Graphic Designer??

As some of you may have noticed, [it's posted like 10 times on here] that I am, indeed, a graphic designer. When did this happen? What does it take to become a graphic designer? Who knows. Honestly, I make graphics. Some people buy them. I started making them in fifth grade. The first graphic I sold was in eighth. It was a header for a website, along with some small icons to be placed as ads on other websites. My fee was $130. Not bad for a 1/2 hour worth of work. But the last graphic I made was a desktop, for myself. It has three friends and myself made into M&Ms from makemeanmnm.com or something like that. Fun, whatever. However, a friend made a request to have two graphics made to be placed up as signs for a release of a new book coming out! Not since the time when I worked in the grocery store has some type of graphic hung up in a real public place. So my work is first being "published" at a big chain bookstore! Not bad for a high school drop out who only makes graphics to pass the time. So what if its for my place of business, and its for a friend. Although it doesn't feel like a big deal - it is! How many people (without a college degree in the field, who don't get paid mega $$$) can say they have their "artwork" framed as a sign - promoting a new release - in a large retail store - able to be seen by hundreds of people!? First stop, here... next stop, promoting Coca-Cola in Times Square! Hey, ya gotta dream, right?