Month: February 2016

Repost from 2/2/2016

It is official…I am a Cougar!  And all I had to do was turn 60 and pay $2.00.

Since I am 60 and live in Ohio I have the opportunity to audit college classes free of charge at some, if not all, state universities.  I wanted to take a class that would really expand my horizons, take me out of my comfort zone, teach me to think differently.  So I decided to take…wait for it… Accounting!

I should have taken an accounting class 40 years ago but I did not.  I should have taken an accounting class before I bought a restaurant franchise but I did not.  So, better late than never.  I looked at what I was offered at Ohio State since I am a Buckeye, but it was limited.  So I took a look at Columbus State Community College and there it was.  In bright lights.  Introduction to Accounting.  Yes.  And, I could even take it online.  Even better.

CSCC is just about a block from where I live, but I loved the idea of online class, since that is about as foreign to me as accounting itself. I am now three weeks behind because I couldn’t figure out how to navigate the online learning system.  I had forgotten that I took a class at Columbus State about 35 years ago.  So to them I am not Pharer…I am Pdaniel.  Perfect.  I stopped in to the bookstore to pick up my textbook.  I guess I didn’t really pay attention to the cost of the individual books as my three children went to undergrad.  My textbook was $153.00.  Now I am afraid to make a mark in it.

So this week I am playing catch-up, just me and my big, giant, expensive book.  The hour set aside for Web Chat is Friday at 7 pm.  What?  Don’t they know that we “Good as Gold” students are finishing up dinner by then (kidding)?

So, here is the best part.  The Columbus State mascot is the Cougar.  I am a Cougar!  Ironic, don’t you think?  Sixty years old, soon to be single and a Cougar.

Can’t wait to try out for Drill Team!