decisions
During critique at the paper today, the schedule for new editor position nominations and training was announced. I pretty much have about two weeks, more or less, to make a choice. After everyone left, it was only the copyeditor and the production editor, I talked to the copyguru to find out what his opinions were. Classes suffer a lot when I work on the paper. It's a full-time commitment that I'd love to do all over again but at the same time my family and my sister wonder why I'm never home. I could choose to be a senior staff writer focusing on sharpening my reporting and writing skills as another option. Even two late nights a week, and three other nights are enough work for me. I come home so late two nights a week and the other three days I come home in the evenings around 7 or 8 p.m., then it's dinner, and then catching on homework for that day and the day before. Sundays are gone because I get up around 10 and then I usually leave around 1ish for the paper so that's not much homework time there either. I have all these ideas for the opinion page to make it stronger and more of an opinion page with lots of voices. I even have a new layout in mind after I attended the workshop, I was so psyched because I saw there were a million things I could do. Then reality kicked in and I started to realize I can't keep putting off classes while working on the paper. It's slowing me down though I don't mind. This semester has been tiring, stressful and exhausting.
It's weird coming home so late in the evenings. I'm usually exhausted but I've been staying up late until 3 a.m. I can't fall asleep at 12 or 11 anymore. It's like my body has been trained to sleep late. Today was nice sort of ... I spent my morning finishing up my errands. Mailed off all my packages. tomorrow just have to mail out bills. Since I can't park in my usual parking spot, I'm parking about 8 blocks away from campus near the Civic Center light rail station. It felt great to walk from the suburbs of downtown to downtown itself. Nice warm weather and clean neighborhods to pass made the experience all the more pleasing.
Maybe I'll come to a decision at the end of the week. If I'm going to run for an editing position, I'll need a platform.
It's weird coming home so late in the evenings. I'm usually exhausted but I've been staying up late until 3 a.m. I can't fall asleep at 12 or 11 anymore. It's like my body has been trained to sleep late. Today was nice sort of ... I spent my morning finishing up my errands. Mailed off all my packages. tomorrow just have to mail out bills. Since I can't park in my usual parking spot, I'm parking about 8 blocks away from campus near the Civic Center light rail station. It felt great to walk from the suburbs of downtown to downtown itself. Nice warm weather and clean neighborhods to pass made the experience all the more pleasing.
Maybe I'll come to a decision at the end of the week. If I'm going to run for an editing position, I'll need a platform.