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This has been a very not fun week as far as school goes.
I had some fairly time-consuming (and in many areas confusing) math and business homework to complete. I usually try to have it all done by Thursday. Both to make sure I meet my deadlines and because one of the reasons going to school online doesn't drive me crazy is that it doesn't have to infringe on my personal life.
That said, this week I just wasn't able to get it done. Four days this week I was working for hours at a time and still by today I'd barely actually finished anything. For my math class, I spent a total of 8 and 1/2 hours on just _one_ assignment. This is especially ridiculous because I know the material. I took algebra enough times that I barely have to read any of the book; I just remember how to do most of what we're learning. But actually inputting it into a fucking word document is really aggravating. Plus I had to combine Excel and Word this week just to get all the problems completely done. I have never missed paper and pencil so much in my _life_.
So, as of today at around 5:00, I'd finally (after taking time on Monday, Tuesday, and yesterday as well to do homework) finished my math work for the week. And I still had _two_ papers due for my business class. One of which was due today.
Fortunately for me the first one was _fairly_ short. I was able to get it done in about a half an hour. It was mostly paraphrasing our textbook to begin with and meant more as an exercise in understanding the material for the actual paper that's due on Sunday.
However, since we're going to be busy all day tomorrow and I'd really like _some_ relaxy time with my lovers on Sunday, I really needed to get this paper at least _mostly_ done tonight. So, after coming home from Regina's party, that's what I'm doing. I'm about a third of the way done right now and just about halfway through the really tough part. Once I've finished that it's _mosty_ pretty simple. Over the last couple of days I had to essentially reread the whole textbook up to this point to figure out what the hell I was supposed to be writing about, but I finally got the jist of it and I'm muddling through it now.
It hasn't helped that I've been plagued with a headache that just won't go away. Much of it, I'm sure, is due to the weather. Part of it is probably due to my not taking my medication for the last six or so months. All because I couldn't afford it with no insurance. Forunately that's all settled. I finally went to my doctor this week and talked with her through the whole situation. She represcribed both medications I'd stopped taking for me, took quite a lot of blood from me, and ordered an MRI (which I'm going for next week). So in a couple of weeks we'll see what damage my not taking my drugs actuall did, but for now I'm back on all my meds and hopefully that'll clear up the getting-more-frequent headaches and slight dizziness I've been feeling for the last couple of months.
And that, basically, has been the sucky parts of my week. Fortunately, I had Genevieve there with me at the doctors and her and Michael have been wonderful about helping me get through all this stuff.
As for the _good_ parts of this week, I got to have my way with Regina last night in a genuinely wonderful and enjoyable night of bondage and sensation play. (Well, the three of us did.) I had a really excellent time and I'm very glad to be able to get past some of my insecurities and enjoy playing again in a slightly broader sense. I very much look forward to doing so with her again.
Okay, enough procrastinating and back to my paper. Just needed a vent-y break.
I had some fairly time-consuming (and in many areas confusing) math and business homework to complete. I usually try to have it all done by Thursday. Both to make sure I meet my deadlines and because one of the reasons going to school online doesn't drive me crazy is that it doesn't have to infringe on my personal life.
That said, this week I just wasn't able to get it done. Four days this week I was working for hours at a time and still by today I'd barely actually finished anything. For my math class, I spent a total of 8 and 1/2 hours on just _one_ assignment. This is especially ridiculous because I know the material. I took algebra enough times that I barely have to read any of the book; I just remember how to do most of what we're learning. But actually inputting it into a fucking word document is really aggravating. Plus I had to combine Excel and Word this week just to get all the problems completely done. I have never missed paper and pencil so much in my _life_.
So, as of today at around 5:00, I'd finally (after taking time on Monday, Tuesday, and yesterday as well to do homework) finished my math work for the week. And I still had _two_ papers due for my business class. One of which was due today.
Fortunately for me the first one was _fairly_ short. I was able to get it done in about a half an hour. It was mostly paraphrasing our textbook to begin with and meant more as an exercise in understanding the material for the actual paper that's due on Sunday.
However, since we're going to be busy all day tomorrow and I'd really like _some_ relaxy time with my lovers on Sunday, I really needed to get this paper at least _mostly_ done tonight. So, after coming home from Regina's party, that's what I'm doing. I'm about a third of the way done right now and just about halfway through the really tough part. Once I've finished that it's _mosty_ pretty simple. Over the last couple of days I had to essentially reread the whole textbook up to this point to figure out what the hell I was supposed to be writing about, but I finally got the jist of it and I'm muddling through it now.
It hasn't helped that I've been plagued with a headache that just won't go away. Much of it, I'm sure, is due to the weather. Part of it is probably due to my not taking my medication for the last six or so months. All because I couldn't afford it with no insurance. Forunately that's all settled. I finally went to my doctor this week and talked with her through the whole situation. She represcribed both medications I'd stopped taking for me, took quite a lot of blood from me, and ordered an MRI (which I'm going for next week). So in a couple of weeks we'll see what damage my not taking my drugs actuall did, but for now I'm back on all my meds and hopefully that'll clear up the getting-more-frequent headaches and slight dizziness I've been feeling for the last couple of months.
And that, basically, has been the sucky parts of my week. Fortunately, I had Genevieve there with me at the doctors and her and Michael have been wonderful about helping me get through all this stuff.
As for the _good_ parts of this week, I got to have my way with Regina last night in a genuinely wonderful and enjoyable night of bondage and sensation play. (Well, the three of us did.) I had a really excellent time and I'm very glad to be able to get past some of my insecurities and enjoy playing again in a slightly broader sense. I very much look forward to doing so with her again.
Okay, enough procrastinating and back to my paper. Just needed a vent-y break.