TOO EXCITING!

I have made some minor decisions that will lead to major changes. I’ve been working on this bookstore business plan for months, since summer actually, and the more I research, the more I realize that I am not ready for the task. At the same time that I was coming to this conclusion, I also decided that my ultimate dream is to get my education.

On that note, recently I have had contact with one of my best friends from High School (and the few short years after that, of which we became roommates), and his life has inspired me to go back to school.

All this was decided as of last week. Since then, I have applied to Ohio University Southern (an extension of the famous OU of the sixties’ riots, in Athens OH), and things are moving. I have applied for financial aid, and am waiting my response, I have taken my placement testing, I have talked to a counselor, and I have had my college transcripts sent. Well, I didn’t get enough college in (in the late 80’s early 90’s) to be considered a transfer student, so I also need to get my high school transcripts. This is turning out to be a obstacle. I wanted to get them to OUS by this Friday, but the woman who does transcripts at Tempe High is on vacation this week. I wanted to register for classes next week, but that looks like it will have to wait another week.

Anyway, I am completely jazzed, I mean really, really joyful and feeling a sense of contentment and resolution. I hadn’t realized how heavily this weighed on my heart. When I took the placement testing, I did better in math than I thought, and worse on writing than I would have thought. I placed in Math 102, which is awesome. I thought for sure that I was going to test at Math 065. Math 102 is elementary Algebra (which is a major challenge for me), but is also a credited class, which means it is the only Math that I will have to take for my degree (I’ll get to that in a second). So, I am excited, very much. In fact, I thought that the only thing that would stop me from getting my degree would be the math credit.

On my reading score, I placed in the top range with a 94. That’s too cool, which means I go straight in at Level 3. But, with writing, my chosen profession, I scored a 61 and placed at ENG 150. However, that is also totally cool, just a little surprising. I really thought I had a decent grip on my grammar…guess not. But I have been wanted to take this course for a while anyway, a pre-primer type of thing, as it were.

Okay, my major for my BA is Creative Writing with emphasis on Poetry, and my minor is in Art. Too cool huh? After talking to my counselor, I decided that although I am declaring a major (mainly for financial aid purposes), my class schedule will reflect the AA that I am shooting for. I think that I would be seriously dangerous with a college education (for Jesus of course). I am excited most of all to learn, but just to think that I, of all people, could have a college degree in three or four years, is AWESOME!

I can only hope that my writing will vastly improve, as well as my poetry. I think that one day, each word and its placement will have an intent on it. Although I still mostly write poetry from inspiration, I still know that I can exponentially improve; which will increase my chances for publication, and so forth. Too exciting!

Edit: I correct myself, I will still need to take another Math in order to meet the tier 1 major requirments, but there is something called Math 109; Consumer Math. I don't know if that is easier than Algebra, but I hope so.