{"id":1046,"date":"2009-09-02T23:54:27","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T06:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2009-09-02T23:54:27","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T06:54:27","slug":"first-week-drama-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/first-week-drama-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"First week drama and other news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve written here, mostly because it&#8217;s been a crazy week so far. \u00a0Gosh, it feels like Saturday already. \u00a0School&#8217;s back in session, and while the homework hasn&#8217;t been bad so far (and probably won&#8217;t be), I&#8217;ve been jumping through hoops just to get this semester figured out.<\/p>\n<p>Long story short, my work schedule has been clashing with my class schedule, especially since I decided I wanted to drop this English class that didn&#8217;t look very appealing. \u00a0But to graduate \u00a0with an English minor, I <em>must<\/em> take an English class this semester, and all the ones I want to take conflict with this two hour weekly mandatory in service class. \u00a0My boss will probably fire me if I can&#8217;t make the meeting, but you know what? \u00a0As much as I love the FHSS Writing Lab, school comes first. \u00a0If push comes to shove (and I <em>really<\/em> hope that it doesn&#8217;t), I&#8217;ll probably just find work elsewhere this semester.<\/p>\n<p>Augh. \u00a0Everything&#8217;s complicated by the fact that you <em>have<\/em> to use add\/drop cards for some dumb reason, so you can&#8217;t just rearrange \u00a0your schedule online. \u00a0If you drop a class, then realize that you shouldn&#8217;t have done it&#8230;tough. \u00a0Blegh.<\/p>\n<p>Making things even more complicated are the looming deadlines. \u00a0I&#8217;ve barely touched the FAFSA (need to get on that), and for Washington Seminar I&#8217;ve got a lot of application work to do ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, though, it&#8217;s the little stuff that really gets to me, not the big, earthshaking stuff. \u00a0In twenty four hours, all this crap will probably be resolved. \u00a0Twenty four hours ago, I was frantically trying to find an English class, and now I&#8217;m signed up for this AWESOME wilderness writing class! \u00a0I am <em>so<\/em> looking forward to it!<\/p>\n<p>With all this first week upside downness, you would think my writing has suffered. \u00a0Well, not so! \u00a0I put in a solid 3k today, writing in hour-long blocks between classes and from 7pm to 11pm tonight. \u00a0Very satisfying to get so much done, at least as far as writing is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I need to get to bed. \u00a0I&#8217;ve decided to keep working out in the mornings, like I did all summer, but the SFH weightroom closes from 8am to 4pm for classes, so I need to get up around 6:30 if I want to work out. \u00a0G&#8217;night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve written here, mostly because it&#8217;s been a crazy week so far. \u00a0Gosh, it feels like Saturday already. \u00a0School&#8217;s back in session, and while the homework hasn&#8217;t been bad so far (and probably won&#8217;t be), I&#8217;ve been jumping through hoops just to get this semester figured out. 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