Life, work, uni, sleep, relationships, fun
So uni starts in less than two weeks.
I have to admit, I'm a bit worried.
Classes are 1-4 on Tues and Weds.
I work +/- 10pm to 7am Weds through Sun.
In theory I can sleep between about 8am and 8pm during the days, except on Uni days.
and in theory I can use Monday from when I get home until sometime Tuesday morning (4am-ish, not 9am-ish) to just.sleep.in.
That's my plan.
these are the details as i know them now.
I do have 'net at each job, so can bring computer and ---if not too tired work on course work. At the girl's house that's less of a problem- there IS a proper desk there with a chair, as well as a sofa if my legs/back get sore and I need to stretch out. so in theory I can work on coursework there.
At the lad's house though (now, this family just moved, so I'm being generous until they get settled) there are only two HUGE recliners (i'm NOT 6'4", nor even 5'8"- these are BIG chairs) and the tile floor, which is ok for not needing to do school reading/writing, but there's no place to set out papers, make notes, etc.
So my concerns are these: having the energy to make it to class each day, every week.
Having the energy to read the assignments, assimilate the information, do the work.
Having a PLACE to do the work. Lay out the papers, my notes, watch the films for Chicano and Latino Cinema and take notes. Read what's required for Native American Studies- go to the local sites if that's in this class. lay out THOSE notes and do my assimilating and writing.
I've been moving things around in my room to make more study space, get rid of distractions- need to be done with that by Sunday morning when house-mate gets home, since it's her office i'm using as a staging area.
I'm going to ask the lad's family if there even IS A table and chair I'll be able to sit at on Weds. and Sun. to do that kind of work- if NOT then those by default will become visiting nights, for online friends, and yoga nights, because there's room there to stretch out with my mat.
And at least for the first weeks of uni, I'm thinking I'll need (notice, not want but need) almost all the other time for sleep or study and work.
Which, yay, staying healthy, finishing school, and earning money for living on and for Europe next year, but waaaaaaaah for visiting/writing/hanging out time. at least until i get my shit together.
My experience with this damn critical thinking has made me unsettled about this work/uni schedule. I think THIS is why it's taken me so damn long to finish uni- there are reasons I didn't take classes while I was working full-time nights in hospital. this is hard enough.
On this schedule i tend to get home on Monday morning and want to stay up and hang out with my friends online- do laundry, dust, read fic, -- but what happens is i get over-amped and end up staying up all through Monday into the wee hours, then sleeping- maybe- two or three hours- and getting up for all of tuesday. Which, no. Will not work. (Yes, i /plead/ tired and sleepy a lot, but i don't actually SLEEP, damnit! if i did, i'd not plead it. *sigh*) so i'm thinking (waaaaaaaaH!) that mondays will need to be radio-silence days, where I come home, take a bath, my meds, and hit the sack and sleep. no errands, no visiting, no studying even until i've gotten some sleep.
*sigh* there, THAT's disorganized, innit? *tries to organize it, can't*
anyway, /worried rantlette. you can go on bout your regularly scheduled lives, now. xoxox
I have to admit, I'm a bit worried.
Classes are 1-4 on Tues and Weds.
I work +/- 10pm to 7am Weds through Sun.
In theory I can sleep between about 8am and 8pm during the days, except on Uni days.
and in theory I can use Monday from when I get home until sometime Tuesday morning (4am-ish, not 9am-ish) to just.sleep.in.
That's my plan.
these are the details as i know them now.
I do have 'net at each job, so can bring computer and ---if not too tired work on course work. At the girl's house that's less of a problem- there IS a proper desk there with a chair, as well as a sofa if my legs/back get sore and I need to stretch out. so in theory I can work on coursework there.
At the lad's house though (now, this family just moved, so I'm being generous until they get settled) there are only two HUGE recliners (i'm NOT 6'4", nor even 5'8"- these are BIG chairs) and the tile floor, which is ok for not needing to do school reading/writing, but there's no place to set out papers, make notes, etc.
So my concerns are these: having the energy to make it to class each day, every week.
Having the energy to read the assignments, assimilate the information, do the work.
Having a PLACE to do the work. Lay out the papers, my notes, watch the films for Chicano and Latino Cinema and take notes. Read what's required for Native American Studies- go to the local sites if that's in this class. lay out THOSE notes and do my assimilating and writing.
I've been moving things around in my room to make more study space, get rid of distractions- need to be done with that by Sunday morning when house-mate gets home, since it's her office i'm using as a staging area.
I'm going to ask the lad's family if there even IS A table and chair I'll be able to sit at on Weds. and Sun. to do that kind of work- if NOT then those by default will become visiting nights, for online friends, and yoga nights, because there's room there to stretch out with my mat.
And at least for the first weeks of uni, I'm thinking I'll need (notice, not want but need) almost all the other time for sleep or study and work.
Which, yay, staying healthy, finishing school, and earning money for living on and for Europe next year, but waaaaaaaah for visiting/writing/hanging out time. at least until i get my shit together.
My experience with this damn critical thinking has made me unsettled about this work/uni schedule. I think THIS is why it's taken me so damn long to finish uni- there are reasons I didn't take classes while I was working full-time nights in hospital. this is hard enough.
On this schedule i tend to get home on Monday morning and want to stay up and hang out with my friends online- do laundry, dust, read fic, -- but what happens is i get over-amped and end up staying up all through Monday into the wee hours, then sleeping- maybe- two or three hours- and getting up for all of tuesday. Which, no. Will not work. (Yes, i /plead/ tired and sleepy a lot, but i don't actually SLEEP, damnit! if i did, i'd not plead it. *sigh*) so i'm thinking (waaaaaaaaH!) that mondays will need to be radio-silence days, where I come home, take a bath, my meds, and hit the sack and sleep. no errands, no visiting, no studying even until i've gotten some sleep.
*sigh* there, THAT's disorganized, innit? *tries to organize it, can't*
anyway, /worried rantlette. you can go on bout your regularly scheduled lives, now. xoxox