the school semester is nearing the finish line. i have made a little progress on the mission 101 list. i have been away from live journal for a few weeks. these past few months have been a frenzied scene. thank god i got sick this week. i have been out of work with the flu since the 12th. it seemed like a setback at the time but today i can see ( Read more... )

apparently there is a lesson to be learned in trying my hardest and finding my efforts earn a B in sociology. I am trying to let go of the need to get perfect grades. i remember my first B it was in penmanship in the fourth grade. i cried at length over it, despite reassurance from my mom. from that report card onward i conformed my letters into A ( Read more... )

i'm glad i got that gratitude out before the shit hit. i had one day off this week. my coworker was admitted to the hospital with chest pain a few hours before she was supposed to be at work. they kept her for two days. i covered two of her shifts. also the schedules have changed again so i had a 12 hour shift from 11pm sat to 11am today after the ( Read more... )

this has been a wild week. i have found it hard to balance work school friends and recovery. i practically begged to start working the graveyard shift because i believed i would be able to get a lot of school work done while at work. I expected that multitasking to free up more social time. but here i am three weeks into school and it is not ( Read more... )

not much here in tam land ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was enthusiastic and determined to meet the challenges of higher education, Today I felt fatalistic and defeated. I was late to my noon class because I underestimated the amount of time it would take to find a parking space, the correct building and classroom. (You'll begin to notice that underestimating the amount of time it takes  to ( Read more... )