Musings on: College

You have taken your first step into a larger world...

Well, I finally took the plunge, gathered the documents, made a pot of coffee - and filled out the devil-written form from hades FAFSA form.  If you're not familar with this, be grateful.  It asks for everything back to your parents first baby-sitting job in high school.  And then, if you're really lucky like I am, it gets selected for verification, and you have to submit proof of everything.  

But anyway, it's the first step towards, finally, enrolling in college.   The next step comes Monday, with my first meeting with the Admissions people.   Hopefully we can scrape up enough in scholarships and funding that I won't have to sell my first-born child to afford to attend!  Which is good, since I'm not planning to have any.  But anyway...

I've got to confess, I'm nervous as can be about this, but I'm also very excited.  This school has been a part of my life for - well, almost forever.   There are members of the faculty there who watched me grow up, and how many people can say that?

I've got to thank everyone (you know who you are) who has given me the love, support, and not-so-subtle shoves to finally get this done - and you're probably going to have to give me some more of those shoves to actually complete papers and assignments, at least until I get back into the swing of the academic world.  It's been too long since high school!

I must sign off for now, since my lunch hour seems to have vanished already (seriously, why is an hours break so much shorter than an hour of work???).  I shall return soon though, I've missed writing.  :)


~Zahrah