"I Think I Can"

It was 4:05 pm as I am rushing away from my full time job. Knowing I am leaving town and praying for no accidents or traffic blocks. I knew I was going to fly into Ames with about 8 minutes to spare. I got to ISU campus and could NOT find a parking place. So I began to explore lots and finally found a space to park in. I left the trusting minivan (or in our house referred to as the granny van) and headed to Lagomarcino. I had been there plenty of times and feeling really confident that I knew where I was headed and I got in there soon to find out WRONG again. I had NO idea of where I was going! I finally found a nice lady that pointed me in the right direction. I looked at the clock and realized it was 5:15 pm. LATE! To top it off I walked into a computer lab of ALL places and looked around the room and realized once again that I was old enough to be the mother of almost everyone in there and the computers were MAC'S. I had not touched a Mac/Apple since 1985. Fear and anxiety really began to set in. At that point it hit me what it really must be like for a student on the first day of school. Turn on the computer. I didn't even know if I could find the on button, let alone work the mouse. I was lucky that Brooke was on one side of me and Maria was on the other and they were nice enough to guide me through the night with MAC computers. Thanks girls. I made it through the in class assignments and then BLOG! I was going to have to BLOG because I was taking it for graduate credit. WHY me LORD? I stayed after class and tried to set up my blog, but of course with all of my knowledge (NOT) I did not have what I needed with me to make it work. Dr. Schmidt told me I could work on it before next week. So here I am this morning and I at least have somewhere to write. AMAZING! I just know after one night of class my new saying before during and after will be "I think I can", I think I can" I think I can". I appreciate the patience of Dr. Schmidt and soon to be the whole class.