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June 5, 2008
June is the month of dominoes
The beginning of this month has proven to be more insane than I anticipated.
Last week I finished up the three week long, three credit course (730 Teaching Writing) and this week I began two more courses... I'm taking these two courses in a "regular" summer session that is five weeks long: 705 Language and Social Context (which is really just sociolinguistics) and 641 ESL Pedagogy: Assessment. My mornings are very full Monday through Thursday. I have class from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It's a little crazy, but at least I'm enjoying the course material.
This week I was getting used to the new morning schedule (quite different from the 3:30-7 p.m. thing I had going for the last three weeks!) and I still had to finish up my final project for Teaching Writing. I didn't really have any clue how I was going to squeeze this project between my readings for my new classes... But somehow I completed and turned it in today. Thank goodness. I'm also working at the Writing Center again now that my school work isn't quite as intense as it was in the pre-summer session. (It's intense, but just a tad less stressful.)
I accepted the job I was offered, and now all the dominoes are beginning to fall... For example, I just realized today that all of the classes I am scheduled for in the fall run from 2:30-5 p.m. If I'm working till 4 and have to drive at least an hour to get from one place to the other, that is just not going to jive! I've written to my advisor in hopes that there is another section of ONE class that I could register for because my goal is to go part-time (meaning anywhere from 3-8 credits, 9 being full-time). But I really want to make sure that I take at least one course. Let's hope this can be worked out.
In addition to that little problem, I'm finding that my potential new neighborhood doesn't have a very broad selection in apartments. The ones that seem great are full up. The ones that look decent don't return my calls. The one that I got to talk to doesn't have all of my "musts" for a place to live. So I'm facing the possibility of compromise (which, when it comes to my living experience, I do not like to do). Sigh.
There are more positive things going on, though. Like I said, I like my courses. My roommate is finally staying at our place with me (I lived alone in May since it was more convenient for her) and things are great in that department. Trixie is the best dog ever. And good things are on the horizon for me, even though they're jumbled up with a heap of dominoes gradually falling with a tink-tink-tinktinktinktink as things get a little crazier in my life. Hopefully in a few months things might be a little less "exciting."
Posted by KarissaKilgore at June 5, 2008 3:39 PM
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You're doing great things, Karissa. But don't work too hard: Live it up!
Posted by: Mike Arnzen at June 6, 2008 12:22 AM
Thanks, Dr. A. I'm trying :)
Posted by: Karissa at June 6, 2008 10:41 AM