what a week...
i took two midterms this week and turned in a major homework assignment. i haven't slept much between trying to prepare for my midterms, working on my homework, and trying to prep for teaching. i'm drowing in grad school. i'm starting to think that i'm not really cut out for this. right now, the best part about being a grad student is the teaching. i enjoy teaching and my students seem to enjoy the way i work. maybe i should leave school for awhile and go teach high school. i don't know. i am stretched so incredibly thin with all of my responsibilities. i need more sleep. i need more money. i need more hours in the day.
amy's birthday was yesterday. i talked to her for a little bit today, she had a really good day yesterday. her friends really came through for her. we've made plans for me to drive up and spend the day with her on sunday. she will get her birthday present then.
i found out a few minutes ago that my neighbor and good friend leigh was being admitted to the er tonight. she works in the er and called me to tell me that she was being admitted into the er because her heart was skipping beats. she wanted me to find her boyfriend and send him up there (which i did). i hope she is okay. she is only 23. its almost too much to think about. last week, the physics department mourned the loss of one of our undergrad students and now leigh might be sick...
send me on a vacation. i don't want to think anymore.
i took two midterms this week and turned in a major homework assignment. i haven't slept much between trying to prepare for my midterms, working on my homework, and trying to prep for teaching. i'm drowing in grad school. i'm starting to think that i'm not really cut out for this. right now, the best part about being a grad student is the teaching. i enjoy teaching and my students seem to enjoy the way i work. maybe i should leave school for awhile and go teach high school. i don't know. i am stretched so incredibly thin with all of my responsibilities. i need more sleep. i need more money. i need more hours in the day.
amy's birthday was yesterday. i talked to her for a little bit today, she had a really good day yesterday. her friends really came through for her. we've made plans for me to drive up and spend the day with her on sunday. she will get her birthday present then.
i found out a few minutes ago that my neighbor and good friend leigh was being admitted to the er tonight. she works in the er and called me to tell me that she was being admitted into the er because her heart was skipping beats. she wanted me to find her boyfriend and send him up there (which i did). i hope she is okay. she is only 23. its almost too much to think about. last week, the physics department mourned the loss of one of our undergrad students and now leigh might be sick...
send me on a vacation. i don't want to think anymore.
2 Comments:
What happened to the undergrad?
I think you should hang in there! Surely the first semester of your first year is going to be the most stressful. You can always teach HS next year, if it doesn't improve... but if you stay in Hillsborough expect Administrators to breathe down your neck, too. Blecch.
I don't know what happened to the undergrad, his name was Jesse. We were told he died in his sleep.
I know its just the first semester of my first year as a grad student. I know they are trying to scare the shit out of me by making life hard. I just had a rough week last week and I was venting.
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