My First Day of School!

Today was my first day back at Weber State. My first class was Math 1030. I've been dreading it since I signed up for it a couple of months ago. I should've taken Math 1010, but I had already taken it about 18 years ago when I was stationed in Las Vegas. I got an "A" but that was a long time ago. One of my friends, Dale, works at Weber so he got a 1010 book for me to borrow. I actually spent some time the first 6 weeks of summer break working through it. So I decided to skip it and go on to my LAST! math class. My teacher seems pretty nice and she quickly put my mind at ease. She said that if we come to class consistantly and do our homework we'll do fine. If there are things I do well as a student it's come to class and do homework. And I guess that's really about all you need to do to succeed in most any class!

My next class was Intro to Generalist Social Work, which is the first SW class. My professor is very personable and she is excellent at remembering names. There was one young lady from my English class last year who is in this class with me. I have to do 20 hours of community service for this class, so I am considering trying to work either at the Homeless Veterans Fellowship, Christmas Box House, or YCC. There are lots of papers due in this class as well so that should be fun.

Now my pet peeve! Why do women who are 40+ think they should or can successfully dress like they are 19? Today I saw several women at school who show every bit of their age in their face and skin, yet think showing their stomachs and wearing very short skirts looks attractive. Let me just say this: If your stomach is wrinkled it should be covered. Oh, and if you are fat your fat belly is not going to look attractive, and this is at any age. I'm not saying you can't be stylish (which I am not!) but there is a different standard of style for different ages. By the way, if you are 40+ it is highly unlikely that anyone will confuse you with a 20 year old. I have seen some 40 year olds that could pass for 35, but they are few, and most of them dress appropriately anyways. Okay, enough of that!

I did get my computer working again. I had quite a bit of spyware on it, but it cleaned up quickly and easily with the free AOL security software I downloaded. I am not sure why the McAfee software I bought when I got the computer (and yes, I do update it) didn't detect it. Oh well, another crisis averted.

I need to get busy and do some homework (yes, they gave it on the first day!). Mary