T.A.A

I finally got hold of TAA, and I have a meeting in the next day or so! That is great news! I get to find out if they are going to pay for what I want to go to school for or if I will have to change my major, yay. Surely they will pay for a Computer Science degree; programmers are always needed. Plus, I can always teach something with a BS so that is a double plus.

So far my first semester back has been great. I am enjoying all of my classes and doing well. It is awesome to not have to go into a factory every day. Instead, I get to better myself. It is an awesome feeling, and it makes me wish I would have stayed in school when I had a scholarship. Oh well, I get a second chance and I am not going to blow it.

College Student Again

I am now in my first week of college (again). I first went in 1995 when I graduated high school, but I just quit going. I don't know if it was just being burnt out or being stupid, but I just quit going mid semester. I ended up getting all failing grades in all of my classes except tennis, which doesn't count anymore.

Fast forward to this year. I get to retake the classes I failed (I am not retaking all of them this semester, but I will end up retaking them). I get to learn again, and I get to feel better about myself because I am learning and pursuing the degree that I want. I am going this time for me, not for everyone that thought I should go just because I had a scholarship, This is what I want to do, no, what I need to do. It really makes me happy to be able to make something of myself and do something I enjoy.

My major is computer science, and hopefully I am able to learn all of the math that is involved with that major. I am 35 years old, and they say learning is harder when you get older. So far, college seems easier to me than it did 17 years ago. They hold your hand for a lot of things now, and actually help you if you need it. The professors/teachers don't seem to be bothered by a problem now like they used to be. They want you to succeed. Maybe if they would have been like this the first time around I would have stuck with it.

I have only been for 2 days, but I am completely loving it. I really feel like I belong now, and doing what I need to do to be happy.

More on this later, I will keep everyone updated.

Games, games, and more games

@steam_games is having their big summer sale this week, and to get ready for it, I took advantage of Gamestop's promotion (trade in your games and get an extra 30% if you use the trades towards steam cards). Since I am a Power Pro Rewards member, i got an extra 10% on top of that. So, I traded my Xbox games in for Steam cash, and I have bought twice as many pc games as I had xbox games for the cash. I purchased all the games I traded in for pc (because I love them) and quite a few more I have been looking at.

Now, I am not out of money yet, and the sale is not over. There are a few more games I want to buy but the rule of Steam sales is that unless a game is part of a daily deal or in a publisher pack, do not buy it until the last day of the sale. This rule has gotten me through a lot of Steam sales, and I haven't been burned yet.

Now, off to play Skyrim.