Things have gotten super stressful! I really find all of this online course stuff to be so confusing. Each class is a maze of where to find what and how to know what's due when and how to guess at exactly what the professor is looking for. Today was just full of things not going quite right. But I keep telling myself that my perspective is wrong.
Things that stressed me out:
I've somehow gotten behind in all my readings. Two assignments were due today with another couple of writing assignments due very soon. Found out that a few quiz deadlines were today so I had to take the online quizzes blindly without having studied sufficiently. I couldn't figure out one of the study rooms where you can get help from a TA. Biked quickly back to the Riv to check and see if my rent was paid. Turns out there were major problems with payment and I had to jump through hoops and hidden fees to figure it out before the late fee hits. Then I rushed back to class for a long waste of two hours of "career development." At this point I would drop the class if I didn't need the credit hours.
There's a bit of a story behind this, but turns out I just barely missed getting into Men's Chorus which was a serious damper on my spirits. At the same time the football game, little time for sleep, and not getting into choir was happening, I got bombarded with huge amounts of reading assignments. I'm swamped!
But I think to an extent I have a poor perspective on things. I've had some amazing luck and success lately.
If I try and look for the blessing behind all of these things: I gained valuable experience from the auditions. Now I don't have to worry about an hour of choir practice every day (imagine how much more swamped I'd be!). If I hadn't remembered to talk to the Riv and if I hadn't written it in my schedule, I would have had to pay a late fee!
So I guess there's always a choice to have a positive attitude and to be happy. Sure is hard sometimes.
I really need to figure out how to speed read and to balance things when surprises come up that ruin my schedule.
Things have been fun though. I've been meeting lots of people. Trying to find time to see people for short periods of time. Ashley, Josie, and Rachel.
This weekend looks booked already especially because of the football game in the middle of the day. How can I still get behind when nearly every second of my life is devoted to classes?!
