A Little Rambling

If I had $1,000,000 to spend, I would... 1) Tithe. 2) Finish paying for school/pay off my loan. ( 3) Buy a modest house and fix up the things I wanted to fix up. 4) Sell Amadeus and buy a Smart car. 5) Write my parents and sister pretty checks. 6) Probably fly to Europe for part of the summer. 7) Replenish my wardrobe. 8) Take the Knights to a big, formal dinner somewhere fancy. 9) Stick the rest into 3 different savings accounts and let it accumulate for many, many years. 10) Use those savings accounts for a) future kids' college, b) future retirement, c) lots of fun with future spouse.

I kind of feel like I am doing school backwards, in several respects. I started at an enormous state university, moved to a small private college, and am now doing a semester of community college. I have a hefty amount of my major requirements fulfilled, and now, as a senior, am taking gen eds. On a minor scale [accidental music pun], at SWC I took Acts-Rev before Gospels and Prophets before Gen-Song. So today was my first day of community college. I had high hopes. At ASU, my classes ranged in size from 21 to 600 people, but the professors still managed to be professional and good and I stayed involved in my classes, even if I almost never opened a book. Southwestern raised the bar in professors, but not necessarily in academics. PVCC has dropped the ball entirely. And it's been one day. Okay, so that's not fair. My public speaking teacher seems delightful. My biology professor will probably drive me crazy before the end of the week, but the class itself should be fi...