Still pushing!

I have to take a step back for a moment and realize how far I have come. I stand at the dawning of a new era, my path is laid out before me and I am starting to feel the gravity of the life that I am coming into. My significant other has had a death in the family this week and it has been rough. I am already under pressure as is, and helping her through this time of need has weighed in on me. She only has one surviving family member left and that is her daughter. I fell behind in my classes this last week (just this blog thing really, the technical difficulties; AAHHH!!!!) so it is so fitting that one of the prompts specifically asked  "How are you going to deal with these things when they come up?" I know this blog is late but I feel that I still need to share my story and journey with you all. I do intend to take an active role in my education as I have already led the student body at the community college that I came from. I do feel that there is a different kind of obstacle that comes with distance learning, face to face human interaction. Also, I miss the lecture of an esteemed professor. I do not know how much I can contribute to this community at this time, but I believe you all are going to contribute to my understanding of this new environment. Until then, I will try and acquire all that I can from these courses and more so from my fellow students, to arm myself for the social battlefield that lies ahead.