So here it is:
WooWhoo! I just finished my final assignments for this semester. ;-)
What a relief. Now I need to register in one or two classes
this summer. The register link on my schools page is down. So, I wait while I journal in word. This is the
step I need to get to the class I want to take in the fall. That is supposed to
be my only class left in the fall. Here’s hoping.
The thing about being a returning student is that catalogs
change, programs are adjusted, and even my vision for attending university
changes after ten years away from class! It’s a lot of bending and changing
that requires flexibility. Thankfully I picked that skill up on the mission
field!
I still feel like there is so much unknown in returning to
be a student, maybe every student feels that to some degree… that he/she is
facing something unknown. That’s part of learning. It’s not just the professors
and books. It is awkward for me feeling older than the majority of the
students. There are plenty of mature students at my University. I am not the
only student over 22. There are lots of students in their mid to late twenties.
Thankfully, there are also students near my age or older in each one of my
classes. I feel like I could try to blend in with the youngens, But I can’t
follow millennial lifestyle anyway. I don’t know their music, tv, or natural
form of communication – electronic texts and chatting.
That’s ok. I’m learning that too. I’m learning that I like
the quirks that are uniquely ‘me’.
This is what being a student is about for me right now.
Recognizing more of the interesting details about me, and the limitations that
I’ve had before I learned how to do stuff like blogging. Who am I kidding? I
have sent out emails since 2000, and I still have the same email address. I
didn’t save all my emails from back then, but hey, sometimes electronic
communication is like a post-it note gone bad that you need to trash….I do think
I lost some important stuff though…. Oh well. If I had written it by hand. Wait
back then I did write most things by hand and then type them and send them via
email….
I have had an account on Myspace, LinkedIn, and am willing
to try twitter. I don’t use them super regularly. I forget why I have them. But
there is a reason. I’m not a huge fan of these things – really?!? I try to
convince myself of that because the romanticism of a written letter is just
dreamy! I do love hand written journals. But I can feel the cramp in my hand
just thinking about trying to write down the details of a long day or a weird
dream.
Typing on a computer is convenient. I don’t have to scratch
the words out of my way when I remember another thing that ruins my
chronological order of the written account of my day. I can figure out how to
cut and paste a detail that doesn’t belong here, but up there at the top of the
page – and who cares about pages? It can be seamless if we don’t type in word. Typing
on a laptop is even more convenient. I can sit where ever I like, and rattle
away on the keyboard while I wait to see if I can register for my other summer
class.
It looks like the website is still thinking about opening.
Well, a momma has got to sleep. Big day tomorrow. Baby brother is graduating. I’m
so proud of him. Now I need some beauty rest if anyone downtown tomorrow is
going to think that I am close to his age. J
Lots of love,
Missionary Momma Mia
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