Debra Thomas:  

During my Senior year of High School I was simultaneously enrolled as a Freshman at Mesa Community College (MCC) and taking orders at the local Jack in the Box between and after classes. After graduating I continued to attend MCC for another year and moved myself uptown to the then named Capistrano Apts. on Dobson & Broadway. They were 'da Bomb' back then and the rent was high...$155 a month when I moved in! When it was time to renew my yearly lease, I was told the rent would be increasing to a staggering $160 a month! Highway Robbery I screamed..."Who do they think they ARE? It was time for some critical thinking and current life analysis...did I want to be a slave to an apt. that I was rarely home to enjoy because I worked 2 jobs and went to college full time or throw all caution to the wind and "See the World"? Yeah Yeah...how was I supposed to know that the USAF considered Biloxi, Mississippi another country? After 2 months of running and hiding from cockroaches so large that I was rel...Expand for more