Just a quick complaint....

I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place, and I need to whine about it for a few minutes....

So next year is the last year of my program, and in the spring I'll finally graduate. I know it takes a lot of people 5 years, but I also know a lot who have finished in 4. It's never really bothered me that much, because I understand it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do. Plus, my life would be so different right now if I was graduating this semester. I can't even imagine. Everything happens for a reason, so whatever. I do have some big decisions coming up though, and I'm already starting to feel the stress that I'm weak to.

Today I realized it was time for me to enroll for summer classes. This will be the first time I've ever had to do that, and to be honest, I'm not at all happy about it. It is, however, a necessary evil. I have two stats classes that I'm required to take: 1 set up for next fall, 1 for next spring. From all the stories I've heard, these are the worst classes in the entire program. Apparently they bring tears to your eyes on a regular basis, and make life unnecessarily difficult. Good news right? And I thought I was done with math... There is a ready solution, though. I talked to one girl in the program who said if I take them in the summer, they are much much easier. In fact, apparently there's a semester-long project that they cut out of the curriculum entirely. This is something I can get behind...On top of that, I have my field placement to do next year. It would be nice to have one less class on top of all that. As it is, I'm going to have a difficult time adjusting to going from 1 class right now, to a full schedule again. Sigh.

So what's the downside to this solution? Well the 2 classes aren't offered this summer at the same time, because the 2nd builds off the first. Because they don't overlap, it's literally going to b my entire summer. SW 430 starts on May 18, and goes until July 2 on Monday and Wednesday nights. 431 begins July 6....4 days later...and goes until August 20 - Monday and Wednesday nights. I have 1 week after classes end, and 1 week before school starts off...and the rest is summer classes. What this means is if I have an opportunity to go somewhere this summer, it will be a weekend trip. I'm incredibly bummed. I know most students have taken summer classes every year in college, but I think the reason I'm so upset right now is because I was hoping to have a kickass summer to erase last years memory. It was really that bad.

On the other hand, it's not like I can afford any vacations anyway. I was still just hoping for something to magically work out though.

This makes me sad. I have nothing to look forward to.

Wow, I'm done with the "feel sorry for me" rant now. Thanks for letting me bitch for a little while...