Happy March Everybody,
I can't believe that I've been writing this blog now for a whole 2 months. I thank you all for your kind comments that you have left both here and on Facebook. I hope that I am not sounding like a know it all or that I have all the answers. This is all part of my journey. Truthfully, when I started writing this, my plan was to make this kind of my daily journal of what is currently happening in my life. But truthfully, not much happens day to day in my life. So it has kind of melded into what I'm currently doing with how I got to this place in my life. I have had many little adventures and they have all combined to make me the person I am today. I appreciate you all for following this little journey with me.
I am a bit nervous and excited. I mentioned before that I am looking into trying to get my Bachelors Degree online. I have regretted never getting it back in 1985. So yesterday the current Dean of the Hospitality Management program at my former college (now a University...Woohoo) called me to discuss the possibility. He was very nice and he is checking my transcripts to see what is possible. I don't even know if this is financially feasible, but it is worth looking into. Am I up to it? Will I be successful? Am I biting off more than i can chew? All these questions are racing in my mind.
It's kinda strange, the small little Jr. College that we all nicknamed Camp Boca, really seems to have grown up. It is now a major University. I can't remember the name of our dorm back then, but I do remember the huge palmetto bugs. We all joked that one day we would walk into our rooms and find palmetto bugs smoking cigarettes, drinking beer and watching our TV's.
My first roommate lasted 2 days. That made room for my second roommate Tom. Tom was from Virginia and I was the first Jewish person he ever met. I knew this was going to be an interesting semester when he hung up a huge confederate flag in the room. Oy vey! A few weeks after school started, the Jewish High Holidays arrived So I asked Tom, Who had a car, for a ride to the local synagogue. Well he decided he would join me for the services...open minded...great. So we parked in the parking lot and Tom quickly asked me "Who are all these people?" I answered that they were here for the holiday services. He said "But they're not Jewish, they can't be!" Kind of startled I asked "What do you mean?" His answer was..." They can't be Jewish, They don't have a big nose and curly hair like you do!!!" Well First of all, I DON"T have a big nose, maybe a fat nose, but it's not that big...AND my hair was STRAIGHT! lol... So anyway..I was hopeful that Tom got a lesson in stereotyping that day...I know I got a lesson in antisemitism.
Then there was the snake....NO I'm not call Tom a snake, but about a month into school, he walks in with his new pet...a 3 foot python,,of course named...ready...ready...Monty Python...lol. Now this was all new to me...Monty went to snake obedience school, Tom had feeding parties where they would get Monty either high or drunk by getting his food (a mouse) drunk or high.
I eventually liked the snake better then Tom. Thankfully I became great friends with the guy in the next room, Greg. One semester was enough with Tom and for my second semester Greg and I roomed together. And we had no pets...well besides those darn palmetto bugs.
To think that now I may be able to get another degree, and I may be able to do it by computer...Ahh times have changed.
All for now.
Dream Big. Love life and Be Superb!
R
Richard, your blog is like a novel in little bits. I'm really enjoying reading it. Go for the degree if you can. So much work is now done from home. My good friend Craig is a C4-5 in a chair with not much use of his arms, but he's a whizzz at computer programming and developing point of web sale sites. He found a great partner, Nicole, who takes care of him completely... then she told me in no uncertain terms that as much as she takes care of Craig, I had to understand that he does all the banking, technical, tax, web part of her life that she has no taste for. Anyway, my point (see why I don't do a blog!) is that from a chair and a computer he accomplishes a lot, makes a living and a contribution. Grab It!
ReplyDeleteWell written. Very interesting. Love you
ReplyDeleteRichard,
ReplyDeleteI went back to school after graduating with a BS in Communicaations in '85. I did all of my graduate degree online through The George Washington University in D.C. and graduated with an M.A. in 2008. I roomed with you at camp Boca. I think I know you well. You too can do this college/university thing. As for cost, it doesn't get much more expensive than GW. I received government loans. So what if they take the next ten years to pay back. If the govt. can be in debt, I figure so can I. Go after your dreams and they will become your realities.
Greg
Hey Richard!
ReplyDeleteIn case you didn't notice, Greg commented using my Google account (I'm Smithie97, not him, ha ha). I wanted to check in and say that I have been following your blog, and it's great! I feel like I am getting to know you better through your posts. And I agree with Greg, you CAN do it! Follow your dreams! You only live once, right? Might as well do it up!
Love, Amy (aka Greg's wife)