Please pray that God will work on the USPS and get them here ASAP. My math prof. was very understanding when I explained I don't have my book yet and actually went as far as making a copy of the assignment pages for this week for me. I certainly don't want to make a habit of that, though!

3) I am the oldest person in ALL of my classes. The stats on the college web page says the average student age is 28, but that does not apply to the classes I am enrolled in! There must be some really old people throwing that average off! In Spanish, we had to introduce ourselves, give our age and tell a little about ourselves...the closest student to my age was 21. The teacher, I would guess, is around 40 - she has a child in 2nd grade and one in Kindergarten. For maybe the first time, I am the oldest in something I do.

4) I have hope for the math class I am in - precalculus. Most of you know of my outstanding failure in calculus in college, so I was nervous about this, but today's lesson was something I already knew, so I left with hope!

Well, that's it for now...time to get to work for a couple of hours before I get Julian...I am so thankful my day was a good day.