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OH....MY....GOD......

My brain quit somewhere before St Patrick's Day. I know it was definitely gone by March Madness and my last 3-5 papers were written purely on adrenaline. By the 7th papers I felt like I needed a brain enema, it was like trying to pull that information out of my brain and onto my paper. I actually got a 4.0 on that one, which immediately became a 3.5 because I turned it in a day late.

Yes, two goals this semester, turned in late work AND didn't turn in work at all! I thought I had turned in Homework 2, my 5th report of the semester, but I hadn't. I did it wrong. I wrote it, I uploaded it, but I failed to continually check on it or bug the professor for a conformation of receiving it. It was "never received". I know it was received because I went back and checked a couple hours later and it said it was received, but I should not have waited until now to say something about it so it is a moot point. I should have taken those 2 days off.

Yes, that's all I gave that paper, I hated the topic matter (I do not believe in romance, I believe in tolerance) and it was the second time he assigned a paper to be due on the same day that a history paper was due. I really was going to hire a private detective to check up on Dr Witt and Dr Fine to see if they were somehow in collaboration for my sanity. It could have been a psychology experiment. Maybe an off shoot of the one they are holding in my work department. See how much it takes before the fat, funny old lady bites it.

So I am currently carrying a 4.0 in Social Psychology, which goes down once they add that big, fat, first zero (another first, that's three). I was hoping for another 4.0 to bring up my GPA a bit, but hell at this point I'll settle for passing so I don't have to give back 1/2 my income for the next three months to pay off the tuition.

I am seriously considering not ever doing this again. In fact, if I have fun this summer, and find I don't miss the stress of having to yet again write another paper and try not to make it sound like the last 6 since the subject matter changed about 3/5 of a millimeter to the left of center in this one, I'm dropping out of school. I'm definitely too old for this shit, I have been working most of my life and now I want to play a bit before they dismantle it all on me.

Wow Mom, you are soooo winning the character test in this reality. Your accomplishments are enjoyable reading by myself and all of our friends here I'm sure. With a reality of pain and suffering, our little victories mean sooo much more. I can only hope you get the rest you deserve. After my battles, I have taken some time off. I will soon have to go back to work or retire, the jury is out. Till then I too study, but I can also go out for a slow dirt bike ride.... and get far away from society. It has been the best times of my life, after the worst times in my life, just ying and yang. There is one thing I know for sure, the best is yet to come. Keep up the good work.

And when did sprong spring anyway? I stepped outside to go to my final and the trees were green, the air was warm, flowers in bloom. All that was missing was the wildlife making out and dancing or eating spaghetti whatever the hell they do in those movies.

I feel your educational challenges pain. I dropped out of university myself. I was studying for two exams on the same day when I had an epiphany "I don't give a **** about any of this ****!" Also, there's the fact that different people have different learning styles. University's style of your teaching yourself with guidance from a prof didn't mesh with my learning style.

I'm done! There's gonna be some drunk Tweeting and Facebooking this weekend!

OH! Sprong! I thought it said thong!

You are finished and I go back Monday. Two weeks isn't as long as it used to be.

I couldn't take summer classes if I wanted to, they only pay for 13-14 credit hours a school year and I've got 12 already. I signed up for fall and spring terms next school year, but I seriously don't know if I'm going back and if I do, I'll probably have a different major, which means starting all over. Sigh.

Good luck with your classes though, how are they coming along?

They suck. They really suck.And this school is full of shyte too. But for what I'm trying to do, it is the most palatable of many unpalatable alternatives. I can take a break in 8 months. After that I will either start filming a movie or transfer schools. This one will not get me what I want.

I really had thought that by 55 I'd be settled in a job and looking toward retirement. Don't get me wrong, I love taking classes and learning, but this trying to find yet another line of work because mine is being phased out is starting to suck.

I had planned on being somewhere else, doing something completely different by this stage in my life. I really feel like this is my latest opportunity to achieve another goal in my career. And it is also another reason why I believe there is a higher power that is ultimately in charge of everything. There is not that much luck or coincidence in the world.

I have had to fight for everything I have achieved. Fight for things that no one should have any opposition to. Why? Some instances I thought maybe it was because I had been too pushy and demanding. So I back off, only to have people try to run me over. I have known for 30 years that my best situation is one where I can call my own shots. Not to become the type of tyrant that I despise, but to take on the work/projects that allow me some freedom.

It is truly amazing that it took being in a car accident and becoming disabled for me to see my opportunity. All of this happens when many are losing jobs and everything they own, I have been insulated from a lot of that. We have not lost a thing. All of our bills are being met, and no one is hungry. Then to have this opportunity materialize? IMO, that is nothing but a kind and merciful God that continues to cover me, that keeps a hedge of protection around me, that still thinks enough of me to continually rain blessings down on me.

Yeah, I still have to fight for everything but I know that, in the end, I have nothing but great success waiting. I don't know why I went there, I usually resist talking about my Spirituality. But I had to let that out.

Unfortunately, many of us have to re-invent ourselves. Some have to do it many times. I'm just glad I have the strength and the mental ability to do it.

Dammit Mom, if you don't drunk dial me this weekend, we are thru...(For a full minute) We're so proud of you, but if you call, you'd better be drunk for real, how else could we talk???!!! Congrats my good friend, I'm always so glad I metcha... eww, sounds like palin, met ya!!!

SUAF, I agree with you completely. Had to replace the cylinder lock on my ignition, was wondering how the hell I was going to pay for yet one more repair on a car that I should dump but can't afford to. Then a friend of mine that I sold my car to back in the early 80s (he and his wife then moved and never paid me, we just kind of drifted apart and I forgot about it), sent me $200. My bill was $242.

You can't convince me there isn't a benevolent being that cares.

Tap, I might not be able to carry on a conversation. I have to mow my lawn, and clean my basement and bedroom. Those I can do intoxicated but speaking, not so much. I'll give it a try though.

Got a 3.0 in Social Psychology and a 3.5 in Women in History! YES!