WHEE.
A post before the weekend! Amazing!
What's new...not a whole lot, I guess.
Biggest thing: I'm probably withdrawing from one of my classes. Yeah yeah, Ruth dumping a class, what's new. I mentioned in the last entry that this schedule was kicking my butt? This is basically the only way to solve it. For the past two weeks I have been exhausted, cranky, stressed out, and just...Not Happy. I can't see myself surviving 12 more weeks of this. Something has to give, and I'd rather it not be my sanity, so instead it is the 8 AM class, Technical Writing.
It wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact that my other classes are later in the day, so my whole schedule is lopsided. I e-mailed the teacher, asking if he had any idea when it would be offered next semester. He said that it was an evening class this past Spring (a good indicator), and confirmed that it's usually available online. I'm willing to gamble that it will be available online at the very least. If it's not, I know other community colleges in the system have it online, and I'll take that and transfer it over. But I just can't keep up with the early class, especially as winter comes and it takes longer for the sun rise each day.
It's interesting that getting up at 6 or 6:30 is too much on Mondays and Wednesdays, but not nearly so painful on Saturdays. I have a theory:
Saturdays:
[o] 15 minute drive
[o] happy people who come in because they want to
[o] not expected to be completely awake and efficient
[o] getting paid!
[o] become a routine
Mondays/Wednesdays:
[o] up way early to beat traffic...
[o] ...which is still awful and unpredictable
[o] driving on highway with morons and assholes for any length of time between 30 minutes and an hour
[o] lull before class due to arriving early in which I start to get sleepy again
[o] have to be awake enough to complete well-articulate writing assignments, or at least take notes
[o] surrounded by grumpy, half-asleep people who also aren't very good at this "morning" thing
[o] only there until 9:30, almost feels like it's not worth the hour or the driving
[o] NOT getting paid
So...yeah.
Overall, I think that I made a mistake in signing up for three classes. Going from working four half-days a week, to working two half-days, one full day, and full-time classes was just too much of a shock. Could have been predicted, but what can I say...I was excited, I thought having lots to do would be invigorating and fulfilling. And it is!...just not enough to keep me awake in my 8 AM class.
In other good news, despite eating fairly crappily the past two weeks and missing TWO work outs last week, I am somehow maintaining 155. Still working on getting a bit lower--140 would be AWESOME, 135 a wild dream--but I'm really happy that it's not slipping back up. Yay!
Alright, time to clean up and meet Dad for dinner. :)
What's new...not a whole lot, I guess.
Biggest thing: I'm probably withdrawing from one of my classes. Yeah yeah, Ruth dumping a class, what's new. I mentioned in the last entry that this schedule was kicking my butt? This is basically the only way to solve it. For the past two weeks I have been exhausted, cranky, stressed out, and just...Not Happy. I can't see myself surviving 12 more weeks of this. Something has to give, and I'd rather it not be my sanity, so instead it is the 8 AM class, Technical Writing.
It wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact that my other classes are later in the day, so my whole schedule is lopsided. I e-mailed the teacher, asking if he had any idea when it would be offered next semester. He said that it was an evening class this past Spring (a good indicator), and confirmed that it's usually available online. I'm willing to gamble that it will be available online at the very least. If it's not, I know other community colleges in the system have it online, and I'll take that and transfer it over. But I just can't keep up with the early class, especially as winter comes and it takes longer for the sun rise each day.
It's interesting that getting up at 6 or 6:30 is too much on Mondays and Wednesdays, but not nearly so painful on Saturdays. I have a theory:
Saturdays:
[o] 15 minute drive
[o] happy people who come in because they want to
[o] not expected to be completely awake and efficient
[o] getting paid!
[o] become a routine
Mondays/Wednesdays:
[o] up way early to beat traffic...
[o] ...which is still awful and unpredictable
[o] driving on highway with morons and assholes for any length of time between 30 minutes and an hour
[o] lull before class due to arriving early in which I start to get sleepy again
[o] have to be awake enough to complete well-articulate writing assignments, or at least take notes
[o] surrounded by grumpy, half-asleep people who also aren't very good at this "morning" thing
[o] only there until 9:30, almost feels like it's not worth the hour or the driving
[o] NOT getting paid
So...yeah.
Overall, I think that I made a mistake in signing up for three classes. Going from working four half-days a week, to working two half-days, one full day, and full-time classes was just too much of a shock. Could have been predicted, but what can I say...I was excited, I thought having lots to do would be invigorating and fulfilling. And it is!...just not enough to keep me awake in my 8 AM class.
In other good news, despite eating fairly crappily the past two weeks and missing TWO work outs last week, I am somehow maintaining 155. Still working on getting a bit lower--140 would be AWESOME, 135 a wild dream--but I'm really happy that it's not slipping back up. Yay!
Alright, time to clean up and meet Dad for dinner. :)