Graduation

I got cleared for graduation on Thursday. I have been working on my Bachelors Degree for about a year and a half at Azusa Pacific University. When I learned I was cleared, I wept. Many people probably do not understand but my parents did not save money for me to go to college and I was not even prepared to go. My friends were filling out applications and writing essays, I didn't know what they were doing or that I should be doing it too. My mom did not even talk to me about going to college. She was too busy drinking and getting beat up by her alcoholic fourth husband. My dad was out of the picture and there was no college fund, for me.

I completed about a year and a half of college before I started working full time and only taking a class here or there. Long story short, I got married and had two children. I thought I would be married forever and so my education went on the proverbial back burner. Fast forward to a divorce and a need to support myself and tow children, with no help from their father.

I started doing an accelerated program for adults last year. It has sped by at an alarming rate. I should actually be walking across the stage for graduation two weeks from today and I sill don't think the magnitude of all of it has hit me yet. I pray getting my degree will open new doors for me career wise that will enable me to support three of us comfortably, rather than paycheck to paycheck as we live now.

Neither of my parents have a four year degree, my mom has a two year and some medical training and my adopted dad had a four year, but neither of my biological parents has theirs. It is going to be empowering to be the first in my immediate family to get their degree and to know that I did it on my own while working full time and raising two children will make it that much sweeter. I hate being the age that I am and just now getting my degree but I could be the age I am and not have it.

I imagine that I am going to cry when I get my degree, I am a cry-er. Who knows what will really happen. All I can say now is I am really looking forward to being done with juggling school, work and kids and walking across that stage.

Kanye West may be the stupidest person on the planet

Recently Kayne West defended his "right" to wear fur. His main defense was the "he is a rock star." So, apparently being a rock star gives you the right to torture, skin and wear innocent animals. Fantastic! I was not aware this was part of the "Rock star's bill of rights", nor was I aware there was one.
Has this man learned nothing from the award show debacle? He needs a leash and a muzzle. His management or handlers must be dying. He should not be allowed to speak in public, ever. What a moron.