Hello, My name is Jae.
I grew up in the great state of Iowa. A state known for its golden fields of corn in the fall and its small towns where you welcomed with warm smiles. Iowa is full of creative people that are always willing to lend a hand to anyone in need. It is the kindness of Iowa residents that will get you. That is why I love Iowa. Not to mention that I have spent most of my life here. This site will include posts of my life at UNI and Kirkwood CC. Including brief descriptions and stories that I have written. One of these stories that I wrote about is Alex's Story. It is a story about grieving and life in general.
When I was younger.
At a young age my family and I had to take every positive chance we could get. My father was following jobs where they lead him. It taught me that I must push yourself to get what you want out of life. One of my earliest memories was moving to a small town called Iowa Falls. I was always excited to see my friends at school. To fill the gap in my life was my brother and sister. Each of which I have always loved. They started school right after me. This was about the time that I was learning to ride a bike. Which I found to be challenging. My bike was a point of pride. It was a red Huffy and I thought it was the coolest thing. My family would live in Iowa Falls until I was in fifth grade. At which time my father's job would pull him to Chariton, Iowa. As a Bakery Manager. Another challenging time for me is that I would have to make friends all over again. Working at Hy-vee would make the money I would use to buy my first car. At times I would miss handing in homework. That was why I would be grateful when it was over. I would go on to graduate high school. The day after graduation I will have to start packing again. We were moving to Cedar Rapids. I was going to a local college.
Kirkwood
As a graduate of Kirkwood Community College. I earned two degrees from KCC; A.A. Liberal Arts and A.A.S. in Graphic Communication Technology. I loved to take drawing classes; they could consume me. I always found art related classes to be easy, but when I was working on my liberal art degree, that was much tougher for me. I really was not a great planner, but I thought things would fall into place during college but over time things seemed to get more challenging than that. My time spent at Kirkwood would be remembered later as the best money I spent going to college. I do like challenges, which seem to have become my motto.
Walt Disney World CP
As an internship through Kirkwood, I spent six months working at Epcot. Serving food, I would be introduced to a lot of new ideas. Number one was you had to work hard to be creative, or you just fell behind. I really loved my time there, the weather was great, and I met a lot of new friends that had a lot of the same interests. I enjoyed it there they let me do things I probably never do again in my lifetime. When I was ready to move back to Iowa, it made me feel glad to be home. Things got better the longer that I was there though. I drove down there, and my truck broke down when I got there. When it was getting towed, it was hit by lightning. I moved in with strangers and made a few friends at the park and at the apartment complex.
Burning time.
I spent many hours out at Epcot working and exploring. I liked walking the parks in my free time seeing what was going on. It seemed that something was always going on in the park. Guests always seemed to be in a hurry making the days go fast. Which I really did not mind. Hanging out with my coworkers was fun to seeing what the topic of the day. I really liked when I got to try new iteams on the menu. It was great. In the end I would the pace would become a challege. It was over in no time. I tried hard to over come fears and put myself out there.
After Disney.
It would come to an end soon enough and I would go on to get an A in my internship, which was great. In the end getting prepared to travel home I have to fix a few things on my truck. I had the brakes fixed and replaced the battery. I said goodbye to my friends and checked out. Driving for four days. The weather darker and colder. Halfway up it started snowing. It was not that bad the trip back. I was just happy to see my family. When I got back I would go back to work at hy-vee. I took the semester off. Working to get caught up on bills.
University of Northern Iowa.
