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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Mark Your Calendars

Today is August 3rd. Why is it important? Well, for one thing it’s my manager Skippy Whitebread’s birthday. Being the boring eater he is, I suspect he’ll celebrate it with a PB&J on Wonder bread with the crust cut off, a carton of super-sugary kid’s Trix yogurt, and a couple of Twinkies. In other words, his typical lunch.

But besides being Skippy’s Big Boy Birthday, August 3 is an important date for me, too. Or at least it will be 365 days from now.

You see, if my planning is right and everything goes as planned, in one year from today, Friday, August 3, 2007, I’ll graduate from college. Ta-Da!

Yes, 23 years after I walked away from college, I’ll finally finish what I started. It’s been absolutely worth it though to go back to school after all this time. I’m glad I did it, and I’m glad that the Lovely Mrs. G. talked me into it.

I left school in 1984 only 5 classes short of finishing – I was recruited for a job, and I chose the allure of money over sitting in a classroom for another 6 months. I know, I know – dumb kid. The job went poof, and so did my credits. So here we are, 20+ years later, and I had to start all over again. But this time there will be no “jumping the gun” – I’m in to win, baby.

I have 8 little classes left to finish – Statistics, Ethics, Art Appreciation, Business Law I and II, Sociology, Management, and Physical Science. Our last class will be July 3, and the Pomp & Circumstance happens a month later on August 3.

And then the real fun starts -- moving out of Disappointing Iowa in favor of Sunny Florida.

So we’ll see you in a year – bring your own tassel, ‘cause Tommy will be on that stage, front and center. Better late than never.

1 Comments:

  • Congratulations (a year early)! I know how you feel, and how you will feel a year from now. My wife graduates tomorrow from graduate school. Much rejoicing in our house!

    By Blogger Monty, at 11:08 AM  

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