Hello Classmates!

Three weeks into my first term and I am a blogger!! Not really this is my first time blogging. To be honest I have I was feeling intimidated until I read Amber’s blog! THANKS Amber!! (I like the way the lines looked on your blog, sooo thanks for the idea to dress it up!)  Read on to learn of my person Surprises, Strengths and Struggles as a Junior at OSU,  the third week of my first term ( please don’t remind me how far I have to go I’m taking it week by week)!

I think that I will start with SURPRISES. I am so surprised that I am actually working towards my bachelors degree, I have talked about this time so many times with each time ending with “well next September”. Well next September has arrived!! I love that I am actually a junior at a University. I have made it though three weeks and have good no great grades, that is not the surprise, what surprises me is how comfortable I am using the discussion boards , CANVAS and My OSU. I am very intimidated by computers, I don’t even have a face book account and am surprised at my ability to navigate the needed tools thus far in second journey as a student. I was telling my husband how much fun I was having on the computer on the discussion boards and he said that he is surprised by this knowing how I feel about computers!! For me each time I finish an assignment I feels so proud of myself and thsi also surprises me. I am surprised by how proud of myself I am still three week into the term!

My STRENGTHS go right along with my surprises I feel like. For me, wanting to “do” this for so long, I really want that bachelors degree, I know that there will be tears, sweat, surprises, struggles and triumphs!  I know that I will try hard and get good grades and slack off at times and pay for it on exams. I know that some classes will be easy for me and that some will be a struggle every day. I have a great support system and I know that I will can am doing this and sixths is my strength!

Finally my STRUGGLES. Well I struggle with typing fast and accurate, which these skills together would be a great asset to me, Ive already been thinking about ways to improve this..any suggestions? As I nod off while reading in the late evenings I think about how challenging reading at night is for me and that I should try to get up early and do my reading.  But morning comes and I’m tired from being up late reading  so I snuggle with my little man in bed till he wakes up after our Super Hero goes to work. Last week I did wait to long into the week to review my Modules and found myself feeling slightly rushed, knowing that I did this to myself I looked at modules on Sunday evening this week, this will be my plan in the future weeks too.  This reminded me that I will have to be ever flexible and committed to online learing!  Another thing that I am really struggling with and this may be the most painful challenge of all currently, especially as I write this blog, this very uncomfortable chair that I have designated as the computer chair, my neck to my toes ache!! This thing has got to go!!

Thanks Everyone for reading and Good Luck with all your classes, remember we are Lucky to be here and have Chosen to be students, we are Lucky to have this Choice,  make the most of it!