Mood:  bright

2007-12-02        20:22:00

Time to write my Blog and my Internet is down.  This happens every so often.  It is so annoying, but if I absolutely need to use a computer I can use the slow, old guy.  My plan anyway was to write my Blog first in Word as a backup (for me getting Angelfire to cooperate is harder than getting Microsoft Access to respond in the Summerlin Computer Lab – which is two steps from impossible).  I can get the Blog written, and it will be easier to post from CSN Western tomorrow, than try the old guy.

I got fabulous news last Wednesday morning.  A wish came true.  The office manager (the person who I referred to as my nemesis), the “Wicked Bitch of the West”, got her medical retirement and is not returning.  I thank the Powers that Be.

There were two emails from Mr. Wu when I checked today.  I am so thrilled.  This class has been so healing for me.  I spent 2006 in a daze, trying to prove that I could take care of myself - I'm getting a little better at it, but have a long way to go. 

I needed a direction, some sort of goal, so I decided to try a computer class.   As much as computers intrigue me, they also terrify me, especially now that I am the only one dealing with my computer.  Spring 2007 I signed up for Computer Basics at the Summerlin Campus of CSN.  I never read the handouts (there was no text), or did one iota more than was needed.  I was so fascinated with the instructor that I was going to class to watch and listen to him.  The class was pass-fail and I knew that if I showed up, I'd pass.   I was mesmerized; the rest of the class was in a similar state.  Well, not the rest.  There was one male student and he slept most of the time; but the females (in the end there were six of us) were caught, hook, line and sinker.

I was not ready for the facts, rules and nuances of dealing with a computer.  I was ready for someone to give me a path, a light in my darkness, and that is what was happening.  His love of computers was overwhelming.  Come join in the fun!  Well, the only way to join in the fun is to learn more about computers, so I signed up for IS101. 

The first night of class I knew I was in trouble.  What are they talking about?  This looks serious – I've bitten off more than I can chew.  If it kills me I am going to give it my all.  I have to admit that I've spent more time than I should have on this class, but the satisfaction is worth every second/minute/hour.  Thank you, Mr. Wu for all of your encouragement.  I really needed to prove to myself that I can still hang in there with the students on the road to a degree. 

I don't need another degree, but I think that I am going to have a wonderful time trying to get a Certificate in Programming and then an A.A.S. in Computer Technology.  I have a goal and I'm smiling.