back to school Sunday came and went without anything too dramatic happening and that was fine with me. Even better was the fact that most of my self-induced emotional trauma was gone and I could just relax for most of the day. For me it was something that I definitely needed. Last week I picked up a course catalog for one of the local colleges and I don't think that my timing could have been any better. Online registration for the fall semester just started last Monday. I have yet to pick a class, but I know that it won't have anything to do with my job. I am convinced that I can learn more on the job than I can in school when it comes to technical things. Besides I want to take a class in something that has more emotional content to it. What I mean is that I'll either enroll in an art or English class. Yes, I know that I can paint and read by myself, but I want to be around other people who do these things. I need that interaction with creative people or people who appreciate something other than Cisco routers. Yes, I am also hoping that I can get a social life going again by being back in school. Even though I have been away from the college scene for close to seven years, I think that I'll be fine. Appearance wise I truly doubt that I'll stick out that much because most people guess that I am twenty-five when they first meet me. The fact that I am a non-traditional student won't be made apparent until I start talking in class and besides being thirty and in college isn't all that odd anyway.
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