Because a friend of mine said I should update more...
Wow... is this what it's like to have a... "life"? If so, it's quite fatiguing... but well worth it. ^_~
Things are going well between Karysha and me. We are still crazy about each other, and we're slowly making progress on planning and organizing our wedding, although I still need to get on the ball on a few important things. We registered at Wal*Mart yesterday and had a fun time shopping around for things to put on the wishlist.
It's been kind of weird to imagine moving out. I mean, theoretically, a guy my age should already be living out on his own. However, it just makes financial sense for me to live here (with my folks) while I attend my college classes, since the university is (arguably) within driving distance. (Although having a 5-day class schedule this semester is eating at my gas money!)
Oy, college. HOPEFULLY I'll complete my class requirements and have a nice, shiny new BA in Cognitive Studies (with a minor in Psychology) by Christmas.... However, I still have some obstacles to overcome, both within myself and external to myself. That, and I've been dragging my feet in regards to actually applying to graduate by the end of the semester. I am not sure at this point if it's too late now, in which case I'd have to apply to graduate as of the spring semester (although I wouldn't be taking any classes).
Ugh... I'm going to be glad when it's over, and yet, for all my moaning about papers, procrastination, and pump prices, I really do enjoy being a student. I enjoy being in college. I guess I inherited that from my Dad. He would be a professional student, if he could do so respectably. Perhaps I don't want to face life past college... Fear of success?
Perhaps.
And perhaps I'm overdramatizing here.
I know that there are some major life changes right around the corner for Karysha and me. We intend to wait awhile before we have kids, hopefully until we're in a more stable/secure financial situation, and in a more family-sized abode. But as the good book says, "man's mind plans his way, but God directs his steps." We shall see what God has in store.
I'm still not sure of what type of "career" I'll end up pursuing, if any in particular. That's one of the things that has been the most difficult in my lifetime: deciding on a direction to focus for my academic studies, my major, and my "career". I'm told that a significant percentage (I'm inclined to say 70%, but my memory may be off) of college graduates end up working in a job not directly related to their degree.
This is somewhat encouraging, as my degree major is difficult to explain to people when they ask what I will "do" with it. e__e;
In more immediate, practical news, my classes this semester are going pretty well so far, and I especially find my "Non-Linear Systems and Chaos" class intriguing. However, that class makes me wish I'd persevered in Calculus 2 and on to higher mathematics courses. The instructor jokingly said that the NLS&C class really ought to have prerequisites amounting to PHDs in advanced mathematics, physics, philosophy of science, ecology, computer science, and quantum mechanics. o_O And I'm inclined to agree with him. Still, he's keeping it at a more reasonable level for those of us who aren't math or compsci majors. We're discussing things like nonlinear sequential equations that start out simple and then erupt into chaotic behaviors after several iterations. Next we'll be discussing fractals. :-)
Hmm... Well, I have an exam in my Logic class tomorrow, so I'd better scoot. Thanks for reading all of this, if you did! And thanks yet again for keeping me on your friends lists! God bless, everyone! You all rocketh muchly!
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Things are going well between Karysha and me. We are still crazy about each other, and we're slowly making progress on planning and organizing our wedding, although I still need to get on the ball on a few important things. We registered at Wal*Mart yesterday and had a fun time shopping around for things to put on the wishlist.
It's been kind of weird to imagine moving out. I mean, theoretically, a guy my age should already be living out on his own. However, it just makes financial sense for me to live here (with my folks) while I attend my college classes, since the university is (arguably) within driving distance. (Although having a 5-day class schedule this semester is eating at my gas money!)
Oy, college. HOPEFULLY I'll complete my class requirements and have a nice, shiny new BA in Cognitive Studies (with a minor in Psychology) by Christmas.... However, I still have some obstacles to overcome, both within myself and external to myself. That, and I've been dragging my feet in regards to actually applying to graduate by the end of the semester. I am not sure at this point if it's too late now, in which case I'd have to apply to graduate as of the spring semester (although I wouldn't be taking any classes).
Ugh... I'm going to be glad when it's over, and yet, for all my moaning about papers, procrastination, and pump prices, I really do enjoy being a student. I enjoy being in college. I guess I inherited that from my Dad. He would be a professional student, if he could do so respectably. Perhaps I don't want to face life past college... Fear of success?
Perhaps.
And perhaps I'm overdramatizing here.
I know that there are some major life changes right around the corner for Karysha and me. We intend to wait awhile before we have kids, hopefully until we're in a more stable/secure financial situation, and in a more family-sized abode. But as the good book says, "man's mind plans his way, but God directs his steps." We shall see what God has in store.
I'm still not sure of what type of "career" I'll end up pursuing, if any in particular. That's one of the things that has been the most difficult in my lifetime: deciding on a direction to focus for my academic studies, my major, and my "career". I'm told that a significant percentage (I'm inclined to say 70%, but my memory may be off) of college graduates end up working in a job not directly related to their degree.
This is somewhat encouraging, as my degree major is difficult to explain to people when they ask what I will "do" with it. e__e;
In more immediate, practical news, my classes this semester are going pretty well so far, and I especially find my "Non-Linear Systems and Chaos" class intriguing. However, that class makes me wish I'd persevered in Calculus 2 and on to higher mathematics courses. The instructor jokingly said that the NLS&C class really ought to have prerequisites amounting to PHDs in advanced mathematics, physics, philosophy of science, ecology, computer science, and quantum mechanics. o_O And I'm inclined to agree with him. Still, he's keeping it at a more reasonable level for those of us who aren't math or compsci majors. We're discussing things like nonlinear sequential equations that start out simple and then erupt into chaotic behaviors after several iterations. Next we'll be discussing fractals. :-)
Hmm... Well, I have an exam in my Logic class tomorrow, so I'd better scoot. Thanks for reading all of this, if you did! And thanks yet again for keeping me on your friends lists! God bless, everyone! You all rocketh muchly!
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