Update
What the heck; here's an update.
Work, blah. My computer was all messed up for like 2 days. More messed up after he tried to fix it than it was to start with! Meetings. I was out sick two days in the last two weeks, which put me behind. Of course the computer not working and the meetings also put me behind. So I'm still behind. Sigh. This is probably the time of year when I feel like.. why do I have a job? I'm not paid enough for what I know and for what I'm doing. I'd work part time, but then I'd lose health insurance. Oh, also I found out this month my take home pay was even smaller than it was when the fiscal year started (when it was a lot smaller, abruptly.) We got a .5% raise. But our health insurance cost doubled. And our pension.. I don't even know what happened with that, but it means they're taking more out of me. And then the 'agency fee' the union charges me for not actually being in the union went up. So I got a raise, but I'm taking home about 30$ less each week than before. (And you can say I'm lucky I A) Have a job B) with health insurance and C) with a pension, but blah. Who invented this working thing anyway? And my BA and MS should be making me at least 50% more than this, on the conservative side.)
So, hey, let's get another Masters degree. Sure. Why not?
But this is when I have to consider myself lucky that my employer is paying half the tuition. (At least so far. It's on a semester by semester basis and the budget is tight.)
So, yea, doing schoolwork. And I don't know what to make of it, really. I'm sure I chose a good school. San Jose State University. A school on the forefront of Second Life (when Second Life was a thing.. is it still a thing? So not a useful/fun place when your Internet sucks.) should be up on tech stuff. But this first full-credit class is not run like I expect online classes to be run. It's not set up for discussion. Usually in online classes discussion is encouraged and even mandated. Not here. And I have a number of other gripes as well, but I'll save them for the feedback survey at the end of the class. I do like the _content_.
Also working on top secret project whose deadline is coming up.
And Broad Universe is doing a thing next week that I'm involved in.
Feeling a little stressed. Which is why I haven't found the energy to track down a WFC membership, request time off, and find hotel space and book plane tickets. Just.. don't know that I could handle more stress. Even though Clarion is doing a thing! And lots of cool people will be there! And it's in San Diego! Argh.
Hrm. Guess this was a venting post rather than an update. I have a headache. And it's hot. Not supposed to be hot in October in New England. That breaks some sort of rule.
I needed this long weekend. I need another one. Come on 11/11/11!!!!
Work, blah. My computer was all messed up for like 2 days. More messed up after he tried to fix it than it was to start with! Meetings. I was out sick two days in the last two weeks, which put me behind. Of course the computer not working and the meetings also put me behind. So I'm still behind. Sigh. This is probably the time of year when I feel like.. why do I have a job? I'm not paid enough for what I know and for what I'm doing. I'd work part time, but then I'd lose health insurance. Oh, also I found out this month my take home pay was even smaller than it was when the fiscal year started (when it was a lot smaller, abruptly.) We got a .5% raise. But our health insurance cost doubled. And our pension.. I don't even know what happened with that, but it means they're taking more out of me. And then the 'agency fee' the union charges me for not actually being in the union went up. So I got a raise, but I'm taking home about 30$ less each week than before. (And you can say I'm lucky I A) Have a job B) with health insurance and C) with a pension, but blah. Who invented this working thing anyway? And my BA and MS should be making me at least 50% more than this, on the conservative side.)
So, hey, let's get another Masters degree. Sure. Why not?
But this is when I have to consider myself lucky that my employer is paying half the tuition. (At least so far. It's on a semester by semester basis and the budget is tight.)
So, yea, doing schoolwork. And I don't know what to make of it, really. I'm sure I chose a good school. San Jose State University. A school on the forefront of Second Life (when Second Life was a thing.. is it still a thing? So not a useful/fun place when your Internet sucks.) should be up on tech stuff. But this first full-credit class is not run like I expect online classes to be run. It's not set up for discussion. Usually in online classes discussion is encouraged and even mandated. Not here. And I have a number of other gripes as well, but I'll save them for the feedback survey at the end of the class. I do like the _content_.
Also working on top secret project whose deadline is coming up.
And Broad Universe is doing a thing next week that I'm involved in.
Feeling a little stressed. Which is why I haven't found the energy to track down a WFC membership, request time off, and find hotel space and book plane tickets. Just.. don't know that I could handle more stress. Even though Clarion is doing a thing! And lots of cool people will be there! And it's in San Diego! Argh.
Hrm. Guess this was a venting post rather than an update. I have a headache. And it's hot. Not supposed to be hot in October in New England. That breaks some sort of rule.
I needed this long weekend. I need another one. Come on 11/11/11!!!!