September 02, 2003
I just finished the registration
I just finished the registration process at Bob Jones a few hours ago. When you register, you are required to sign a form that says you've read the BJU handbook that year. Well, I realized late last night that I had completely forgotten that requirement. Which was extremely frustrating, given the fact that I had spent my evening installing Visual Basic.NET on my computer and reading a novel while I waited for it to get done. So, this morning at breakfast, I was frantically skimming the book. I eventually got through the parts that applied to me (I see no reason to waste my time on things like the cuts restrictions for cosmetology students). Then I had to (even more frantically) fill out the stupid 80's/achievement test fill-in-the-bubble forms. I had planned to leave the house at 8, and I actually left at 8:30! (Augh!)
Fortunately, I arrived just barely on-time. You may wonder how I managed that: Well, I had planned to leave with lots of time to spare, as is my custom: I don't like hurried efforts like this morning. I like to be able to take my time. So, I had allotted an extra few minutes to my travel schedule. Also, I was speeding, which I don't typically make a practice of. This is why I've never been given a ticket by any state, local, or federal police officer, and why I've never wrecked my car. (Yes, I did get a ticket from the Bob Jones Public Safety Dept., but that was for a parking violation that I wasn't even aware I was breaking)
Registration is like the DMV, only with longer lines, but much faster. As we stood in line, some official guy had us make sure we had what we needed, then hurried us on to the different stations. The first few stations basically check to see if filled out the forms properly, then they feed your "bubblesheet" to a computer and have you wait for a short time. Then you get a schedule of classes and a list of the books you need. If you need to, you then register your car with Public Safety and get your hideous little stickers to put on your windshield. Mine is the shape and color of a yield sign, but with a number instead of the walking people.
Very professionally done: I got through in less than fifteen minutes, and had no conflicts with my schedule. But these books now... You know, for a Christian university, they certainly charge some ungodly prices for books. I have three books that each are over a hundred dollars. And classes start on thursday so it's difficult to get them online in time for classes. 
I do have some prospects lined up for getting some of them used, though.
Anyway, I apologize for my verbosity. 