Now those of you who knew me during my first stab at college know that I was a less than enthusiastic student. I was really excited about the social aspect (roommates, singles ward, HOPE and of course my never ceasing search for my Mr. Right) but as far as academia goes, I mentally checked out. It isn't that I wasn't mentally capable of being a good student. I just didn't care and I didn't like it. My philosophy was "I just want to be a photographer anyway, so I don't need a degree for that." In someways I was right, in many other ways I was really wrong.
In the past three years Cameron and I have had challenge after challenge thrown at us. We have dealt with trips to the ER, surgeries, cancer, heart attacks, more cancer, broken hands and lost jobs.
We thought when the job at Photo Works came through that we were going to be ok. And then Cameron graduated from massage school, and we thought we were going to be great. Then Cameron broke his hand, you can't do massage with out both hands. Then after working 60 to 70 hour weeks during Christmas, my employers demoted me to a part time associate and I was making in a month what I had made in a pay check.
So in June, after getting paid so little to do so much at my job and Cameron not being able to find a massage job, we made a decision. We needed to further our educations. We moved six weeks later after being accepted to SUU.
I am majoring in Graphic Design, and of course I will take some photography classes in there as well. Also, all of those Criminal Justice classes that I took before were worth it, because I have enough credits for a minor! Cameron will be taking prerequisites at SUU for a year, then transferring to Dixie to to the Physical Therapy Assistant Program. He will apply for the program in March and my fingers are crossed that he gets in. This program is the perfect compliment to his massage.
Ok so I've sounded a little whiny, "poor Katie and Cameron, they just can't catch a break, boo hoo." But really that is not my mentality at all. I am so glad that we had to go through hell to get here. I am actually excited to be back in school. Scared to death and feeling REALLY old, but excited! If it were not for the hardships that we have had in the last three years, I don't think I would have made the decision to go back. I would have worked forever at Photo Works for less than I am worth and although I would have tried to be a better photographer everyday, I wouldn't have had the training that I needed to make me great!
As an outlet, I will be blogging about this new adventure in out life. I figure we are going to be so busy that that may be the only way that we can communicate with anyone other than Cam's parents (who we live with), Carly and Scott (Cam and Scott have a class together) or Hillary (just because Savannah will ask why we never come over, and I am a total sucker for Vannah). Hopefully with in the next year or so we will have adoption new to blog about as well.
Anyway, so that's just a little update on us.
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