A couple of my friends post random ramblings every now and then and I thought it would be fun to give it a try.
Because of my last post, some of you may be thinking that I’m not enjoying school. That’s not it at all. I absolutely love school. I enjoy every minute of it, including the homework and tests. I just hate trying to decide what I want to do with my life. I’d rather go to school just to go to school.
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I feel like I’m not doing very well with any of my goals this year. I just can’t seem to get my head in the game. I keep giving myself permission to slack off (not in terms of school). I really need to focus and get back into things because I felt so much better when I was following my goals.
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One of the things I miss the most with my crazy schedule is reading the things I want to read. I’m doing plenty of reading and I find the essays my teacher assigns interesting. I just miss reading for pleasure.
When time allows, I read a couple of chapters of Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. I’m nearly through a third of the book. I’m really enjoying it and I want to know what happens. I wish I could read it more often.
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Midterms are here and I get to take a midterm for all three of my classes on Monday so I’ll be studying my heart out this weekend. I’m not worried about my Doctrine and Covenants midterm because it’s not cumulative. It’s just the second test in the class. I think I’ll do okay on my English midterm, but I’m a little worried about the essay questions. I hate essay questions! I’m most worried about my Japanese spoken midterm because I don’t feel like I’ve had enough time to devote to Japanese. I’m sure I’ll do fine because I’ve been doing great in class. It just freaks me out a little bit.
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I handed in my research paper for my English class yesterday. I chose to write about the frustrations of being left-handed. It was really fun to research this topic, although I could be biased since I’m left-handed. Still, I look forward to seeing how I do on this paper. I think I might actually pull off an A. ;)
I love that you’re loving school so much. That was totally a roller coaster with me. And I’m super impressed you’re doing so great in all your classes!
I know what you mean about reading for pleasure. Last year when I went back to finish I think I read something around 12 books the whole stinkin year. I just couldn’t pick up a book and feel ok about reading it because I KNEW I had homework to do. It was a big fall after reading 107 the year before. It hurt. :) Hang in there though. You’ll find time to read and when the semester is over you’ll devour a book and feel right back at home. Haha
I cannot believe I only have 13 more days of being a student. Facing graduation and getting a job is terrifying. I want to teach, I do, but facing the change make me just anxious. Like you, there is a part of me that wishes I could be a student forever. It’s exhausting, stressful, has done horrible things to my social life, I barely ever read or sleep, everything else in my life was been wiped out but……I don’t want it to end. And yet…..I do.
That’s great that you think you will be getting an A! I also think it is great that you are enjoying school so much! I would love someday to be able to go back to school and finally get a degree.
Good luck on your tests! I’m sure you will ace them!
Good luck with your midterms! I’ve been meaning to read Elantris. It’s been on my to-read list for a long time. Maybe I’ll bump it up to the short list!
I read like a crazy woman during January (13 books!) but since I started working again this month I’ve only had time for 4 1/2 books. It’s a little ironic actually since I’m working at a library… :)