I swear that logically I know that this first semester of school is really just a first semester of school, completely with the boredom and frustration that come along with a communication class and an anatomy class. But I still just can't help but be so very excited to get started! It seems like once a day or so I get an email from someone at the MCU office and I just about burst with excitement, like they're writing to tell me that just for me they're going to start the semester early. *giggle* (Oh, that's hilarious, because if you know me at all, I am NOT a giggler. I laugh or cackle. Loudly. No polite little giggles for this amazon!) I'm just so excited that I'm tittering with anticipation. Maybe I need to spend some time thinking about organizing my time and school work. That might kill the next five days.
This weekend I am getting blessed with two beautiful pieces of furniture! First a desk, which I have needed for a long time but really need now that school is starting. I need somewhere to be able to call home base for studying. And our lovely friend Emily has generously offered me the desk she'll no longer be using when she begins cohabitating on June 1. And then shortly after receiving the offer of a desk, I caught wind via Facebook that Julia's parents were looking for a new home for their solid wood hutch. YES, please! It's cabinets on the lower half, glass and wood doors on the upper. It's beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! It's going to be the ideal location for my "library" and supplies. We're picking up my desk on Friday and my new hutch on Saturday, and I'm absolutely sure I will post pictures of them very soon.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Patience is golden
These last three weeks before classes begin might just cause me to explode with excitement. I spend every day looking at my class schedule for this fall and searching the internet for deals on textbooks. This first semester will be fairly relaxed.
New Student Orientation (which is a class that will take around 12 hours total)
Anatomy for Health Professionals
Communciations skills
The text books for the communications course are both available from my local library system on NetLibrary. To say this least, this thrills me to no end. It's not that they aren't good books or that the topic isn't important. I just do not want to spend money on books that won't become a permenant part of my library. What can I say, I'm cheap?
But textbooks don't look nearly as bad as I thought they would. In fact, my entire year of books between now and next spring semester will be less than $300. I remember spending more than that on one quarter of books when I got my EC Spec Ed degree. Not that I will stop looking for good deals on those books. I think I'm going to make it a goal to get the total down to less than $250.
I've also found a study group here in Minneapolis, which thrills me to no end. I know of a fantastic new midwife who is hosting one monthly at her home, but it is an hour drive from my house and usually held on a week night, which makes it difficult to get to.
Little do folks know, I'm an incredibly shy person with a not-so-small amount of social anxiety. So, now the challenge will be to actually convince myself to attend the group.
New Student Orientation (which is a class that will take around 12 hours total)
Anatomy for Health Professionals
Communciations skills
The text books for the communications course are both available from my local library system on NetLibrary. To say this least, this thrills me to no end. It's not that they aren't good books or that the topic isn't important. I just do not want to spend money on books that won't become a permenant part of my library. What can I say, I'm cheap?
But textbooks don't look nearly as bad as I thought they would. In fact, my entire year of books between now and next spring semester will be less than $300. I remember spending more than that on one quarter of books when I got my EC Spec Ed degree. Not that I will stop looking for good deals on those books. I think I'm going to make it a goal to get the total down to less than $250.
I've also found a study group here in Minneapolis, which thrills me to no end. I know of a fantastic new midwife who is hosting one monthly at her home, but it is an hour drive from my house and usually held on a week night, which makes it difficult to get to.
Little do folks know, I'm an incredibly shy person with a not-so-small amount of social anxiety. So, now the challenge will be to actually convince myself to attend the group.
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