Myspace and facebook are just not doing it for me these days. I’m deathly afraid the wrong person is reading what I’m writing and at the same time I want to be read.
This is January 2008.
This is my chance to finish something I started in January 2004. I’ve dug my heels in, shoved my head in the clouds and sometimes the sand, shouted, screamed, cried, trash-talked and exhausted finally gave up in April 2007.
Then in November 2007 I had an eye-opening conversation with a friend who is dead-set and somewhat set in her way enough to have adopted the mentality that there is no rush in ever completing her undergraduate.
I got off the phone and nearly crashed – how is it possible I haven’t finished yet?
The conversation pushed me to re-examine and re-evaluate my current credit count and my REAL academic goals.
Turns out my ideals for a minor that I’ve already mastered and do not need a piece of paper to distinguish from otherwise has been slowing down my progress for at least the past 2 years.
When I eliminated the desire to continue pursuing the minor I came to a sad, yet triumphant, truth: I have 5 half-credit classes left to complete my degree. In the reality of Brock life, I could take all 5 classes from January to April and be done with it. I would run the risk of just skidding by with nothing to show for it but it could be done none-the-less.
Instead I’ve decided to break it down.
This upcoming Winter term – Jan to April – I will take 2 of the 5 required classes: HIST 3P08 and ENGL 2P21 (my last english class required of me). That will leave me with 3 classes — 2 histories, and 1 science context. I will have the Spring (May + June) and Summer (July+August) terms to complete those 3 last classes. C’est toute.
A good friend just recently recommended I blog my weight-loss/getting-in-shape progress to help keep me accountable. I attempted to use myspace to do so and failed.
My blog here will be a separate entity from the personalities I’ve adopted on facebook and myspace. Instead it will be mission-oriented. It will be my focus on journaling in an attempt to keep my concentrated on the goals at hand. I will write about my weight-loss, running, exercise “programs” and eating habits. I will also write about school. And when I’m not exhausted from those two mind-boggling factors that have for years plagued my good humour and overall positive outlook (whatever) I will most likely talk money.
This is it. Maybe my blog will someday be enough for a book. And then some.
I chose to visit Brock University to write this blog today. It’s like a ceremonious approach to giving in. I can not and will not do this alone and even if my dog, Cody, and my blog are the only ones listening… well that’s something.
School begins on Jan 8 for me. I’m aching to try the new Yoga DVD that I got at Giant Tiger for $6.99 and I’ve got a peppermint brownie stashed in my room at home. Tomorrow I begin working at Jordan Publications (JP) on a clean slate. It’s the new year and my employers are looking forward to a fat royalty cheque. Jane (mum) reports to me that if I continue to pay $500 a month to my 0% interest line of credit, I will have it cleared by December 2008. That leaves me paying about $74 to OSAP (a 10-year payback plan), $95 to ING, $341 to my car, and $233.50 to insurance monthly. MUST WORK. MUST GET PAID. I’m in debt, you see?
