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Shhhhh.....
Sun Aug 29 2004

I'm hiding from my homework.

I've been studying for a test all weekend, primarily finishing up homework and putting together notes. I've had intermittent interruptions to do things like sleep, eat and take the kids to or pick them up from various activities.

Right now all of the kids are out of the house with friends, and I just had to take a moment while it is still quiet to get away from the books. I'll probably regret it later, but I had to get away before I started to look for a lighter and kerosene to properly dispose of my textbook and anything pertaining to math.

A Liberal Arts degree is looking better and better. I can already say "Would you like fries with that?", so I'm halfway there!

Seriously, there are days I really question whether or not I want to pursue Computer Science. Do I REALLY want to be a DBA bad enough to go through all this math? Of course, once Hubby is back home and I'm not so frazzled I will remember my goals, and have a MUCH better attitude about it all. Right now though, with him gone and the troubles I have dedicating my time to homework when the kids are clamoring for attention it is hard to keep the vision of that goal firmly in mind.

I dearly hope he does get home around the 7th like we think. Getting home before that would be even better, but I'm not going to hold my breath for that.

Come on Alli, only 9 more days (or so). You can do it! And you don't even need beer! (OK, maybe a couple... but only on nights after class so I can fall asleep at a reasonable hour).

I guess in order to drink beer I should have some in the house, eh?

Damn.

7 Comments
  • From:
    Yetzirah (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Aug 30 2004
    Math is scary.

    Very scary.

    You are brave.

    Very brave!

  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Aug 30 2004
    let me take the opportunity to say i really really really admire you and all you go through and all you have to deal with on a daily basis, let alone studying on top of all that

    sez
  • From:
    TraumaMama (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Aug 30 2004
    Don't give up, you can do it!
    I still have days at work when I think back to what I had to do to get in that ambulance as a paramedic and it was all worth it. I know I didn't have to go through the amount of school that you will, but once you get on "the other side", it feels pretty darn good. I still can't believe that I went through 3 years of school with 5 math classes, the A & P, etc.
  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Aug 30 2004
    life is good math is good kids are good but maybe you could take fewer courses at once
    have a nice day dont ever burn that math book alli you can sell it for real money ha ha
    love light and darkness ichandra
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Aug 31 2004
    I had decided earlier today that what you needed was a cheer to get you moving again. Well never having been a cheer leader, I could not think of one soooo I decided to do a little search. After all, I reasoned, isn't that what the internet is for?

    Well, I never did come up with a cheer, but I can tell you that entering Cheerleader into a search engine will get you some rather interesting (ahem) sites in multiple windows no less. *frantically hits little x while making sure no children are present. Whew! *

    So all I can say is Go Alli! You can do it. :)
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Aug 31 2004
    Come on Alli, you can do it! Don't forget to get lots of chocolate, too. That works better than the beer, honest! :o)
  • From:
    Monstergue (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Aug 31 2004
    *hands you kerosene, matches, and a margarita*

    ****pulls up a lawn chair, sips drink, watches Alli blow up text books, laffs madly****