I need more hours in the day

I honestly, honestly do not know how I am ever going to do everything that I need to for school. I'm behind on my watching the lectures, and I have a crazy hard assignment due on Saturday that will take me, according to the teacher, at least six hours. Except I need to do some reading and watch a lecture to actually know what it is I am supposed to be doing. So add another three hours to that. Plus all the books for RfYA, which, they're easy, and I like them, but they still take time. That's what I did last night instead of anything actually useful. At least I was actually doing homework.

I've been having such a hard time sleeping recently, and I have decided to just embrace it and stay up doing homework. Of course, I'm a little sleepy now, but I suppose I'll just have to sleep on the weekends.

I try really hard not to get discouraged and to remember that I'm where I want to be and that I like it. It doesn't always work. It especially doesn't help anything that I still don't know what is actually going on in UI this semester, and I'm supposed to have a posting this week about Structure of the Scientific Revolution, but I don't know what I'm supposed to say about it!

Gah!!

I hate homework

I have an assignment due tomorrow at 5 PM, Eastern time. This means I have to write it tonight. How much do I not want to? SO MUCH.

Also, I still need to find a dang article to write about. I want something short and interesting about adolescent development. UGH.

ETA: And OF COURSE, I lose my internet connection at my coffee shop, and now I can't get my effing home computer to connect to the site I need for the article I want. I am about to cry. This sucks so bad, and I need to go to bed.

So far, so good

All three of my classes have officially started.

I still don't know how similar UI will be to UI last semester because I don't have a syllabus, but the reading list is very similar. And shorter! That bodes well. I hope.

I watched the video for RfYA last night. I continue to be excited and now, optimistic, about this class. I think it really helps that I really like the material and really wanna work with teens.

Today/tomorrow, I'll be watching the videos for my other two classes. I really want to have all class videos watched by the Saturday after they're posted. Also, on Saturday, I hope to get my article review for RfYA done.

I think I'm off to a good start.

Thus begins ... homework

Just a quick note to say that, despite, the redonk amount of homework, I continue to be really excited about RfYA. I'm signed up to be the discussion leader for Twilight and The Graphic Novel. Which is awesome, except that Twilight is the third week of class, and I don't really know what is expected of me. So I'll have to look into that.

Also, RI starts today. Thankfully, I got both books from the library. I'm interested to see what this class will be like.

A new semester is upon us

I hate that I'm laying awake right now thinking about school. I've done everything I can do at this moment, so why won't my brain shut off?

Why haven't I heard anything from my Retrieving Information teacher? I'm gonna email her if I don't hear anything by tomorrow. I feel like it's only polite to email your online students to say "Hey, what up?"

I seriously am going to have ZERO free time this semester. *le sigh*

Use it or lose it, I always say

(If my updates are still getting emailed to my former TA, I apologize.)

Since I have this blog here already, I figure I'll use it to chronicle my Adventures in Academia.

My classes for next semester officially start in about 24 hours. I am scared shitless. I am retaking the Understanding Information class that kicked my ass last semester, which I am not looking forward to. I was really hoping I could get away with being able to turn in the assignments I've already done, but it doesn't seem like that will be the case.

Add this workload to my Resources for Young Adults class, which, while cool, will also kick my ass. The amount of work for this class is effing ridiculous (hee...I've been spelling "redonk" so much, that I have a hard time remembering the actual spelling of that word). I really do not know how I'm going to ever get everything done. Also, I have to attend all three of the three hour on campus sessions for this class. What could we possibly be talking about for nine hours???????? And of course, the first of these three hour sessions starts an hour before my plane lands. I suppose I could get an earlier flight, but then I would have to book an extra night at the hotel, and I'll have an entire day of free time waiting for this class to start. I guess I could go sightseeing, since I certainly won't have time any other time.

In addition to these two ass kicking classes, I have Retrieving Information, of which I know NOTHING. I know I am registered for it, but I haven't heard from the teacher, and it won't be live on Blackboard until sometime next week, possibly as late as Thursday. So that will be an adventure.

I am so excited. *eye roll*