Gear Jammin’ Radio: Chat with Bayou Boy
Bayou Boy is a Louisiana Owner/Operator that I met a few years ago. He is now pulling a drop deck and thinking about buying a double drop. Here is the podcast of the chat I had with him on the show.
The Student Printz: WUSM: the voice of the Eagles
Since the 1970s, WUSM-FM (88.5 fm), Southern Miss’ own radio station, has brought music and campus news to the Hattiesburg area.
According to WUSM’s website, the station “celebrates American roots music with a strong Mississippi influence,” meaning the station mainly plays music by Mississippi musicians. However, according to interdisciplinary studies major and Southern Miss Today host Cindy Morgan, the station is shaking things up this year.
“The format of the music we play on the station has changed in the last year with Justin Martin taking it over,” Morgan said. “We have gotten away from playing the ‘grandma and grandpa’ music and now play music that will interest the 20, 30, and 40 somethings.”
These new formats include shows such as Synchronicity (alternative), Electronic Phonics (dance), Nine O’Clock News (new music), and much more.
With a library of 60,000 songs, the station has a plethora of genres to offer.
“I immediately gravitated to WUSM since their music taste mirrored my own in so many ways,” said junior biochemistry major Michael Samel. “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard one of my favorite songs – the type of song that compels you to roll down all the windows and sing as loudly as you can.”
In addition to the music shows is Southern Miss Today, a live news segment produced by junior broadcast journalism major Houston Hunt and hosted by Morgan and Printz staff member Courtney Carter. The half-hour show is broadcast at noon Monday through Thursday and features campus and community news and interviews with faculty, students, people in the community and local bands.
The personality differences among the approximately 20 staffers at WUSM is what Morgan believes brings diversity to both Southern Miss Today and the music shows.
“I am older and have different interests and more ‘life’ experience than Courtney does,” Morgan said. “But it is that difference that makes the shows we host unique, informative and entertaining. The listening audience, no matter how old they are, can find something that will interest them.”
The station is supported solely on listener donations, which Morgan said has been a huge hurdle to clear.
“There are many things that we all envision for the station, but need the money to buy the equipment,” Morgan said. “Being a public radio station means that we are listener-supported and need donations and sponsorships from them and area businesses. With the change in format, we are getting more listeners and the word is spreading about the station.”
“We want people to let us know what they think because we want to be the voice of the community,” Hunt said.
“I find that no other FM radio stations cover the range and depth of music that WUSM offers,” Samel said. “The station will remain number one on my radio presets as long as I’m in Hattiesburg.”
For the entire schedule of the shows and more information on how to support WUSM, visit southernmissradio.com. The station also broadcasts online, so listeners can tune in wherever they may be.
Gear Jammin Radio: Chat with Smokin’ Joe
Had a great chat with Smokin’ Joe that aired today on the show. If you would like to get his music, please go to www.smokinjoeleesmith.com
Here is the podcast of that interview.
Pre-trip Thoughts
It’s 0445 in the morning and I am excited about this trip. I can’t tell you how many time I hear people that ride motorcycles talk about how they would love to take off for a month or two, live off their bike and ride all over the country. Well, I am going to do just that…starting today. A few months ago my brother, Bert, said he was going to be coming home from Israel and wanted to criss-cross the country on his bike. One of his sons, Johnny, is graduating from high school in Connecticut and this would be his graduation present. Bert planned giving the Ultra Classic that he has now to Johnny and buying another bike. With him going to be in Israel for a few more years, I thought that was crazy. The bike would only be ridden once a year when he came home on vacation. My Dad, Albert, said he was going to go with them and how great it would be if I could go as well. OH I agreed, but both of us were worried about whether my wrists could hold up to a 10,000 to 12,000 mile, 45 day trip.
For those that don’t know, November 19, 2008 I fell off the top of my loaded flatbed and shattered both of my wrists. That fall ended a 20 year truck driving career. I had pins and external fixators in both arms for 10 weeks. It took me 6 1/2 months to be able to get back on my bike and that was after I added a clutch assist. For months I would walk out to my bike and see if I could pull the clutch lever. I figured when I could pull it back and hold it a few seconds, then I could try to get back to riding it. Five months after the fall I was beginning to wonder if I would ever be ab;e to ride my bike again, did some research and found the clutch assist. By Memorial Day weekend of 2009, I had it on the bike and rode to Gulfport for the All Harley Gulfport Blowout Rally. It was painful but I was happy to be back on my bike. (The old saying where there’s a will, there’s way is one of my favorites.)
In August 2009, I rode to Sturgis, SD for the big bike rally there with my trucker/biker group that I co-founded, Road Dogs on Hogs. By the time I made it to Nebraska and met the main part of the group, I was popping pain pills like they we candy an in tears by nightfall from the pain in my wrists. I put my bike on one of the guys trailer for part of the last day into Sturgis and rode behind other people almost all week there. When the rally ended I only made it about 300 miles out of Sturgis when I decided that I was in to much pain and taking to many pain pills to be safe. I called my Dad and he hooked to a trailer and came to get me. It broke my heart to put my bike on a trailer and realize that I could not do what I had done just a year before.
When Dad talked about Bert’s plans for this trip and everything that he was doing, I really wanted to go. He asked me if I really thought I could do those kind to miles in that many days. I told him I could. “My wrist have healed a lot since last year. I will be fine,” I said. In the back of my mind I really wasn’t sure. Then I got to thinking. Johnny would be getting his motorcycle endorsement in May, and this would be his first big trip. I wonder if Bert would be open to the idea of him, Johnny and me teaming up to keep the two Harley’s going. It would save him from having to buy another bike, give my wrists a break and not put so much pressure on Johnny who is a new rider. Dad talked to him about it and he liked the idea.
So here we are, a couple of months later and will be leaving out on this once in a life time motorcycle trip in a couple hours. It has not been easy getting here. I am going to college at the University on Southern Mississippi and my boyfriend lives 500 miles away in Dover, AR. I had to finish the semester, get to Arkansas to see Danny, the boyfriend, get the bike looked over, got a cat sitter, help Dad get Bert’s bike and all the trailers ready for the long trip and be ready to roll by today. This has not been an easy task. Bert’s bike would not stay running and we took it to the shop. After finals, I rode mine to Dover, AR and put it in the shop there to have a 50, 000 mile service done. One thing after another happened and things were found on my bike that needed to be fixed before this kind of a trip was made on the bike. I got it out of the shop and in less than 24 hours later, laid it down. Luckily, the shop I had it in are great people and they had me back on the rode with a new custom paint job and a bunch of bling in a week and a half.
Dad had picked up Bert’s bike while I was gone. We decided to take it fro a ride and it had problems, the idle was to high. I called the shop it had been in and he told me some thing to look for. I could not find anything wrong with just a look over, but we decided that we would take it back to him on Thursday. I washed and polished my bike and thought I would do the same on Bert’s bike. It has been sitting for a year and really looked like crap. When I went to pull it out of the garage, it wouldn’t stay running. Dad and I loaded in on the trailer and took it to the shop. That was this last Tuesday, we got it back on Thursday and it seems to be running great now.
Bert flew in from Israel yesterday and the 3 of us got the new trailer he bought to pull behind his bike re-wired. We did the last minuet checks and started packing. I think, after we get the last minuet packing and arranging done, we will be ready to roll. I will be blogging as much as I can from the road and taking pictures. We will have cameras and a cam-corder with us. So check back often to see how the trip is going and to share in the ride!
Hosting my First Radio Show
OK, I have to admit, this was oh so cool! Today was my debut on hosting a radio show. I have been a guest on many radio shows and a guest host a time or two on others, but today, it was all mine. Well sort of! I did have Dan there to run the board since I have not been taught how to do that yet. The show will be co-hosted by me and Dan most of the time, but today, I got to sort of run the show. There were a few mistakes, but we handled them and I don’t think the listeners really knew they happened…that is always good!
To make things a bit less nerve wracking for me and to promote something that I am very close to, I had Kim Brown is as my guest. The topic of todays show was the Patriot Guard Riders (PGR) and the Help on the Homefront (HOTH) mission. Kim is not only a friend of mine, but is also the Mississippi State Coordinator for HOTH; I am her assistant. Talking about something I know so well and love so much made things a lot more comfortable for me. I think the show went well, other than the fact that at the beginning, I was a bit out of breath due to having to run across campus to get there on time. The instructor in the class before the show ran a little long. We talked about how the PGR got started and moved on to the HOTH mission and what it’s purpose is; to make sure that every Veteran knows that they are not forgotten and to make sure that all units shipping out and coming home know that we honor, respect, and love them for being willing to lay their lives down for our Country and our Freedoms.
I didn’t stop there. I heard about a record label that only records current and former military a couple of years ago and have been a big supporter of it. It is called To The Fallen Records and there is some great music being done by these guys and gals. So today, that was the music that was featured! We played two songs from the Vol2, Country album, “Coming Home” by Rodney Watts and “Soldier On” by Corey Perrilliux. My hope is that we can continue to feature music from these fine men and women each week on the show. There will be a little Country, a little Rock and maybe even a bit of Hip Hop. (We have to listen to each song and make sure there is no foul language in them, it is public radio after all.) There may be only two to three songs a week featured, but my hope, is that in the end, it will become a signature for the show.
I have had many emails and text messages asking if there are any archives or podcast for the show, sadly, there are not. If you want to listen, for now, you will either have to be local and listen in on 88.5 or listen in on-line at www.usm.edu/wusm if not local. The station is trying to get things set up to have podcast of some of the shows and to install phone lines so we can take on-air callers, but money is tight! I was told today my Mr Sanders that to get the equipment needed to do all that and a qualified person to install it, will cost around $5000. The station revamped the format in November 2009 and we are in what you would call a “shake down” mode. So, if you want to be able to call in and participate on the topics, we need to raise some money. (Please forgive me for putting a hand out, but it is a college radio station and funding is thin.) So, I ask that if you can, and I know times are tough right now, go to the WUSM Support page and help us “get ‘er done!” As with any public supported radio station, donations and memberships are how we get the programing that appeals to the listeners. (Besides, I want my call in talk radio show and they need the equipment before I can do that.) Even if it is only a few dollars, it will help us get the ball rolling. OK, enough of the fund raising stuff!
Next week we are going to have USM employee/student, Teresa Dalgleish, in to talk about a project that she is working to get fun, team building equipment donated to send to the Troops in Iraq. Two years ago, she and some others had enough baseball equipment donated that they were able to send it to two different units in Iraq. She told me when we chatted the other day about some of the feed back she got from the Troops that received it. It really helped their morale to have something fun and AMERICAN to do while in the desert! If interested in hearing about this great project, please listen in next Wednesday, March 10, at 1200 central time, to hear her talk about it and relate some of the feed back she got from the Troops. If you would like to help, you can email Teresa at teresa.hayes@usm.edu or call her office at 601-266-4456.
Until we get the phone lines in, if you would like to ask a question or participate in the show, everyone is more than welcome to shoot us an email at wusmrequest@usm.edu. Please reference me or the Wednesday noon show so we know who is to receive the email. If you have comments or feed back about the show or the station, you can shoot and email to wusm@usm.edu. (Personal note: thank you to those that sent emails today about how much you enjoyed my show. Mr Sanders had a great smile on his face as he told me about them. Keep them coming!!) Each week we will try to announce what the topic of the next weeks show will be so you have plenty of time to get your comments and questions emailed in to us. We will read and try to answer some of them on-air!
Again, I want to thank Kim Brown for being such a great guest today and all my friends and family that took the time out of their day to listen in. I have received many emails and comments on my Facebook page telling me how much ya’ll enjoyed the show! Keep em coming!
No Classes at USM Tonight or Tomorrow
It is sleeting here at the house now and I got this email from USM!
Because of a forecast of inclement winter weather conditions, The University of Southern Mississippi is closing at 5 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 11) and cancelling evening classes; and will close its operations Friday (Feb. 12) on the Hattiesburg and Long Beach campuses, as well as all Gulf Coast teaching and research sites.For students who live in residence halls on the Hattiesburg campus, dining services will continue to operate on a limited basis. University Police will continue to provide services during the day Friday and monitor conditions on campus.Those scheduled to participate in other events scheduled for Friday on the Hattiesburg and Long Beach campuses or at Gulf Coast teaching and research sites are encouraged to contact event organizers/directors to determine if these events will go on as scheduled.For further updates, check http://www.usm.edu or http://www.southernmiss.info.Because of a forecast of inclement winter weather conditions, The University of Southern Mississippi is closing at 5 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 11) and cancelling evening classes; and will close its operations Friday (Feb. 12) on the Hattiesburg and Long Beach campuses, as well as all Gulf Coast teaching and research sites.
For students who live in residence halls on the Hattiesburg campus, dining services will continue to operate on a limited basis. University Police will continue to provide services during the day Friday and monitor conditions on campus.
Those scheduled to participate in other events scheduled for Friday on the Hattiesburg and Long Beach campuses or at Gulf Coast teaching and research sites are encouraged to contact event organizers/directors to determine if these events will go on as scheduled.
For further updates, check http://www.usm.edu or http://www.southernmiss.info.
Finding The Right Major
Even at my age, finding the right major is not an easy task! Maybe it in some ways it is much harder, or maybe it is just me. Heck, I don’t think I have ever fit into any kind of box that most people would think a woman should be in. No matter what I have done in my life, I always do it my way no matte what, good or bad. So I guess I should not be surprised that college would be any different!
Today I met with my program advisor. (Yes, this is one that I talked about in my post a few days ago.) It went rather well other then the fact that when I walked out of his office, I realized that being a Media Production major was not where I wanted to be. As he explained to me, the program entailed more in the video field. It only has one class for radio! So, I made my way to the guy that runs the campus radio station. I need to talk to him anyway. My professor for my film studies class sent me an email telling me that the radio station wanted to interview me. We talked about the interview and my working with the campus station.
I then went to my acting class, lunch and back to talk to the head of the Mass Comm Department, Dr Campbell. I felt I really needed to figure out what I needed to major in to get to where I want to be, but he wasn’t in. So, I stopped back by Mr Sanders’ office to talk about my working with the station. As we chatted I filled him in about my dilemma. He remembered talk to the people over in the Arts & Letters Department about the Interdisciplinary Studies. From what he understood of it, I could tailor my Bachelors degree to fit what I wanted and where I want to go.
So I made my way over to the Arts & Letters building, went to the second floor, found the right office, had a brief chat with the ladies there, and set up an appointment to meet with them after my next class. As I explained that I wanted to eventually have a call-in talk radio show, about my book, blogs, fighting for civilian contractors for a couple of years, and the many emails and call I have gotten from women in abusive relationships that say that my story helped them get out of it, the many people that call about working in Iraq, the time I have spent supporting the military and dealing with PTSD, and so on and so forth, she said that I was in the right department. That made me feel good.
I still have to take all the core courses that every college student has to take, but I work with each department very closely to determine which classes I will take to get where I want to be. Here is the description from the USM Bachelors of Interdisciplinary Studies web site.
Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies
The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) undergraduate program allows students to create interdisciplinary specialties in preparation for careers in a world where complex issues demand multi-faceted knowledge and skills. With the help of an Interdisciplinary Studies faculty advisor, students will select courses from two or more disciplines and focus their program on the basis of a unifying issue, theme, or topic as an area of concentration. Students will work closely with faculty from each selected discipline to design a program meeting their diverse educational and career goals.
Acceptance into the BIS program is determined by the following criteria:
- the student’s selection of a concentration area that does not reflect any existing major, linking clusters of courses and faculty where no structure or formal program exists;
- the student’s selection of a concentration area that integrates knowledge and skills from at least two fields and disciplines resulting in an individualized program that is historical, regional, thematic, or problem-based;
- the student’s selection of a concentration that is supported and approved by an BIS faculty advisor and associated program faculty. BIS students are required to cultivate relationships with assigned or designated faculty, taking initial responsibility in developing their individualized programs.
Interdisciplinary Studies students will develop individualized, coherent, intellectually challenging, cross-disciplinary academic plans, utilizing courses selected from departments at The University of Southern Mississippi.
After our chat, I filled out the paperwork to change my major. I hope Dr Campbell isn’t upset with me for changing my major, but I will still be a part of the Mass Comm department, just that it wont be my only focus.
A Different Perspective in Class
Being 44 and going to college with kids that are around the same age as my boys had me feeling a bit nervous about my participation in certain classes. Last week, after class, I had a talk with my Philosophy professor, Dr Morgan Rempel, about this very subject. We were reading Epicurus writings on Hedonism. We had a class discussion on the topic and I was concerned that, even though I got some of what the rest of the class got out of the reading, I also got some things they didn’t and I didn’t agree with everything in his assessment of it. I was concerned about making sure I was learning from the class as well as passing it. In many classes if you don’t agree with the professor’s interpretation then you don’t pass. Dr Rempel assured me that I didn’t have to agree with him and that he liked having older students in his class because they have live a bit of life and can impart that wisdom or challenge the other younger students to think differently. Today, I put that to the test.
We were again talking about Epicurus and having a class discussion. Dr Rempel had asked us if we had talked about this with someone not in our class and if we had any other questions or comments. I listened to the other students talk about Epicurus views on God or the gods, death, and weather there is an afterlife. The fact that he taught that God or the gods were not concerned with us has been a hot topic in class as well as his views to not be concerned with death.
I raised my hand and when he called on me I said that I had a problems with Epicurus saying that the Gods were not concerned with us. To say that God/the gods are not concerned with us I have a problem with.” I told the class that to many times I have had what I believe is a Guardian Angle watching out for me. “Many time when I was in Iraq my convoy would either push out or be delayed. Many times the convoy that rolled in our place we hit hard. I can not believe that was just chance.” That is when Dr Rempel related our discussion from the week before and reiterated that he was happy I was in the class. That I have had experiences that they have not and that I bring a different perspective to the discussion.
Then he asked someone to argue the other side with me. The comment made was that I was “lucky” and “where was the other guys God if they were the ones hit?” My comment was, ”When it is your turn to go, it is your turn. There is nothing you can do about it.” Dr Rempel pointed out that he has heard that saying many times before and mostly in war movies or from people that have been in combat. I wasn’t really sure how I felt about that, but I did get some comfort in the fact that he valued my opinion, even if it was different from the rest of the class.
After class I met him at the front of the class. As I handed him a copy of my book, I told him that I wsa going to donate it to the college library, but he could take a look at it before I did. He looked through the pictures in the middle and said that he would skim over it and then check it out of the library later this semester when he wasn’t so busy. He added that he didn’t want to keep it from making it to the library so someone else that had the time could read it now.
I feel a lot better after todays class and discussion. I have had no problem in participating in the class discussions, but I have held back at times. I know that my views on some topics are greatly different from the rest of the class at time and i do not know how they will react to them. I have learned, since coming home from Iraq, that it is not safe for me to talk to any and everyone that will listen about my experiences and views of being over there. But at least I know now that I can express my opinion, share my experiences, and have a healthy debate without the worry of being attacked by my classmates and/or professor.
College: Week One
I have completed my first week of college at USM! It has been an interesting week. Dealing with financial aid is driving me nuts! I had to have them do a re-evaluation which meant I had to bring in more paperwork. I have been to the office about 4 times now because one person will tell me I need this and that and when I take that in, the next person will tell me I need something else as well. But I do believe that I have finally got it all in to them and should receive my student loans soon.
The classes are far from boring and the instructors are likable. I have been asked to talk later in the semester about my book and how we received news while I was in Iraq in my Survey of Mass Communications class. In my Into to Film Studies, I have been asked to talk about the process of getting a screenplay written. Even though Eva Gardos is the one that wrote the script for the movie based on my book, I have been involved with it. I have made notes and spent many hours talking about what I did, how I felt and how things should look with her. I will be giving a small presentation next Wednesday night in the class. My Beginning acting class has not been to challenging yet, I am sure that before long it will become so. The 2 classes that are going to strain my baron are my Philosophy: Ethic’s and Good Living and the Media Writing Skills classes.
In the Philosophy class we are reading the philosophers and I am sure that you can understand why that would strain the brain. I don’t know if it is that I have lived more of life than my class mates, but I am not always getting out of the text what they are getting. Yea, some of what I get is similar, but than at times, I get something totally different or I don’t get what they get. I had a talk with the instructor about this Tuesday. He told me that I didn’t have to agree with his opinion, I just needed to get something out of what I was reading. He did say that he liked having me in the class because of how I see different things that the younger students. I told him my concern was not only getting something out of the class, but passing the class because I was not getting what the rest of the calls got. He said to not worry, it would be OK. So I will trudge along and hope that as time goes along and I get use to doing academic reading again, that it will get a little easier for me.
The Media writing Skills class is one that is a MUST to pass. We will be taking a test February 5th. If I pass that test with at least a 60%, then I will get a passing grade and not have to attend the class that rest of the semester. If I fail the test, then I have to go to the class the rest of the semester and take the test again at the end. If I pass then, then I am good to go, but if I fail again, I will get an incomplete and have to take the class again. This is a test that I HAVE to pass if I want to stay a major in Mass Communications. I can take the class 3 times, if I never pass the test, then I will be asked to change my major. The class is spelling, grammar, and punctuation the AP media way. So I guess we will see what happens on February 5th!
For now, I am still excited and nervous about being back in college. It has been a long time since I have had to study and do this kind of reading. I hope that as the semester progresses along, I will become more relaxed and settle into a routine of reading, studying, and play!
Registration For USM
For the last 14 months I have been recovering from my fall, I have thought about what I was going to do if my wrists did not heal well enough for me to continue being a truck driver. When the doctor finally told me that my worst fear was reality, I was devastated! With the limitations I have on my wrists, I did not know how I was going to be able to support myself. If I did find a job I could physically do, would I enjoy it. Then I talked to the Mississippi Vocational Rehabilitation people and found that they would pay for me to go to college.
I has been over 25 years since I have attended any school, well, I did go to truck driving school in 1990, but that doesn’t count. At the age of 44, going back to school is a scary thing to do. Deciding what I wanted to study was not an easy task. Doing all the stuff I have been privileged to do in conjunction with my book, I found that the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has a Mass Communication department and offers a BA in Radio & Television Broadcasting. I have sat in the studio with Chris and Meredith, host of Sirius’ Road Dog Trucking channel’s show “Freewheelin” as well as Carl P. Mayfield & The P Team on several occasions. I found it very interesting, fun and something I though I might enjoy. So this is what I have decided to study.
Today was what the calls Preview. Basically it is an orientation and registration day. They tell you a little about the school, get your student ID, talk to finical aid, meet an academic advisor, register for classes and deal with any other issues you need to for attendance. I tried to get all of that done today, but was not successful. I didn’t have time to get my student ID, talk to finical aid or talk to the Office of Disability Assessment (OSD). Those were not a big deal and didn’t have to be done today. I can do that next Wednesday when I start classes. Since my tuition and books are paid by the Mississippi Vocational Rehab Department, I really don’t have to worry about the finical aid, but if there is any thing out there that can help with any other cost, it would be nice to know.
USM campus is a small campus of 1 square mile, so it does not long to get from one building to another. The day went smooth till I got to the Mass Communication building and started to sign up for classes. Starting college at the spring term can be a bit frustrating because all the students that attended the fall semester have already singed up for the classes they want. So you are kind of reduced to their left-overs.
Mississippi Vocational Rehab requires me to take a minimum of 12 hours. Going in as an adult non-traditional student, the school restricts me to only being able to take 12 hours. I have looked at the open classes on-line and researched which ones I wanted to take over the last month. I thought I had a good idea of what I could and could not get. I was wrong. Out of the classes that I had on my list, I got one of them, PHI 171 – Ethics & Good Living. Three other classes that I need for my major and that I wanted, were closed when I looked at them last night. They were still closed today, but the advisors opened them for a few of us today, MCJ 101 – Survey of Mass Communication, MCJ 103 – Literacy Skills, and FLM 170 – Intro Film Studies. Those classes gave me 10 credit hours, I needed two more. With the restrictions that USM had on me because I am a probationary student and what MS Voc Rehab for them to pay for it, I needed two more hours. I could not find a two hour class that was open on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I needed all my classes to be on those days so I would not have to make the hour long drive 5 times a week. So I tried to find any class that I thought I would like, even if it the credit hours would not count toward my degree. I found THE 110 – Non Theater Majors Beginning Acting, a 3 credit hour class. When I tried to add it to my class list, it was kicked. I was restricted to 12 hours, not 13. So my advisors said they would take care of it. They went into the system and changed how many hours I could take. Now I have the Acting class.
I am very happy with the classes I got with the exception that Wednesdays are going to be very long days. The Intro Film Studies class is a 3 hours night class. But I will deal with it since it keeps me from having to make that drive on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All in all, I think that I should be able to handle these classes even though I have had such a long break since I was in school.
So now I am officially a college student and will start classes next Wednesday. I am nervous and excited at the same time, I am sure that it will be another great adventure in my life!
