Visiting the Lava Beds only increased my desire to learn more and travel to the places that I read about. However, life intervened. Life in the form of...earning a living or going to college? I tried the first but eventually opted for the second so I could improve on the first!
So I attended OIT in Klamath Falls and got a Secretarial Sciences degree and started work at KMSB, a now-defunct medical insurance company. I held several different jobs there in the course of about 7 years. By this time I was living in the Willamette Valley.
My then-boyfriend (now spouse) was attending OSU. He took me on a campus tour and I was enchanted. Not only is the campus beautiful, but there's a lot of history there! Not only in the form of the campus itself, but also in Milam Hall, home of the Department of History. I felt like I was home.
Eventually I succumbed to History's song and became a full-time student. And totally LOVED it! I took courses on the Pacific Northwest, Northwest Indians, Russia, Western Civilization (basically World History), really anything that excited me. And finished with a BS (no pun intended!) degree in History.
Until tomorrow...
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