One of my young classmates (a first year) asked me what I considered to be an interesting question:
"How did you adjust to college the first time around?"
Um...
I seriously had no idea how to answer her. I was 17 years old then, living at home, attending a community college. I literally started taking classes 2 days after my high school graduation. I don't know that it ever occured to me that I needed to adjust to anything.
This time around? My world is all topsy turvy and I'm feeling it...at least a little bit.
Academic- I realized I needed to actually study. It wasn't something that I really ever needed to do in the past (yes, yes...hate me now...I blame a semi-photographic memory. It's not all it's cracked up to be, believe you me.)
Socially-I've mentioned it before, but this is the first time I'm the 'older' one. I mentally fight with myself because sometimes it feels almost creepy that I'm creating relationships with people who are 10+ years my junior. I also feel like I forget my own age, and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
Emotionally-Oh, where to start. I'm away from home, married, on one-income in a very expensive state, trying to do something that people seem to have no issue telling me is practially impossible. I'm stressed to put it mildly, bordering on neurotic to put it precisely.
But, as far as it actually having an impact on how I'm doing in school...it doesn't. Perhaps I'm just made for school, perhaps I'm just crazy...I just don't see any other option.
In other news...I'm all registered for next semester and have the exact schedule I want...and it includes research. Let me tell you, it was a bit of a nail biter...I almost didn't get the biology lab session I wanted. However, once I'd gotten all my classes accounted for, I checked 5 minutes later only to find that the lab session I wanted was open...and I grabbed it, swift like a fox. I literally sprinted up the stairs and jumped on the bed to tell my almost sleeping husband the good news. I'd show you a nifty screen print like Carol Ann (who I have Intro to Scientific Research with...hooray!) but WebReg is closed on Sundays (?).
Now I just need to work on testing out of Precalc 112...
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