Hello. I just turned 30 years old last December. Right before I turned 30 I really started thinking about my my life and how I got here (like pretty much everyone that turns 30.. right?). I looked at my job and realized it wasn't making me happy. Yes I was making good money and was moderately successful, but was that enough? Then I started thinking about all of dreams I had when I was younger and about how creative I use to be. Was I still that creative? Had I lost it?
About a month before I turned 30 I was driving around town in the same city I had lived in all my life, Phoenix. I found myself pulling into a small school that I had looked at several times before, but never actually started at. I was given a tour and immediately fell in love. This school ,University of Advancing Technology, had exactly what I wanted and the people (although most of them much younger than I) had a ton in common with me. I finally felt I had found what I was looking for. I needed to go back to school!
I also decided that not only did I need to go back to school that because of my ADD I also should live on campus in their small dorms.
So now here I am.. about 9 months after turning 30 I quit my job and am now living in a dorm and going to school full time. My roommate is really cool so far and we chose each other before school only meeting on Facebook beforehand.
There about 250-300 students in the dorm almost all whom are male. I believe there are about 15 women including myself in here. I've been living in the dorm for about 2 weeks now. The walls are a bit thin, but bearable. There are cameras up and down every hall and I have to deal with the occasional annoying person... but that is expected :)
So now for the amenities of my 300 sq ft pad. My roommate and I have our own bathroom (no sharing with others THANK GOD!). There is a theater room (with blu-ray), game room with pool table, kitchen, laundry with credit card payment system, vending room with credit card payment system, and small gym. All of the rooms and the elevator are locked with a card system like the ones at most hotels. Overall the dorms are very livable.
So now that I explained where I am... I guess I can explain the real purpose of this blog.
I decided that since I'm doing something that normal 30 yr olds would probably dread.. well I'm going to document it :)
I want to remember this experience.. the good and the bad. Even when it resembles old school.
So far here's the fun stuff I've encountered:
2nd day here I was mistaken for my roommates mom (which would have been impossible since I would have been 8 when I had her)
I've managed to get hit on several times by guys WAY younger than me... which kinda boosts the ego :)
I decided to go running down the halls wearing a Yoda mask :)
Well thats all I can think of for now. I think I'd better go to bed so I stop annoying my sleeping roommate with my typing.
