school and teef and stuff.
I've been promising myself to update this thing for a few days now... and I figured now's the best time to do it. :) It still saddens me that I'm up before work and it's still dark outside. Sad.
Things have been going pretty well here. School is going fine, though now I'm feeling a little bit overwhelmed with working full-time and going to school and taking care of the house and so on and so on. I received a call from my mama a couple of weeks ago about my grades (though she does have access to them, I'm sure that she's not supposed to be snooping into those... which made me a bit perturbed, as I'm the adult and I'm the one paying for my own education...) and she said that she was looking at my transcript and that I had an IP (in progress) for the one course and an F in the other. Whaaat? Well, since it was only halfway through the semester, I figured it was just some sort of mix-up with the transcript grades. So, I emailed that professor and my advisor about it... at which time they told me that course only lasted 8 weeks. What the hell?
Though my advisor hasn't said so, that professor is wanting to give me an incomplete and give me until the end of the semester to finish that course, which is what I originally had planned on (Why would I be enrolled in two classes, then have one last only half the semester when the other is the entire semester?! It's silly to do the work of one class in half the time - that's twice the work.). So, that's scary... I've never failed a course in my life. And I know I can't have a grade like that in grad school and still hope for the degree. Shit.
So, I've been working my tail off, and will be going to the library again tonight after work until Andrew gets off work, about 7-11pm tonight. Yes, my Friday night will be spent at the library... don't be jealous. :)
Anyway... after being so bogged down with work this entire semester and feeling a bit overwhelmed, I was hoping to just take one class next semester, as I'd still finish the degree in a fair amount of time. Weeell... that's when my mom informed me that unless I want to start paying for the schooling outright and have my loans go back into repayment, I have to take at least 6 credit hours a semester. Shit. So, I'm stuck... I can't afford it outright, so I have to take two a semester and be scrambling. I hate that feeling.
*sighs* Unless I can set up my schedule to where I take one first quarter, and then another second quarter (since they have fucked-up 8 week courses... which I *never* had at Millikin), I think I might have to abandon this idea of going to school again. So that kinda sucks. I'm missing my alone-and-doing-nothing time. (Sad, I know.)
Anyway. That's my school situation. I'll just see how my grades turn out this semester... if the one doesn't raise from the F, then there's no way I can continue anyway. I would love to just have a sit-down with my advisor about everything, but unfortunately, she's in Quincy and I'm in Decatur. And now I just feel like a fool for not knowing that the one class only lasted 8 weeks (even though none of my enrollment forms or syllabus said it was 8 weeks - there was a calendar on the syllabus that ended early, but I thought nothing of it, since many of my former professors would do that and then modify it based on how the course was progressing).
I'm done ranting though. :) I'm really fine with it, and am fairly caught up on all my work... I will be better after going to the library tonight, however.
Everything else has been going well. Work is slowing down a bit, and I caught word that I should be getting a healthy raise before the end of the year, which will help out tremendously. :) Though my car is paid off, I've ventured into getting my teeth looked at by a dentist, and apparently, I need a lot of work done. A *lot*. To the tune of $9,000+. Yikes.
I originally went in because my teeth had shifted a lot after braces, and I was looking into Invisalign to get 'em fixed. Well, when Dr. Osborne (my dentist) took a look, he determined that my three baby teeth were the culprits for my teeth moving so much and my "bite collapsing," as he put it. So, if I just do the straightening and not address those teeth, I'll be in a vicious cycle of my teeth shifting every time I'm done with orthodontia. Fun. :) So, the tentative plan is to first get fitted with a "night guard" this coming Monday, which he says will help my bite close to where it will be once the Invisalign is complete (because apparently I don't have a "wide range of motion" with my mouth, as I'm biting funny now and they've always commented on how I can't open my mouth far or how I don't have much room in there [insert sexual innuendo here]). The night guard is basically a piece of plastic that will fit over my bottom row of teeth that my upper row will rest on at night (I don't think I'm to be wearing it indefinitely, not sure though). He said he's going to throw the cost of that in with the Invisalign, and I was like "thanks." :)
Next, he'll remove the three baby teeth before I start the Invisalign treatment. After that's through and I've worn retainers for a while come the dental implants. Oh yes. Three titanium teeth to be fitted where the old baby teeth were. That'll be a fun, screw-teeth-into-bone party. >.< But... it'll keep my teeth from moving around again once that round of orthodontia is complete. I wish they had pushed for these more the first time around when I had braces - they were mentioned, but never as a necessity for keeping my teeth and mouth healthy. Ah well, 20/20 hindsight.
But anyway, that's what's going on here. I'd best hop in the shower for work... it's getting chillier here and not as much fun going to work with wet hair. ;) (I love that I can go to work with wet hair and wearing jeans and a t-shirt if I'd like, haha.)
Anyway, I love and miss you all. Andrew and I will be making the trek to Q-town for sure Thanksgiving weekend... hopefully I'll be home for another weekend before then.
Things have been going pretty well here. School is going fine, though now I'm feeling a little bit overwhelmed with working full-time and going to school and taking care of the house and so on and so on. I received a call from my mama a couple of weeks ago about my grades (though she does have access to them, I'm sure that she's not supposed to be snooping into those... which made me a bit perturbed, as I'm the adult and I'm the one paying for my own education...) and she said that she was looking at my transcript and that I had an IP (in progress) for the one course and an F in the other. Whaaat? Well, since it was only halfway through the semester, I figured it was just some sort of mix-up with the transcript grades. So, I emailed that professor and my advisor about it... at which time they told me that course only lasted 8 weeks. What the hell?
Though my advisor hasn't said so, that professor is wanting to give me an incomplete and give me until the end of the semester to finish that course, which is what I originally had planned on (Why would I be enrolled in two classes, then have one last only half the semester when the other is the entire semester?! It's silly to do the work of one class in half the time - that's twice the work.). So, that's scary... I've never failed a course in my life. And I know I can't have a grade like that in grad school and still hope for the degree. Shit.
So, I've been working my tail off, and will be going to the library again tonight after work until Andrew gets off work, about 7-11pm tonight. Yes, my Friday night will be spent at the library... don't be jealous. :)
Anyway... after being so bogged down with work this entire semester and feeling a bit overwhelmed, I was hoping to just take one class next semester, as I'd still finish the degree in a fair amount of time. Weeell... that's when my mom informed me that unless I want to start paying for the schooling outright and have my loans go back into repayment, I have to take at least 6 credit hours a semester. Shit. So, I'm stuck... I can't afford it outright, so I have to take two a semester and be scrambling. I hate that feeling.
*sighs* Unless I can set up my schedule to where I take one first quarter, and then another second quarter (since they have fucked-up 8 week courses... which I *never* had at Millikin), I think I might have to abandon this idea of going to school again. So that kinda sucks. I'm missing my alone-and-doing-nothing time. (Sad, I know.)
Anyway. That's my school situation. I'll just see how my grades turn out this semester... if the one doesn't raise from the F, then there's no way I can continue anyway. I would love to just have a sit-down with my advisor about everything, but unfortunately, she's in Quincy and I'm in Decatur. And now I just feel like a fool for not knowing that the one class only lasted 8 weeks (even though none of my enrollment forms or syllabus said it was 8 weeks - there was a calendar on the syllabus that ended early, but I thought nothing of it, since many of my former professors would do that and then modify it based on how the course was progressing).
I'm done ranting though. :) I'm really fine with it, and am fairly caught up on all my work... I will be better after going to the library tonight, however.
Everything else has been going well. Work is slowing down a bit, and I caught word that I should be getting a healthy raise before the end of the year, which will help out tremendously. :) Though my car is paid off, I've ventured into getting my teeth looked at by a dentist, and apparently, I need a lot of work done. A *lot*. To the tune of $9,000+. Yikes.
I originally went in because my teeth had shifted a lot after braces, and I was looking into Invisalign to get 'em fixed. Well, when Dr. Osborne (my dentist) took a look, he determined that my three baby teeth were the culprits for my teeth moving so much and my "bite collapsing," as he put it. So, if I just do the straightening and not address those teeth, I'll be in a vicious cycle of my teeth shifting every time I'm done with orthodontia. Fun. :) So, the tentative plan is to first get fitted with a "night guard" this coming Monday, which he says will help my bite close to where it will be once the Invisalign is complete (because apparently I don't have a "wide range of motion" with my mouth, as I'm biting funny now and they've always commented on how I can't open my mouth far or how I don't have much room in there [insert sexual innuendo here]). The night guard is basically a piece of plastic that will fit over my bottom row of teeth that my upper row will rest on at night (I don't think I'm to be wearing it indefinitely, not sure though). He said he's going to throw the cost of that in with the Invisalign, and I was like "thanks." :)
Next, he'll remove the three baby teeth before I start the Invisalign treatment. After that's through and I've worn retainers for a while come the dental implants. Oh yes. Three titanium teeth to be fitted where the old baby teeth were. That'll be a fun, screw-teeth-into-bone party. >.< But... it'll keep my teeth from moving around again once that round of orthodontia is complete. I wish they had pushed for these more the first time around when I had braces - they were mentioned, but never as a necessity for keeping my teeth and mouth healthy. Ah well, 20/20 hindsight.
But anyway, that's what's going on here. I'd best hop in the shower for work... it's getting chillier here and not as much fun going to work with wet hair. ;) (I love that I can go to work with wet hair and wearing jeans and a t-shirt if I'd like, haha.)
Anyway, I love and miss you all. Andrew and I will be making the trek to Q-town for sure Thanksgiving weekend... hopefully I'll be home for another weekend before then.