college

as most of you know, i graduated highschool in the early graduation program. it took me 3 years to graduate instead of 4. i just did junior and senior classes all at once to get it over with. i hated highschool. 

after graduation in 2004, i had no idea what to do. i was contemplating going to massage school for a few months beforehand, so that's what i did. i went to massage school full time, monday through friday from 8-4 for 6 1/2 months. i graduated in january of 2005. i was so happy i went. the program was amazing. now i've been a practicing massage therapist for about 7 years. even when i went abroad to prague and taught english as a foreign language, i managed to still do just a little massage trading here and there with this great scottish therapist named mariota. it was nice to take a break from massage as a career, though. my hands and wrists were sore and weak. 

now that i've been back in florida for a year now(end of may marked a year!) and doing massage full time, it has taken a toll again. as much as i love helping others, i've just been aching to get something new going for myself. 

after 5 years or so of just the idea, i finally researched a bit into american sign language interpreting program. the 2 year AA degree may possibly be switching into a 4 year BA degree soon.... which i don't have. anyhow... the closest campus holding accredited classes starting fall semester are at broward college north campus. so i applied. in. then i noticed the ASL1 class i wanted to take was filled. so everyday i kept refreshing the class and hoped that someone would drop it. well someone finally did, so i registered. in.


the school seems slightly... ghetto... not so... fancy. and a good 30-40 minutes away, but maybe that won't matter. the teacher is so amazing already. she's been emailing me and even had me call her to ask her any questions i had. i already feel more at ease. 

therefor i'll be starting "school" august 24th in the fall. it's a class that only meets once a week for 3 1/2 hours, and it's only 4 credits... but atleast i'm trying something.

i'm excited... and nervous. i haven't taken a class since our TEFL teaching certification course in prague 2 years ago. and before that it had been 5 years since i was in school. i'm just really rusty.. and super picky. i dislike math, science, history.... etc. so ASL it is. 

here's to hoping that i love the class :) even it doesn't turn into a career, it's something new to learn and keep my brain from molding. and if i don't like it... i'll just drop it(i have to within the first week to get a full refund)... 

BUT WAIT!--- i'm still going to open up a restaurant! that's my goal.

i know i've got a lot of supporters out there. it's going to be a long road.