I decided to get out of bed extra early that beautiful spring morning. Everyone and everything seem to be having a great morning that day. I could hear the birds chirping love songs, and the cats meaning. As I looked out the window I could see the sun smiling at me. Closed my eyes and smiled back at the sun, as my mind drifted off to what this new day would bring to me. I then realized I only had one hour until I started this new Journey In my life. Anxiety and excitement overcame me thinking about my new huge commitment.
My oldest daughter Maria called out to me distracting me from my thoughts saying; “mom is that my bus coming? “. I then got dressed, and watched my daughters get on the school bus. As I was driving to my destination the wow factor hit me. I kept thinking how this Is Oh so surreal, and my dreams were about to officially come true. I pulled into the parking lot, saying to myself “gosh there are so many people out here”. Set in my car for a couple of minutes trying to get my emotions together. My stomach started turning in knots, because of my nerves.
It was a little hard finding my destination , but I finally found the room #103. Before I entered the room I straightened my shoulders, lift my head, and strutted Into the room, and took a seat in the front mid section. As I let my eyes roam around the room, I saw at least twenty other people that had already taken them a seat as well. I felt a little intimidated, when I noticed that there were so many younger people. There was maybe about five of us that seem to look at least the age of twenty five, or older. I had to reminded myself that we were all there or the same purpose.
I then heard someone in the front of the room say “Hello everyone welcome to ARTS 1313 here at Panola College, my name is Mrs.. Jones. I will be calling out the attendance , and as I say your name please stand and introduce yourself”. All the while giving the class a welcoming smile that put my mind to ease. I then stood when it was my turn to introduce myself and said “Hello my name is Today Patterson. I am a resident of Longtime, TX, and I am currently taking this class, because I am majoring in the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program here at Panola.
I hope to gain a lot of knowledge from this class, so that I may one day use the techniques that I have learned from this class, In my career as a TOT. I hope that much better after I had said my introduction. When my first class was over, I was excited about attending my other following classes. After my last class was released, I started walking out to my car. When I had Just about made it to the car, I stopped in my tracks turned around to face the campus, I smiled a really big smile. Because I knew that after that day forward my life was changing for the better.
