Getting Better

This past week...really, this semester, has been really difficult.
I wasn't feeling inspired. Sure, I felt motivated enough--I worked out, I went to class, I'm doing relatively well I think. But I just didn't feel happy.

But yesterday was the best day I've had since I got back to school and maybe things will keep getting better from here on out.

I know a lot of people have been trouble this past week, at least, if not longer. So, it makes wonder if the universe is just trying to upset everyone.

Hopefully it's over and I can work hard and be happy and get good grades and learn some cool stuff.

So, the FYS instructor position I mentioned last blog isn't going to work out. I would have to be here for training the week before classes and the fam is going on vacation this week.
Sorry, but I'd much rather be doing this:

 Or this

 Or this

 Or this

 Or this!

Haha. I think you get the point.

Hm. What else did I want to talk about?

AH! I got into the Upper Level Professional Program for Elementary Education!

That means that I can now take all the upperclassmen courses and I am cleared to actually get my minor.

Of course, this will only work if I get into the Speech Pathology program here, since my minor is "Elementary Education minor for Speech Pathology and Audiology Majors." :/

If not, I'll see about making my major Elementary Education with a minor in Speech and Hearing Processes because my adviser tells me that I can still apply to grad school with that minor and she'll be sure I get into important Speech Path classes that will make my transcript look better to the graduate schools.

I think that a lot of the classes I've taken for this minor, though don't work for the major. I can't find a program guide for Elem. Ed. majors though, so I may just drop my Elementary Education minor and keep the Elementary Education Language Arts minor. Then, I'll make my major Behavioral Science Psychology, instead of having my general psych minor.

But everyone keeps telling me that I don't have to worry and that I'll get in and I won't even have to worry about what kind of switching to do.
I sure hope so, because I'll have wasted a lot of time and money otherwise.

But, sad news...even if I do get in this time and I'm on track, I still have to take some summer courses and I won't graduate UNDERGRAD until, like, 2017. *sigh*

Anyway...on to happy things!
So, I'm way ahead on homework. It's kind nice to have the big gaps between classes because I just do homework (and work out) to keep myself motivated. And then I don't come home from class and say "school's over for the day, I'll just do my homework later." Haha.

Me and my Big did some of our homework yesterday while we were hanging out, before Chapter.
Then, later, we went to the Pi Kappa Phi house, because they had an "I Have A Dream Pajama Jam" in honor of MLK day. Haha. It was kinda cool. There weren't A LOT of people there, so it was nice not to have someone running in to you every second. But, it was cold, so that was kinda crappy.
We stayed for a little over an hour, maybe two, and then we went back to 1517 and just hung out until we were too tired.
I like going to the Pi Kapp's parties, because they aren't crazy hardcore partiers. I can actually enjoy myself and talk to people and actually make friends, instead of trying to hear myself think over blaring music and being stuck in one room packed with people I don't know. *cough*Sig Ep*cough*
:)

 We took the pajama thing seriously :)

Back to the Grind

Well, it's Thursday already and I must say I'm impressed I made it so quickly through the week.
I've waited this long to blog because there were quite a few things that I needed to get worked out before I had anything to post that wasn't me freaking out. :)

SO!

I have successfully fallen into my new Executive Vice President of Communications position for Pi Phi. At first, I had a lot of questions for the lovely lady before me, but now I think I've got everything I need and I understand how things work! I went to my first Panhellenic meeting--nervous-making, but cool enough. Omo (the VPC previously) came with me, to help me figure out how things run. I THINK she's coming to the next one too,  but I'm unsure.

OKAY! So, my classes...
Yeah.
This semester is going to suck.

Not only is my schedule painful...

MW: 10-10:50, 6-7:40
T: 8-9:50, 10-10:50, 5-6:15
Th: 10-10:50, 5-6:15
F: 10-10:50

THEY ARE SO SPACED OUTTT!!!!! AHHHH!
Yes, that's a class every day. and it's PHYSICS, nonetheless! My prof spends the entire class period prattling on about whatever, supposedly connecting it to something Physics related, and then gives us h.w. problems from the book that confuse me. >.<
My other classes are just boring: Nature of Language (he reads from the slides and it's SO sleepy-making) and Psych (which I am going to the first REAL class of in just a bit, so I'll let you know. But I'm told it's a lot of work, which is fine, as long as the work makes sense to me :) haha.)

Then, Tuesday nights at 9, I have Panhel. Wednesday nights at 9 I have an exec. meeting. Sunday nights, I have various Pi Phi activities that could begin anywhere from 4 to 7 and go until approx. 9.

Alas...I will do my best to get this all to work out.

Tonight, I am going to an info meeting for FYS student teaching, which I am hoping I will like and then I will apply to be one and it will be so cool and I'll have a job! Yeah!
Also, I turned a lot of applications around town, but everywhere said "we're not technically hiring right now, but we always take apps" ...so, who knows!

Well, I think that's all I have right now.

I hope I won't get overwhelmed, but I probably will do it to myself because I will worry and worry when I don't really need to. Oh well!