Tuesday, September 17, 2013

9 hours

One of my classes started today...a math class, one of the four classes I need to graduate this spring.  It is an online class, thanks to the greatness of scheduling conflicts, and math is not my favorite subject of all time.  I decided to jump in with a decent attitude and see what happened.

I took the morning to get as enthusiastic as possible.  Okay, who am I kidding?  I took a nap.  With my pulled muscle or whatever, I haven't been sleeping well, and the couch has been the most restful spot thus far.  Who knew?  Anyway, I geared up for the class around lunchtime, and was still hard at work at 3:10 when B walked in the front door.

Long (boring) story, short?  I did homework in that class for nine hours.  Nine.  As in, one more than eight.  As in, probably four more hours than I tend to sleep at night.  In the introductory email(s), the professor said we should expect to spend at least nine hours a week working on this class.  My question is, if I do nine hours in one day, I'm good, right?

I have so many deadlines this week, and I'm trying to prioritize them a little bit.  It's proving to be difficult, and even though I have three days a week to devote to my classes, it's still hard to get it all done.  I'm somewhat concerned about how it will be when the next class starts in a couple of weeks.  Staggering is a great idea in theory, but it's also great(er) when the end dates are staggered as well.  In this case, they are not.

So, I'm off to recline on a heat pack, because I seem to get better results with heat, although, at this point, I'd be so happy to be able to take a normal, semi-deep breath.  I'd love to yawn or cough or even hiccup without feeling like a jillion knives are stabbing me in between my ribs.

This is the most fun ever!  Except...not.

Aubs

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