GOOD MEMORIES

You know how sometimes things revisited bring back good memories? That is what happened to me yesterday. In 1987 I finally completed enough credits to receive my Associates Degree this after having transferring from another school and having to retake many courses in order to receive local accreditation.
I now can remember there were times I wanted to quit, times I became so frustrated and fearful because I couldn't seem to grasp a particular subject, the anxiety that went with every final exam, the many times I survived on 3, 4 and 5 hours worth of sleep because I was also working full time. And then that most exhillerating, rewarding feeling that came with, as Reese Witherspoon so eloquently put it in "Legally Blond", "I DID IT!" I graduated and surprizingly graduated as an honor student.
Since 1987 I have not returned nor set foot on any campus and with no regrets.
But yesterday, my niece, Tiffany and I signed up for fall quarter at Olympic College. We will be taking a Photography class, but that is insignificant to the good feelings she and I experienced as we walked into the registrars office filled out the usual submission forms discussing class numbers, room numbers, student ID numbers like two NEW Freshman entering a new experience for the first time.
And THEN the walk across the campus while our own thoughts and fond memories of our individual experiences returned when we were active students came back to wash over our emotions and our faces.
As we entered the Student Union and Book Store it was like "I'M BACK!" and it felt so good and so right.