Another beautiful sunrise, another beautiful day.

The day before school is to begin.

My stomach has butterflies. It's not nerves but excitement. Sheer joy at the start of something great.

I got my nerve up and sent an email to my German professor, in German! She had written all the students one in German and surprisingly I could understand the entire email. I replied back in English but then after thinking about it all weekend, I thought how cowardly of me. So with what little memory I had of the correct adverbs and verbs, I penned a short note back to her in Deutsche yesterday. Haven't gotten a response. Hopefully, she could decipher it!

Yes, I have no fear. I am definitely having to leave that at the door. I think having MS enabled me to be able to do that a long time ago. Who knew that would turn out to be a blessing?

So today, I'm going to get things in order. Load up the trusty old bookbag. It is actually a messenger bag I carried in my racing days. Jeff Gordon once told me it looked like a First Aid bag. I was offended! I like my old green bag. It holds lots of memories and will continue for many more. It has that worn in feeling. Kinda like me! We both have lots of miles on us so we fit together great.

I have a composition notebook, pencils, pen and a highlighter. I suppose the professors will tell us if anything else is necessary. My daughter reminded me last night I will need a flash drive. Oh, the computer. The last time I was in college, we didn't even have them hardly. I think my one computer course I took was data processing or something!

As much as I hate the computer, it is a necessary evil in our everyday use, especially on a college campus. Oh, well. I can manage. There are plenty of young people around me to help with the technical issues. They are all so bright when it comes to that stuff. It is like second nature to them.

I'll end the day with a quick trip down to the beach. I wonder how difficult it will be to do homework at the beach. Hmmm.

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