September 2004

Ok, so so so, yes it has been forever since I actually sat down and wrote a bit about whats going on in my life, so here we go again. I won’t make any promises to do a large amount of writing or keep at it regularly, but I will try to do it at all. I don’t recall the last time I wrote something, but a lot has happened no matter how long it’s been. I finished my AA back in June. I received honors. Still my GPA was not as high as I would have liked it to be. I continued to take cs109 over the summer and got stuck with an instructor who was absolutely horrible. I’ll never take a class from him again in my life, if I can get away with it. I finished that class the same day I had my last day at the Red Lion. It was a really good day. Only down side was that I was looking forward to the week off between that Friday the 13th and the 23rd when I would have to start class at WSU again. That week was ruined by Thursday the 12th when I was called by LM and offered an internship starting the following Monday. I’ve been really trying to get out in the area, so I jumped at the chance.

So instead of relaxing for a week and getting some house work done I ended up spending about 30 hours training and jumping through all the HR new hire hoops. But it’s worth it. I am now badged, working semi regular hours, paid decent, and learning a bit. I say semi regular hours because I am on the graveyard shift, but it isn’t so bad as I actually get 30 hours and it is totally geared around my class schedule!

Yes class! I am now going to WSU. My father has agreed to help me a lot and I have received a lot of financial aid so I didn’t have to work, but when this opportunity came along I just couldn’t pass it up. My classes are busy, and I actually dropped one, but I think it was the best thing to do at the moment because I was really having to do a lot of writing and I just don’t really want to. In fact I am a bit sick of the major I am in at the moment and will probably be seeking something else as long as I can get it done as soon as this one that I have chosen.

Although I did drop a course at WSU I went ahead and picked up one at CBC for CS 122 which is the second half of the CS109 course. It is all PC hardware and I am hoping it will prepare me for A+ certification, but who knows. Otherwise it is just keeping that side of my career active. I am seeing more and more how much I prefer to work on computers over everything else. It’s a bit early to tell yet how classes are going, I haven’t started the CS course and not to terribly much has happened in the WSU classes, just a paper due every week for one class and lots of reading for the other two. That’s going ok and the writings can be resubmitted until we are satisfied with the grade or I don’t know, he’s sick of seeing it?

In other news apparently Kenyas’ sister has decided she would like to move out to the house with her boys. I think it will be good for the boys, there is a lot they can do and build up their character and just get them out a bit more. I think it will be good for Chanelle, she says she is trying to save money and I’m not charging an arm and a leg, so it shouldn’t be to bad. I get along with Chanelle and Kenya and I are doing pretty good right now, so if we just keep busy things should go nicely. I just have to keep the boys out of my things.

The fact is I need to organize my things. I got things that need to be gotten rid of, things to put in order, and just plain pick up some things and get it in order. There is a lot I could do, but I am still a poor college student and I keep blowing my money on records and computer gadgets, so maybe I could reel that in, but I keep thinking I have, but maybe I haven’t. I’m almost down to just having the debt I owe my father, my car, and financial aid left to pay on, so I am glad about that. It seems like a lot, but considering the rates they charge on credit cards it is good. Shouldn’t be long now. Well this has been a long night so I think I’ll let it go at that, maybe more later, but who knows.