Tuesday, December 23, 2008

All is complete but nothing is finished

It has been awhile and I apologize. School has finally commenced for another semester, but only a few more weeks until it picks back up. I did fairly well, much better than I expected myself to do.

Depression & Related Disorders = A; that was a given. This professor's classes are the easiest. It is sad that I won't be able to take anymore of his classes.
Psychology of Gender = C; My own fault for this grade in that I didn't do a majority of the out of class assignments however the course load for this 300 level was beyond what is required for most 400 level courses. But I did well on the tests, group projects and the paper that I was able to pull through with a passing and that's all I really want.
Psychology of Aging = C; The first of my final grades to be released. I've had this professor just about every semester I've attended Flagler and while I know the layout of her classes, they are still difficult. But I did make a perfect 100 on the term paper I submitted which shocked me to pieces and you won't find me complaining. I'll be sad I won't be taking anymore of her courses as well but I'll still see her around as she is my academic advisor.
Substance Abuse = B; This grade perhaps surprised me the most. I was almost confident to come out with either a C or a D. In fact I had prepared for the worst, as with for another class, in that I didn't do very well on the tests. Granted there were chances for extra credit and take home quizzes but I wouldn't think that would be enough to bring my grade to a B.
Experimental Psychology = C; Perhaps my greatest accomplishment. I was prepared for failure and still am. I check my grades online constantly, convinced they'll go and change it on me. I feel like I learned nothing in this course with the exception of the reinforcement that I'm horrible in this professor's courses. Ugh. Nevertheless it is finally over and I couldn't be happier.

And I'm finished with my Psychology Major! For my final semester in the upcoming Spring I'll be adding on a Sociology Minor which is only 18 credits. I'm currently debating on whether to take all 6 courses or take 5 Soc, 1 Eng, walk in the Spring and finish the one leftover class for the summer. I really would like to take the English course, and I might because I need a 120 credits to graduate. Currently I have 100, 6 courses will leave me with 3 more credit hours to go, so I may need to take the summer course anyway.

Christmas Eve is my final day of work before I travel home for the short holiday break. I've temporarily moved up in the retail pottery world from 2-day part-timer to 5-day 40 hr/wk full-time position. The recent full-time hiree was fired over the Thanksgiving holiday bringing our employee count from five to four; two FT and two PT. I started working more hours during the last two weeks of school to not only pick up hours but to help out where I could. I enjoy it especially for the paycheck at the end of every 2-weeks. And I really enjoy the people I work with, especially Nicholas. I told my mom that I need to work with gay men more often, they're really enjoyable people, well all the ones I've met with only exception. Josh is a rather unpleasant gay. I'm not sure he even enjoys his orientation.

P.s. I make amends to continue writing here more often.

Listening: Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious) by Teriyaki Boyz from the Fast & the Furious:Tokyo Drift soundtrack
Expressing: Physically spent, I need time to recuperate