School started yesterday and I’m a little nervous about it. All the classes I’m taking are very interesting to me, but they all seem so damn hard! I’m going into it with a better attitude than last semester, so maybe I’ll do better. We’ll see how well this weight loss thing does when I’m up late nights studying!
I’ve got much more to tell everyone later, but for now I’m off to get ready for class.
And the title pretty much sums it up. It’s not that I’m not interested in the class, it’s that it involves hours and hours of homework (not to mention the accompanying headaches). I opted to take the class online in order to avoid taking it with a professor I despise, who teaches it in the classroom. And while I really like taking it online, there are those overachievers in the class who are making it really hard for the rest of us. Some of the students (I’m thinking they already know Java and are just taking the class to fulfill a requirement) are working ahead, while I’m struggling to get things done on time. Of course the professor is eating this up, sending daily emails reminding us that we can work ahead and that some of our classmates are already weeks ahead and will do much better in the course. It makes me want to hunt them down and virtually kick their collective asses.
Well summer school officially started yesterday. I guess I’m excited because I felt lost this last month, but it’s still going to be a lot of work. The summer classes are done in half the time, so you have to do double the work, plus I’m taking my 2 classes online so we have to read the lectures on top of all of the normal class reading. Good thing I like to read and that these classes actually interest me. But I can already tell I’ll have my nose in one of the 8 textbooks at all times. And for the record, yes, that is 8 textbooks for a total of 2 classes. Gotta love college.
But already I’m feeling the mommy guilt. I chose to take online classes this summer so I can be free to do what I please during the day and so that Squeaks doesn’t have to go to a sitter. I figured I could be home with her and just do my work at night. But when I look at this workload, it’s going to require more time than I can commit at night. For example, Squeaks has already watched waaaay too much tv this morning, just so that I could get the reading done in order to participate in the online discussion. On one hand I realize that I watched a lot of tv as a child and, hell, I don’t even remember being that young. But on the other hand I feel like I’m rotting her brain and completely ignoring her. Up until a few weeks ago, Squeaks would play happily in her room by herself or read books while I did things I needed to do (like blogging!). But she’s hit this clingy phase in which she literally attaches herself to my leg and it makes me feel horrible to have to distract her with tv. I guess there’s nothing I can do about it now, except to try to stay up even later at night to get my work done.
Some year I’ll be done with school and this will be a non-issue. Of course, I’ll then feel guilty about going to work and leaving Squeaks behind. But if I continue at this rate, she’ll be off to college by then, anyway!
My last final (as redundant as that sounds) is today at 12:30. Then I am free! For a month, at least.
Stupid accounting. I don’t want to be an accountant, nor do I remotely like math. That’s why I’m blogging at 6:30 in the morning instead of doing the studying that I’ve managed to put off thus far.
Wish me luck…
I’m finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to this semester! I think this is possible the worst semester I’ve had in my entire college experience, not because it’s harder, but because I don’t like any of the classes. Not one. Normally I have at least one that I enjoy and that makes everything else easier. Not this time around.
But today I almost finished up my online classes. I’m 2 tests away from finishing those two, then I only have 2 other classes to deal with. Thankfully I’ll be done as of May 3rd! Yay!
I am going to take classes this summer, as well as a lot more in the fall, but I’m actually looking forward to getting into more things that I enjoy. In the fall I’m taking a Developmental Psychology class that is all about babies and young children. I think it will be so interesting. The Hubby took it prior to me ever getting pregnant with Squeaks and it helped him to understand so much of what was going on in my pregnancy. Granted, this class has nothing to do with my degree, but I had to have an upper-lever liberal arts elective, so I elected for this!
Okay, enough rambling about school. Hope everyone is having a great day!
