Ok so a few people have given me shit for not updating on the reg, and for that I apologize. Please don't stop reading me! I have precious few followers as it is! The truth of the matter is, I need more hours in the day. This week is week four of classes, and I now know why people elect not to go back to school. It's bloody hard, man! I give people in legit school, getting masters degrees or going to law school at night, such props for what they do. And working mothers who do it . . . just insane. I mean, comparatively speaking, my school isn't THAT arduous or time consuming. I'm enrolled in two classes at a time, each of which meets only once a week. The homework is, for the most part, little and limited. But it still blows my mind. I mean, for me, I have to work 9 hour days. Then, on Mon., Wed., and Fri., I go to the gym after work and have to do whatever errands I may need to do or whatever chores around the house need to get done. Tues. and Thurs. post work, I go to class from 6-9. Somewhere among all that, I have to fit in whatever assignments I may have. Which, yes, may sound easy seeing as how I have an entire weekend to myself. HOWEVER, the issue arises when I have weekend plans. Things going on. OR even spending the weekend away. Then I have to cram everything into the nooks and crannies of free time I may have whenever. It's mind boggling to me. AND I don't even have kids! Can you imagine having kids and juggling work, school, soccer practices, tennis lessons, cooking dinners, grocery shopping, doing laundry, maintaining the household, homework?! Oy.
That being said, I am having SO MUCH FUN in my classes!!! Aside from the fact that I completely SUCK at graphic design, I'm trying. I completed my first project for that class last night - four hours and multiple cross references on the instructional DVD later. Mind you, the finished product is my third concept, second attempt (first attempt was Wed. when I spent 3 hours trying out the program on my own personal computer... haha!). But I guess that's how it is in design anyway: Brainstorming. Trial and error. Revisions. New territory for me. I'm used to revising my written work as I go along. But this was literally concept, concept, execution, scrap, concept, execution. It is by no means a work of art, but I did it. I've accomplished a work of graphic design! And my other class is just awesome. Normal people would consider "Business of Publishing" boring. I, on the other hand, am sponging it up. I completely overstudied for my first quiz last week. Got the trick bonus question correct. Am legit getting the info. Have the answers to those reinforcing example questions teachers pose during lectures. And I just want to learn more. I never really liked school before. I mean, I had those few classes that I enjoyed. But never liked school as a whole. Now, it's this whole new thing. I truly truly love it.
In other news, I added a bit to my "wedding dress fund." AND after February's payment, my credit card is down to $348!!! I can hardly believe that balance. I've decided that once I pay off the cards, I will make my doctor's appointments, cause then I will have the extra money to work with, and no more excuses. Additionally, I've decided to hold off on preparing for the personal training exam until after I finish the publishing certificate, so I can focus on each individually. My time frame then is: finish publishing certificate in August, start studying for personal training in September, study until hands-on seminar March 2011, take exam. Seems completely doable. Now to determine the motivator for early bedtime . . . Suggestions???
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