Ahhhh...college, how I miss thee.

Today Krissi and I went took the afternoon away from the boys to attend the National College Fair in Louisville. It was fun and seeing all the kids rushing around and trying to get the attention of recruiters made me miss the college life. While my college days were not trouble free I did have a fabulous time (as reflected in my grades the first go-round at Jacksonville State University--sorry Mom and Dad). My first four years were spent socializing and basically learning the ropes of the university while trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I will say this...it is a VERY expensive way to find yourself. :) I was a music major (clainet, then piano, then finally voice) for the majority of time at Jax State. I was a very proud member of the Southerners. If you don't know who or what that is then you simply must check it out. We were and they still are awesome. However, while all of that was fun, the best thing to happen to me at Jax State was to earn my MRS degree (love ya, babe). I met my Mr. during my fourth year there. Our first date was on December 2nd, 1992 when he took a very thin and voiceless me out to a basketball game. Some of you are probably thinking that my not having a voice kept me quiet and that's how I won him over, but that is entirely untrue. I cheered our Jacksonville Gamecocks on to victory as I always did, then we went to Taco Bell for a late dinner. It was a perfect night and I knew that we would get married. And, yes, nine months later, on August 14, 1993 we were wed in the small town of Ringgold, GA.

I just realized I went way off subject. Anyway, back to college. After getting married Tim went to UK to study library science and I worked. After that we moved to Cincinnati for Tim's job with the public library there, and I finally ended up at NKU where I received my bachelor's degree in Anthropology. What can you do with a degree of this sort. Good question. With a bachelor's...not much. However, if you get your graduate degree or move on to get your doctorate, then you can be a great number of things. When I first started out I had every intention of going all the way through to finish my doctorate and work as a professor. But, God had a much greater plan in mind for me...MOTHERHOOD! Joseph came into our lives only a year and 3 months after my graduation. I am currently a stay-at-home mom and loving every minute of it.

So...I guess I don't really miss college. I was just missing being less responsible. ;) At any rate, my boys are home now and I missed them so I am going to spend some quality time with the family. Have a great rest of the weekend everyone, and hopefully I will post again soon.


PS - Krissi got some great information at the college fair, and I picked up some stuff to send to Nele. It was a good day.