Alrighty, I figured that I'd update the couple of readers that I may have. So, I may have graduated from UC Davis in December of 2006, but with my current complicated lifestyle (and essentially empty calendar) I've decided to go back to school.
Don't worry, because I don't need these credits for anything I am able to look at the catalog and essentially sign up for whichever classes look the most entertaining/enjoyable. So, I have taken classes at two college campuses now. I started taking classes close to home (In Redwood City at Cañada) and essentially ended up taking all of the classes there which interested me, so now I've transferred to the College of San Mateo.
At CSM I began by taking Oil Painting and some Creative Writing classes. Well, eventually I took every single creative writing course offered, so now I'm still taking Oil Painting, but I became interested in photography classes as well. Last semester I enrolled in Beginning Digital Photography, and this semester (due largely in part to scheduling) I've enrolled in Beginning Black and White Photography.
This photography class is definitely new and exciting. We are actually using film cameras and we purchased black and white film and we have begun taking our cameras out and photographing the world. I actually enjoy going to my classes this semester because I'm learning new techniques and I'm actually experiencing something (film photography) which I don't recall having completed in YEARS!
So, nothing new and exhilarating, but considering that it has now been 7 years since my life-altering event I've been finding enjoyable ways to spend my days. Please, if anyone has any recommendations on things which I could be doing to continue to keep myself entertained, feel free to share them with me!!
So, in the past few days I learned that I have a very unhappy neighbor living below me. Apparently this downstairs neighbor is about 6 months pregnant and didn't feel comfortable confronting my parents or myself about this complaint, so they went directly to the condo president. She complained that because her doctors have essentially placed her on "bed rest" (or whatever) she is home ALL THE TIME and she complained that my walking around my condo was too stressful on her and the baby-to-be. Hmm, well maybe you should have considered confronting the person who was actually completing this "harsh walking" so that we could have arranged another way in which to protect your sensitive pregnant self. But, I'm attempting to be considerate so my dad suggested that I try walking slowly around my place (because yup, I tend to walk very quickly all the time). So, I'm trying everything to be as quiet as possible when I'm at home, and to ignore the frustrated screams going on inside of my own head in the midst of this all.
With that frustrating hiccup aside, and school still continuing very successfully, I truly feel as though I have essentially zero complaints and that life is pursuing exceptionally well.
However, I do have one brief question for you all... Alright, for 7 years I have not driven- my license expired and in order to begin driving again I would have to go to the DMV and get retested. Honestly, this hasn't been a concern of mine as I have become proficient at using public transit. Curiosity questions whether this is an event which I should consider completing at some point. It would be fabulous to have the ability to drive myself places from time to time, but I'm not sure where I would actually drive because I am SO good at using public transit. Honestly, I consider when I'm older (40s, 50s, etc.) that maybe it would be desirable to be able to get places on my own. Please, if anyone reads this, share your thoughts on this matter please!! Thanks!
