Carlotta Thomas:  

get back to Austin from christian retreat. I had not had any sleep and had a chemistry test to take the next day. Somehow I made an A on that test. The weird thing is that I went to sleep taking the test several times. Go figure. I had many friends in college, both Stephen F. Austin and the University of Texas. As the University of Texas is concerned, it was a better fit for me educationally. My "best friend" at SFA was a nice young man named David. I found that I could talk to David about most anything. Our main conversation had to do with God in our lives. I guess I could say that I learned a lot from those conversations. I haven't been in touch with Dave in a long time, but still remember the very nice friendship that he provided in my life. My "best friend" at UT Austin was a girl named Casey. Casey and I were great study mates, and I think that I did a better job with my classes because of her encouragement in other areas of my life. She doesn't live near me anymore, but we still keep in touch which is great. Another good friend of mine was Sean, he has always been more like a brother to me than anything else. We still talk, and I have gotten to know his family even better because of Hurricane Rita. My family left Houston and started driving North. It took us 38 hours to get to Dallas (should have been 4 hours). We were all exhausted when we got there, so we pulled over and I called for Sean. He called back and was kind enough to make hotel arrangements for my family, and I got to stay with him and his family. We had a great time together. Sean and his wife took great care of my family and me. I will always remember what they did for us. They did it, but they most definitely didn't have too. I have other great friends from college that I still keep in touch with. A lot of it is word of mouth information. One friend knows what is going with another and so and so. I hope to be able to catch up with some more of my old friends at some point.! Workplace I am a teacher by trade. Looking into doing Human Resources work. I specifically would like to do training and organizational developoment for a company. I think that this kind of employment can be transferable to any place that I may move to....could be anywhere in the US. I was very successful with my teaching job, and the last job that I had in education was as a Curriculum Coordinator (specialist). I was happy to be out of the classroom during that time and working specifically with the teachers and the principal who was my only direct person to answer to. I also worked in the Teachers Teaching Teachers program. I believe that is why I am interested in Human Resources areas of work that I like. I have been taking computer graphics courses in the past for years. This could be an employment option too. Then again, I may start my own business that will be easier on my back. I think I mentioned that I had surgery on it in November. It will be interesting to see what comes out of all of this, because I have had so many different kinds of experiences that can take me in many employment directions. We shall see what changes will come to pass.