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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Crazy Lady on the Loose!
The spring semester is winding down now, but of course “winding down” really feels like winding up, as I have three papers due at the beginning of May, then exams in four classes, in addition to the regular assignments. If I were a smart and responsible student, I would have done more work on these papers prior to now. But I’m not. I wrote two assignments yesterday (both due yesterday!), and plan to work on more things today. I have a paper about our Cleveland Orchestra experience from Sunday (2 pages, not too bad), a paper on a “world” musician (4 pages), and a paper on Aeschylus. Additionally, I have weekly assignments for my history class which aren’t difficult, just tedious, discussion boards and other hoops to jump through to accomplish – hopefully – all As. I’m not holding my breath about that, though. I think it’s likely I’ll end up with all Bs. Just because I’m not as good at this school full time and work full time thing as I thought I was. Live and learn, right?
As the semester inches toward a close, I’m left considering the next two semesters. I’m losing my mind right now with how much I have going on. I’m not good with this much to do. I need a break now and then! So while I had lofty plans to get my associate of arts by the end of the year by pushing through three full-time semesters, I think I would kill someone if I tried two more at full time. So it’s time to pull back.
I’ve contacted the Cleveland Institute of Music and arranged to start voice lessons for their summer term, so that’s one thing right there. That’s half an hour per week – plus travel time – that I’ve committed myself to doing. I couldn’t possibly take full time classes at the community college again. I’ve decided to pull back to one or two classes. It will cost a little bit more in the long run to do it this way, but I’ll save on sanity, and that’s worth it. So maybe it will take a little longer to get the degree, but at least I’ll stay somewhat sane.
In other news, maybe I should stop blogging and get back to dealing with schoolwork. 
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