Life @ Stout

33 days and waiting....

2008-04-07T12:06:00.000-07:00

So as I previously mentioned I have been looking for jobs as of recently. A little bit of weight has been lifted off of my shoulders as I have finally completely polished my resume, and created a cover letter, and have applied for a handful of jobs. Now its the waiting game in hopes of hearing back from one of these schools that I have applied to, to begin the interview process and hopefully land one of these positions.
As far as school goes, a few more papers and projects to go and then I will be done. I am looking forward to graduation where I should be able to focus on just one job, instead of two jobs and school work. I am starting to get a bit burnt out and fed up with my classes. Spring break definitely needed to be longer. But anyway, eventhough I am in my most dreaded class of the week I should probably get back to paying attention to lecture.

"I'm walking on sunshine......more like walking on eggshells here on out

2008-04-02T07:53:00.000-07:00

So its April 2, which means there are only 38 days till graduation. Projects and papers are beginning to pile up, hours at the academy just never seem to be convenient, for example, between this past Thursday the 27, and Sunday the 30 both jobs added up to a total of 50 hours, and working at the academy has become much more stressful, then I need in my life, but if I let it go, I will be financially unstable. But the other side is that I am working too much and it is really beginning to affect my school performance in a negative fashion, which further puts me in jeopardy of not graduation, since I have zero room for error. It feels Like I have hit the point of senior slide, but I need to try and re-focus my self to turn it around because if i don't graduate that would be a huge let down for me. I have recently been in the job hunt, seeing what opportunities are available, I have discovered some possibilities and need to get my butt in gear for those. So that is my life currently , hopefully things will turn around, and start going for the better, it would be nice to get some good news off from one of the jobs I apply too. But I spent enough time n here I now need to have a little refresher for my test at 10:45.

Growing up a bit?......maybe

2008-03-03T09:31:00.000-08:00

So i've been a bit lazy getting on here and keeping all of you updated on my life. Some exciting events, there are only 68 days left till graduation, so I am fretting about that alot, making sure I have everything in line to graduate. I need to finish working on my resume, so that I can put that out and start applying for jobs, so that I can hopefully land one before summer comes.
Also as of february 21st I got engaged, so now its in planning stages with my fiancee we still are looking for a date to really get a good foundation of our plans. She was quite surprised, and loved the ring so everything went well with that. It still hasn't quite sank in totatlly, I am still used to saying girlfriend instead of fiancee.
I have also been working a ton, and that adds in its own stress. I finally made it home this past weekend for the first time this semester, which was really nice, hung out with some friends, hung out with my parents,and my brother and his girlfriend were also home.
But I suppose I should probably get going and pay attention to lecture since I have been working on this for a good portion of it.

Back to the Grind

2008-02-05T08:21:00.000-08:00

So I'm a little late on getting back on here but, we have been back in session now for two weeks. My classes are panning out to have a bit more work to them then anticipated but no worries. It feels so good to be in my final semester, except that I am going crazy trying to figure out and make sure that I have everything completed for my program so that I can actually graduate. So far its looking like that will be the case, so I am pretty pumped about that.
As far as my two jobs go, they are going good so far, little too much at times with the job in Eau Claire but I am dealing. So we shall see how the semester goes so far.

For the love of God and all that is Holy.....Finally Done!

2007-12-20T09:27:00.000-08:00

Finally done, it feels good but yet I still feel really stressed and just drained even though I know I am done and its all over for awhile and I get a break. So I did it...I successfully completed another semester of my college career, it may not have been my best semester ever but it done and over now. That is 7 down and only 1 left to go. Now that is really scary to think about because I have 6 months left of this big safety net, before I have to figure out what I want to do with my life. I suppose that 6 months though is time where I can try and figure it out.

Work in the coming days is going to uber suck becuase I have had minimal sleep the past few days just to get stuff done. Tonight I work 2:45-11:30, Friday 9:30am to 11:30pm, Sunday 23rd, 9:30am to 11pm, Christmas Eve, 9:30-11pm, and Christmas 8am-4pm. Then leaving straight for home after work on Christmas. Where finally I will be able to get a few days to relax and enjoy life.

Merry Christmas to all, and Happy New Year! I shall return soon.

Holy Crap Batman....

2007-12-10T09:42:00.000-08:00

Okay so November come and gone did it even exist. Only 2 weeks left, and I am that much closer to graduation. I can not believe it is already December 10th, time has just jumped a Concorde jet and gone around the world like 10 times, I guess staying so busy and always on the go just makes it fly right by.
2 weeks left so many projects not enough time in the day. I will get a bit of relief here after Wednesday of this week when stuff calms down before the storm of finals next week. I only have 3 finals to work on, but still its 3 finals that need some earnest attention. I am so looking forward to winter break, and actually getting some time to just breathe and relax a little bit.
Well that's the quickest recap I can give you because I should really be working some projects that are do later today.
Adios.

ps xmas 15 days away, wow! thats all I have to say wow!

Um, yeah......

2007-10-29T12:09:00.000-07:00

Not a whole lot to say this time around. But since its been 17 days since I last posted there should've been at least some excitement in my life. There was Homecoming on campus which was a lot of fun. Some friends came to visit, and we all had a good time. We checked out the Football game which we ended up winning with a 52 yard field goal.
Otherwise since then absolutely nothing but class and work, not a whole lot of time for fun at all. This past weekend between Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I put in 33 hours of work, and if you include driving time in there roughly 38 hours of work. I really didn't get a whole lof of sleep either so that just made me even more exhausted.
The free time I did get on Sunday night I cooked dinner for myself and my girlfriend, and then worked on homework for while to try and get caught up for the week, and I also was able to get a little free reading in before I ended up crashing for the night.
The nice thing about lately those has been the weather, its finally changed from cloudy and gloomy to bright sunny, and enjoyable, which has lifted my spirits a bit. But I suppose, I should probably go I've got a lot more homework to work on this afternoon and evening.

Slacker?....maybe just a bit :(

2007-10-12T10:29:00.000-07:00

So it is almost that time of the semester where you realize holy crap, its halfway gone and you only have half of it left. My jobs have kept me pretty busy, and busy enough where I sort of forgot about my online class a bit. I ended up missing two of the discussion boards, so I didn't get points for those but I can make those up in the end through other assignments. Also in another one of my classes we have this paper that is due soon, and I haven't really started it yet, I actually sat down last night and worked on trying to lay it out a bit and figure out what I want to talk about in it. Its supposed to be a 5 page paper no less, about myself and my family so really not all that hard, I just have to do it. So I guess maybe my job is starting to show that it might interfere with school work, but I do need the job.

As far as some of my other classes go, they are going okay. My morning one that I have on Monday and Wednesday mornings I have missed a couple times the past few weeks because I have been working late and having to get up early, and just exhausted didn't really want to get out of bed ( so I didn't, not a good idea missed class). So it looks like in the next few weeks I won't be working has much right around 30 hours a week instead of the 35-40 hours a week. So hopefully I will be able to do a better job of keeping up. I should get back to work though, so buh-bye.

October . . . already?

2007-10-04T08:15:00.000-07:00

Wow, so I can't believe it is October already, the first month of school has already flown by. It really feels like September was non-existent. So on Wednesday I had the last of my first tests in my classes. It was an online, open note/book test. I really didn't study all that hard for it and it ended up coming back to bite me in the behind. Had it not been for the enormous amount of extra credit I received it would've been a lot worse. But now I know how his tests will work, and will do a better job preparing for them (like actually reading the text, and looking over the notes before the test). Besides school my jobs are still going well. I think I am already starting to get burnt out with my job at the academy I have been real tired from the long hours I have put in over there. I am totally looking forward to this weekend because I do not have to work Friday night, or all day Saturday and Sunday. That will be such a relief I can just relax and get caught up on some sleep and much needed homework. Otherwise for the most part everything is going well. So I should probably get back to work before I get in trouble, adios!

1st Trials of the Semester

2007-09-28T10:14:00.000-07:00

Hello again,
So a few weeks have gone by in the semester now, and I had my first two tests this past Wednesday. I felt like I knew the material pretty well, and that I was ready for the tests. Come test day, the test were a little more difficult than I had anticipated but I made it through and felt confident about what I had done. So far I received one test back and got a B+ on it so I was pretty content with that. I still haven't received results from my other test but I am hoping for at least a B on that one as well.
Also this past week I have been pretty tired, besides school I have put in 40 hours a week at my 2 jobs. My job here in admissions is definitely not as stressful as my second job. I typically put in about 10 hours a week in the admissions office, and another 25-30 at my job in Eau Claire. I mentioned in my last post that I work in the Eau Claire Academy. It is a place where adolescents that have been removed from their community for behavioral issues are placed for treatment. It has been a great experience so far, and really gives me a great perspective of the psychology field. The long hours are starting to catch up to me a little.
Well once again thats about all I have for now.

First Blog

2007-09-19T09:31:00.000-07:00

Hello all,
This is my first blog that I have started. So far the school year has started off well. I only have classes two days a week, Mondays and Wednesdays, so its kind of nice for that. Otherwise outside of my school work I hold two jobs as well, and work close to 40 hours a week combined. My first job is in the admissions office here at Stout, and my second job is at the Eau Claire Academy in Eau Claire, go figure. So total I really don't have a lot of free time, but when I do get some I value it greatly. As far as my classes go not so much homework just yet but I am sure it will be coming soon. But that's about all I have for now.