Trail Blazin'

35 years old, freshman in college. I am in my first semester at Utah Valley University in Orem Utah. I can hardly believe it myself. I went to massage school a couple of years out of high school; I was totally interested in massage but honestly the appeal of a six month program was very attractive to me. I did not love high school and had no plans of getting a traditional higher education. Oh how I wish I had better guidance back then. I don't know if I would have listened and gone to college when I was younger, I was one of those kids. You know, a little less than teachable, ok I was pretty sure I knew as much if not more then most of the adults around me.
Regardless, here I am; surprisingly, I'm loving it. I do love to learn new things and it feels good to have a goal and plan. Afterall, my patriarchal blessing says, make a plan and work that plan. I love those words, they have blessed my life, especially since becoming more teachable.
Cory is in school too. He is studying criminal justice. Oh ya, and I am studying nursing, technically I am doing my pre-requisites to get accepted into the nursing program.
2011 has not been "our year", we are in fact our own sad country song. He lost his job at the prison in May, got bucked off his horse on fathers day and broke his back, my mini van died and so did our dog and my horse. So, you can see why we felt the need to blaze a new trail.