Busy, but Good

Ahh life.

Lately I have been realizing that any time someone asks me any question along the lines of "How are you?" I ALWAYS answer "busy, but good." And yes, I do really mean "ALWAYS" which I know we are supposed to avoid for fear of exaggeration. So why am I so "busy, but good?"

Well 15 units will do that to you. I am beginning to wish I had sought out a 9-week Health Course versus the 18-week. The problem with having two weeks to read two chapters, one quiz, and two random assignments is waaaay too much time for me. As a result I wait till the absolute last minute. Also since my teacher obviously hasn't figured out that you can change the automatic East Coast time zone setting on Blackboard over to PST and doesn't know that setting an assignment to be due at 2:30am ET on 3/21 is actually 11:30pm on 3/20 PST (He wants it due at 11:30pm on 3/21 but doesn't realize he's taking away a day and not adding one). So turning in assignments has been confusing and frustrating if nothing else. If I had taken the 9-week course I'd have been on top of things for 9-weeks when I had momentum and I'd be done by now. But no... I failed. The only good thing about this 18-week course is that in combination with Biology I'm finally learning how to take care of my body.

I still need to lose a lot of weight to no longer be considered overweight, but in the last 2-3 weeks I have lost enough weight to be weigh less than what I was at both my Junior and Senior years of high school. Woohoo! That is super exciting because I saved Christmas money, birthday money, and have been stashing my tip money in my dresser all for buying a new wardrobe in the next couple months.

Alright so more reasons for being busy.... school school and more school. I am being a slacker this semester. Yes I am getting everything done and yes I am going to pass, but definitely not putting my best effort into it. I am also ditching a lot more than I ever have in previous semesters. We'll see how much I piss off my professors, but I think I'm good. I'm just walking that boundary line very closely. Currently I am not at all looking forward to a group poetry presentation in my English class. I really need to start researching for that....

Also I need to write my lesson for Community Group that I am going to be teaching. I will be teaching on Commitment and Reliability in relationships. Approximately 10-15 minutes and then I have to facilitate a discussion. No sweat, but I want to do a good lesson and not some halfass job. That requires time which I have a lack of right now.

Work has been pretty crazy too. Valentine's day equals lots of working, all 3 bosses out of town for 4 days with only one other employee besides myself equals lots of working, Zin Fest monopolizing the time of 3 out of 5 employees equals lots of working. And this week manager is on vacation for her wedding and the other girl I work with apparently is over working at RMCF and has apparently asked for less hours which means more hours for me. Yay paycheck, boo time to do anything else.

On top of all of that I am still waiting to hear from CSULB. Waiting, waiting and waiting. Not a problem except for needing to apply to housing. Housing is impacted. I need housing. Housing application cannot be opened until I am accepted. I won't know if I am accepted for 6-8 weeks starting from March 5th. Housing application plus deposit is due May 1st. Anybody else noticing a bit of an issue there?

So yes Julieanne is busy. 15 units in school, 30 hours a week at work, church activities 2-3 days a week, trying to find time to work out, and I still would like to see my family and do all those little things that need to be done. Despite my hectic schedule I am loving life. I know things could be worse and I have an amazing God.

oh! Quick note! My Facebook fast is coming to an end. It wasn't meant to be a Lent sort of thing but it has indeed turned into that. During my fast I have been reading my Bible every day and I am loving it. Its a habit I definitely need to keep up. More on that later... I promise :)

For now I must go back to studying for my Psych test tomorrow morning. In an hour and a half I have a math test with work immediately after. So yes, for now I sit down on the couch with a big 'o cup of some delicious tea and a textbook. Oh how I wish this were a novel in my hand.