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I should be reading right now...
Oct. 11th, 2011 02:18 pmBut they're grinding the stump in our front yard right now, and it's kinda noisy and distracting. So I'll just ramble at you all a bit.
I realized yesterday that I spend four times as much time on my 3 credit hour class as my 4 credit hour class. I spend twice as much time on my 1 credit hour class as my 4 credit hour class. And yet I am, at the moment, doing quite well in my 4 credit class (and am almost certainly at the top of my class, which isn't hard to do when people are still struggling with which accounts are balance sheet accounts and which are income statement account. Sheesh). Probably better than the 3 credit class.
*sighs* And I have about 80 pages of Global Trade articles to read in the next week. Well, skim, anyway. I don't have to really read them until I narrow it down to four articles. Next week.
(Oh, Grumpy Gus (neighbor) is now in a yelling match with Stump Grinder because chips are flying and god forbid his property gets touched. At least all the young'uns of the neighborhood are at school. *sighs again*)
Anyway, although the reading I'm doing is rather illuminating and educating, I still rather wish I could just skip the whole management course. I already know management is not cut out for me, darn it, because of that whole dealing with people thing that's required. That's why I'm going for accounting! Numbers are much easier to deal with.
Despite the dour tone of the above, I'm actually doing really well, mentally and physically. I had an epiphany this weekend about paying off our loans which would negate my need to go to school. And I realized that, you know, one of the reasons I am doing so much better now is because I'm in school. It's not just a means to an end, but an end in and of itself. In my long break from it, I had forgotten that it really is a joy to learn, and it's even more of a joy, for me, in a structured setting. (And I have the feeling that as long as I am employed with some task outside the home, I will be happier. Housewife, homemaker, mother - none of them are jobs I enjoy, even if motherhood does have perks.)
So anyway, that's a yay. The boo is an increase of egotism on my part, but it's hard not to feel a bit full of my own intellect right now. Even if I do know it's not a fair comparison...
Hmm... what else? The colors are actually starting to be pretty! It won't be a glorious year thanks to some fungus or other, I hear, but that might just be heresay. But anyway, today on the drive home from school I saw a few patches of glorious orange, and the big maple behind our across-the-street-neighbor's house has finally started its transition to crimson.
(Are they finished? Or just in limbo thanks to Grumpy Gus' outburst?)
Aaaaaaaaaaaand, I should go use this quiet time while I can. I have to go to the farm when Page gets home, so I won't have much energy to do what's needed after that.
I have no freaking idea how people can go to school full time and work full time. I barely have enough time to do my 8 credits without working at all (besides motherhood; housewifely duties have mostly been shoved onto Geoff's shoulders). I suspect that does account for my good grades, however... ;-)
Oh, and to be completely random, I do love waking up to reviews. Only three more chances of that, though. *sigh*
And... um, doesn't it seem strange to have the mood emoticon losing water like that for "thirsty"?
Oh, and also I'm considering getting an e-reader for next year's schooling. Ebooks are significantly cheaper and I would LOVE to not have to lug around any more accounting books! I suppose at some point I'll have to start doing research on what's best (that I can afford, so no ipads).
I realized yesterday that I spend four times as much time on my 3 credit hour class as my 4 credit hour class. I spend twice as much time on my 1 credit hour class as my 4 credit hour class. And yet I am, at the moment, doing quite well in my 4 credit class (and am almost certainly at the top of my class, which isn't hard to do when people are still struggling with which accounts are balance sheet accounts and which are income statement account. Sheesh). Probably better than the 3 credit class.
*sighs* And I have about 80 pages of Global Trade articles to read in the next week. Well, skim, anyway. I don't have to really read them until I narrow it down to four articles. Next week.
(Oh, Grumpy Gus (neighbor) is now in a yelling match with Stump Grinder because chips are flying and god forbid his property gets touched. At least all the young'uns of the neighborhood are at school. *sighs again*)
Anyway, although the reading I'm doing is rather illuminating and educating, I still rather wish I could just skip the whole management course. I already know management is not cut out for me, darn it, because of that whole dealing with people thing that's required. That's why I'm going for accounting! Numbers are much easier to deal with.
Despite the dour tone of the above, I'm actually doing really well, mentally and physically. I had an epiphany this weekend about paying off our loans which would negate my need to go to school. And I realized that, you know, one of the reasons I am doing so much better now is because I'm in school. It's not just a means to an end, but an end in and of itself. In my long break from it, I had forgotten that it really is a joy to learn, and it's even more of a joy, for me, in a structured setting. (And I have the feeling that as long as I am employed with some task outside the home, I will be happier. Housewife, homemaker, mother - none of them are jobs I enjoy, even if motherhood does have perks.)
So anyway, that's a yay. The boo is an increase of egotism on my part, but it's hard not to feel a bit full of my own intellect right now. Even if I do know it's not a fair comparison...
Hmm... what else? The colors are actually starting to be pretty! It won't be a glorious year thanks to some fungus or other, I hear, but that might just be heresay. But anyway, today on the drive home from school I saw a few patches of glorious orange, and the big maple behind our across-the-street-neighbor's house has finally started its transition to crimson.
(Are they finished? Or just in limbo thanks to Grumpy Gus' outburst?)
Aaaaaaaaaaaand, I should go use this quiet time while I can. I have to go to the farm when Page gets home, so I won't have much energy to do what's needed after that.
I have no freaking idea how people can go to school full time and work full time. I barely have enough time to do my 8 credits without working at all (besides motherhood; housewifely duties have mostly been shoved onto Geoff's shoulders). I suspect that does account for my good grades, however... ;-)
Oh, and to be completely random, I do love waking up to reviews. Only three more chances of that, though. *sigh*
And... um, doesn't it seem strange to have the mood emoticon losing water like that for "thirsty"?
Oh, and also I'm considering getting an e-reader for next year's schooling. Ebooks are significantly cheaper and I would LOVE to not have to lug around any more accounting books! I suppose at some point I'll have to start doing research on what's best (that I can afford, so no ipads).
