Looking like it's going to be a long weekend...
Today I was sitting in my terrible religion class and jotting down some of the upcoming events that I have going on, mainly the due dates of my final papers and things like that. I quickly realized that I have quite a bit of work to do this weekend. On the up side, after this weekend is over, the only paper that I'll really have left to work on is my Pullman paper (35 page terribleness) and some in class essays. So that kind of puts a smile on my face. But on the bad side, I'm going to be working on papers pretty much from Thursday (I took the day off from work) till Sunday night.
Turns out that I am able to hand in another draft of my Pullman paper to get some more feedback from my professor. This sounds like it's a great idea, but it must be handed into her by Friday at the latest, so I've got to really settle my ass down and get working on that. Ogh... one more full week of classes, and then it's a study week, then finals week.
Of course I don't have all that many finals, but what I do have is crammed into the smallest space of time. On the evening of Tuesday, May 9th, at 7:00pm, I have my first final which is a long in-class essay in my Leadership class. The following morning, at 9:00, I have my Planet Earth final, which is again, fairly simple, just a matter of looking over the book. My final exam is directly after the Planet Earth and is my Terrorism and Counter Terrorism final. That one isn't going to be easy, and it's going to require a ton of reading and a ton of prep work. I just hate when everything falls into a short period of time. But believe you me, the night of Wednesday, May 10th is going to be wonderful.
I already have it planned out, Foreign Guinness that's been sitting on my shelf since last May is going to be drunk, relaxation will commence.
I've decided that I don't like working, so the most obvious thing that I could do when I finish school is to stop working, but alas, the great Money Gods won't allow me to do that, so I'm going to be stuck working. I've decided that a solid 20 hour a week schedule will allow me to get plenty of reading done, working out and such, while still making just enough as to cover my rent. I can suck up the extra $200-$300 that I'll loose out on that month for the sheer pleasure of being able to sit back and do nothing. :) mmmmmm I can't wait.
One of the most urgent upcoming events is Laura's departure to Ireland. Laura is my editor for all my papers and she's very helpful. As much as I don't like it at times, she's the one that really keeps me from handing in total crap. So I kind of rely on her to crack the whip on me and get my ass to produce some quasi-palatable papers. She's going to be leaving for Ireland the week before my paper is due. She'll get back the day before! It's actually not a bad thing because it's going to really force me to get a move on on the paper before she leaves so that I have some help with it.
Either way, my life in the next two weeks is going to suck. Lots of work, but lots of reward at the end, so I'll make it through.