I registered for Spring ‘09 semester today.
I’m only taking 3 classes but they are fairly brutal. The math class alone is 5 credit hours which means a minimum of 15 hours of study time a week. The good news is I’m getting past the young freshmen filled 101 classes where the instructors spend a ridiculous amount of time on “student management”.
With the winding down of this semester, and the economic problems that have impacted us, I spent some time “thinking” this weekend. I knew when I started this venture that it wasn’t going to be a cakewalk. My family is making tough sacrifices for me to do this, of which I’m very grateful in case I haven’t said it out loud lately. I know in the end this will be all worth it, but it doesn’t make it in easier during the interim. Spring ‘08 I began questioning my abilities because of all the issues I was having. This past semester I proved otherwise that I can do it as long as I control the outside circumstances that spun me into a sleep deprived mess. It’s also tough during the holiday season when your little one’s have santa claus on the brain. I like to think that Santa is also suffering from the economic crisis so maybe there will be a lowering of expectations this year??
I look back on my childhood holdidays and I can barely remember any of the toys & gifts I got, but what I remember looking forward to was being with my family and doing things together in all of our glorious function & disfunction. So this holiday season I’m going to focus on spending time and doing activities with my peeps and less of a focus on the commercial stuff. Hell I can’t afford it anyway!!!!
So I took a moment this weekend for some reflection & renewal. I asked myself the question “is it still worth it?” Yes, it still is. I have to remember everything my family is doing to help and it motivates me. So I’m finishing this semester strong, and in January I’ll be rolling up my sleeves and kicking some more academic ass.
It’s going to a rough road but I have to maintain some faith that we’ll be fine. Faith? No I’m by no means a “god” kind of a person as those who know me can attest. But over the years I seem to have a guardian angel or 2 that have been watching out for us in dire times.
Time to get my game on. Cheers!
