1st Blog Post Ever...

My First Blog Post Ever

So I'm really new at this blog posting business, so don't judge me if I'm totally terrible at this! 

Today while sitting in my Intro to Theater course, our professor kept saying things to the extent of; "Try to think more about yourself", "What's your story?", "How would you tell someone your story?"

During this I felt my story might be significant to some people, but not to others, but why not share it to those who want to hear it. Its not much of an interesting story but more of the biggest change I have ever had to deal with in life, more of a reflection on my experiences. Isn't that what a blog does? Has people tell their story in their words? So I thought why not do a day by day blog and tell my story as it goes. Not just as a rewritten history but as a current up to date story of my experiences. So here goes nothing:

Lets Start with some basic information before I go any further. My name is Shannon Hanson and I'm originally from Excelsior, Minnesota. Currently, however, I am living in Lincoln, Nebraska, and attending The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I am Majoring in Computer Science, which is a very male heavy major (I will get to that topic another time). That's the basics. I'm sure you will learn more if you choose to continue reading my blog.

My story starts way back, at last fall, fall of 2011, when I was still a Senior in High School. As many of you know the summer going into your Senior year is a tough one and along with the whole school year that follows. It starts with college applications, then keeping your grades up while slacking and waiting for your college responses, but compared to the rest, that was the easy part. Just a quick summary of my Senior year; applied to college, had fun, made the best of the year I could, got rejected by 6 out of the 8 schools I applied to, only waiting on one last acceptance. The last acceptance I was waiting for was the one for UNL (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I will use this abbreviation a lot). I would constantly check the mail, call my mom to see if a letter came, look online to see if they put up my application status. I tried almost everything to see if I had gotten into my top choice college. The day I figured out my acceptance, I was sitting in the High School common area during an open hour with my friend Alyssa. Out of sheer curiosity I wanted to look on the UNL website on my phone to see if I had been accepted. That was the moment of truth. I had finally been accepted to my top choice school, and boy did I feel relieved! I jumped up and down and confused Alyssa, then once I calmed down I told her the news. As the rest of my grade came out of class (I graduated with only 37 people, me included) they were all curious why I was so happy. I told one of my other friends who then screamed the news down the hallway. It was the greatest feeling of relief and the feeling of gratitude I had ever gotten. Having my whole graduating class by my side whooping and hollering with me made me feel even better. But after that day, that's when things began to change that's where the whole point of this blog comes into play. Everything was different now. 

Sorry this post was so long. The next ones will be shorter I swear. 

Thanks for reading! :D