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I realize that this page may not be exciting to most, but you might find it interesting if you would like to know more about me or you are a person with whom I am closer but just never discuss things like this.

When it came time for college application my senior year, I applied to three schools: Collins, IADT and Carroll. I wanted to continue my education in webdesign because it's something with which I'm already familiar and it comes fairly easily to me. I was accepted to all three, but IADT was my number one choice and was obviously the closest to home. It was so close that I was able to visit it and while the visit was fairly pleasant, I was worried about the high living expenses of Chicago. After my representative left and they failed to notify me, I was a little peeved but things really went downhill from there.

I decided to eliminate IADT from my list and gravitated to Collins because it was much closer to what I wanted to study than Carroll. I found that it was difficult to find a school that incorporates both the technical and the artistic aspects of webdesign/programming into its courses, but Collins seemed to do it well.

However, Collins is outside of Phoenix, Arizona which is not only across the country, but in a place where I know no one. Perhaps, as some suggest, I was setting myself up to fail by choosing a college so far away, but I like to disagree. I knew that, financially at least, college would be a challenge. My mother was in no way able to provide anything and I just happened to pick schools which were really fucking expensive.

Thus the FAFSA filling out took place and I found out that I was able to recieve quite a lot of money in grants. I also recieved some in scholarships, but this amount wasn't very large. So I was left with several thousand dollars unpaid and I had to wait so that I could apply for student loans. Basically, there was no way possible I could take out a loan without credit and there was no one to whom I could go to coborrow.

So it happened that I didn't have to worry about flying across the country to a place I'd never been because I couldn't even attend the school. With nothing else to do, I began working at Wal-mart and moved out with my best friend.

Since meeting my husband, Rian, online in 2003 we've developed a strong relationship and it's obvious as anything that we've something good. After a year and a half of marriage, I joined him in Japan and this was a small speed bump in my journey to college.

Despite the setbacks and other challenges life threw at me, I still wanted to go to college so that I could be educated and have a career so that I will have a better quality of life than that which I had living at home. I began exploring other career options such as Funeral Service and signed up for online classes through MATC. I intend to become a full-time online student in the Spring semester.

So, for anyone who was wondering, that's my college plans and if you're interested in knowing more future plans, read on.

For quite some time I have wanted to spend two year in the Peace Corps. I would really love to be able to help people in a hands on type of manner and it also provides an outlet to do a little traveling. I think this would be a good experience and it was something I wanted to do right after college, but timing might be different due to the factor you'll read about next.

Sometime in my life I would like to travel, to Europe, Canada, Australia, etc. I perhaps would not mind living someplace in Europe. It makes me anxious, at times, to think there's a place to which I'll never have gone so I'd like to see as much of the world as I can.

I don't have any definite plans for children or retirement, although I do want to purchase some mutual funds. -chuckles* Mostly, I'm not sure how things will play out in my near future, let alone the distant future. However, I can definitely see myself going back to school and earning several degrees, perhaps even one in sexual health.

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