"Excuse me, can you give me a ride?"

I was stopped in the hospital parking lot by a woman asking for a ride downtown. Now I know what you're thinking because I've already had a talking-to, but you know me. She was in cotton shorts with no pockets and a t-shirt - I don't think she could have hidden a weapon in what she was wearing. So I tactfully said, "Sure, I'll give you a ride. I can trust you, right?" I didn't think about eating my foot until later. Thank heavens she laughed as she said that I could.

So we got in the car and started driving. I asked her where we were going. She gave me directions as we drove. We were getting further and further from the hospital so I asked her, "How were you going to get home?" "Oh, I don't have a home. I'm staying at the shelter." And she proceeded to tell me her story of drugs, losing custody of her son, cleaning up and working at the dog food company to try and get her son back.....pretty sad story. As we got closer to the shelter there were more and more rough-looking people hanging out on corners and sitting on the grass along the sides of the road. I dropped her off at the door, wished her luck and watched her walk inside. Then I was out of there!!! It was definitely a scary part of town.

When I got back, I told my Grandpa what had happened. And he told me that just last week, here in Ogden, a woman asked a man for a ride and then took his truck at gunpoint..................

I guess I need to be more careful, huh?

Weber State

A few weeks ago I moved home and started school at Weber State. I'm going to apply for two different programs in January - one at Weber and one at the U. Hopefully one of them wants me, but I'm not going to mention which one I want to get into most.

Weber's a pretty nice school. I am currently retaking physiology because my B wasn't good enough for Weber, and a better grade wouldn't hurt my application to the U. I have to say, I'm surprised at how much LESS information we are accountable for at WSU. It should be a pretty easy A. I'm taking a psychology class, which is pretty interesting. AND I had to take a Physics class before I could apply for the program at the U. What an intimidating class it's turned out to be! My professor is fantastic, and everything makes sense in class. But when I go home and begin my homework the hairy physics monster crawls out from under my bed and scares me for hours on end!!!

Speaking of the devil, I have to get started on that physics homework or I'm going to regret it tomorrow.

I'll tell you a funny story next time :)