zurueck zu Schule - back to school
this is it. the last day of freedom. tomorrow i start the first of what i am sure will be many, many long days of commuting and studying. my last hurrah? going to the salon, out for margaritas and generally acting as if tomorrow isn't a big deal.
but it is a big deal, and as much as i tried to be prepared for this day it seems i miscalculated a number of things:
1) my use of the summer: i falsely believed that i would take full advantage of my free time this summer and would feel satisfied with the number of projects i accomplished, have a spotless house, and be 15 pounds lighter.
2) that i would be given some instruction from the university: when i started college i was led by the hand through every process. that was a small liberal arts college - and i was 18. this is a giant public university with no such intentions of helping a 30 year-old woman sort out the red tape. i still don't know if i have registered for the correct classes, or where i am to start teaching on monday. i don't even have a great idea of where i am allowed to park and the websites are not a ton of help. but now i'm just complaining.
3) my comfort level with disorganization: i had thought that should #2 happen i would freak out. and i started to - believe me. but then we went to a lake house in the adirondacks and were out of reliable internet/cell range. i didn't even want to know if i signed up for the wrong classes, because there wasn't much i could do from there. so when we got back i decided to take a different approach to this whole preparedness thing (i.e. not to be) and i feel pretty relaxed, considering. i haven't even made a school supply run to target - that's quite a feat! i love me some pretty new folders and glittery pens.
today feels very different than i had thought it would, but i'm okay with it. so far. am i ready for tomorrow? sure, as long as i don't have to take a lot of notes on paper larger than scraps, participate in any required reading assignments i didn't do, or worry too much about parking tickets.
ah, denial. so, what's the over-under on my curling up in the fetal position and refusing to ever again set foot on campus?
but it is a big deal, and as much as i tried to be prepared for this day it seems i miscalculated a number of things:
1) my use of the summer: i falsely believed that i would take full advantage of my free time this summer and would feel satisfied with the number of projects i accomplished, have a spotless house, and be 15 pounds lighter.
2) that i would be given some instruction from the university: when i started college i was led by the hand through every process. that was a small liberal arts college - and i was 18. this is a giant public university with no such intentions of helping a 30 year-old woman sort out the red tape. i still don't know if i have registered for the correct classes, or where i am to start teaching on monday. i don't even have a great idea of where i am allowed to park and the websites are not a ton of help. but now i'm just complaining.
3) my comfort level with disorganization: i had thought that should #2 happen i would freak out. and i started to - believe me. but then we went to a lake house in the adirondacks and were out of reliable internet/cell range. i didn't even want to know if i signed up for the wrong classes, because there wasn't much i could do from there. so when we got back i decided to take a different approach to this whole preparedness thing (i.e. not to be) and i feel pretty relaxed, considering. i haven't even made a school supply run to target - that's quite a feat! i love me some pretty new folders and glittery pens.
today feels very different than i had thought it would, but i'm okay with it. so far. am i ready for tomorrow? sure, as long as i don't have to take a lot of notes on paper larger than scraps, participate in any required reading assignments i didn't do, or worry too much about parking tickets.
ah, denial. so, what's the over-under on my curling up in the fetal position and refusing to ever again set foot on campus?
posted by jordan at
7:25 PM
3 Comments:
Wish I could be there to take your photo on your 1st day of school. I guess you'll just have to imagine me on the front steps waving as you head off on this new adventure.
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Anonymous, at August 24, 2007 1:47 AM
Good luck! I am jealous, enjoy it (and the new school supplies, yumm!).
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chichimama, at August 24, 2007 1:59 AM
I give it 2 and a half months.
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Josh Mugele, at August 25, 2007 2:03 AM
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