STRIKE!!! = BLESSING IN DISGUISE?!?!?
Alright, while most other college students I know are freaking out about the strike, I'm taking it as being a total blessing in disguise. My programme has me commuting 4 hours daily between Hamilton & Oakville, using 3 separate transit systems, 5 days a week. Then on weekends, in order to pay for college, I'm commuting another 4 hours daily between Hamilton & Burlington, just to work at my crappy, underpaid part time job at the depot. Needless to say, all this travelling, school, homework, and work has made me very tired, and extremely sick. Instead of revelling in the glory of an "extended reading week", I will be attempting to battle the last of my flu. I haven't seen outside since the 5th, and I've been in pyjamas since I got home from work that same day (excluding showers... they have to come off sometime). Today alone, I've made and consumed two rather large pots of tea, and I'll be working on the third, by the time 8pm rolls around. Solid food at this time eludes me completely, and I would probably die for something as simple as a piece of dry toast right now. I'm promising myself that I will be 110% better by the time Friday comes around, seeing as I really don't want to be sick at work again. Being sick at home is much easier than being sick someplace where you can't get comfortable, and have to pretend that everything is perfect.
Oh, and one more thing, I'd like to thank whatever holy entity wants to take credit for the invention known as neo citran... I'd probably be feeling far worse now if I wasn't taking it.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Friday, March 03, 2006
I'm so ready to just curl up and sleep for an eternity! This week off school has not been a vacation at all. Earlier this week I was concentrating on my job search, and working on my one project due in the middle of my reading week. Thursday, I had to travel to school, hand in the project, and meet with my group for another class. Then today (Friday) I picked up an extra shift at work. Usually for my past reading weeks I've gone away for at least a weekend, just to get away from it all and regroup.
I feel frazzled, stressed, and sooooo incredibly tired. As soon as I'm done school & the co-op, I think I'm going on vacation... somewhere warm, with many pools, and free drinks with umbrellas in them.
I feel frazzled, stressed, and sooooo incredibly tired. As soon as I'm done school & the co-op, I think I'm going on vacation... somewhere warm, with many pools, and free drinks with umbrellas in them.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
And I thought procrastination was just for the student-kind!
I'm attempting to get some assignments done today, one of which is due tomorrow. I've been working on this journal assignment since the beginning of February, but it's taking me forever to get it done. I've also got an interview assignment due next week, which I had started as well, back on February 6th, giving the person I emailed the questions to, plenty of time to get their responses back to me, so I could finish that assignment. Needless to say, I'm still waiting for the answers to the questions I sent. I sent another email today, reminding her that I need her responses asap, so I can assemble the assignment. Of course, I get an out of office reply, and she won't be in the office from yesterday, through to Friday. So, yet again, my attempts to get work accomplished are foiled by a procrastinator. What I don't understand is why she agreed to help in the first place, if she knew she either wouldn't have the time to help, or if she just didn't want to help. Gaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr! it's so sad when I'm the only responsible one. Now, I've got a few decisions/choices to make:
1. Hold my breath that she'll respond in time for me to hand it in.
2. Try to find another person, last minute to answer the questions.
3. Answer the questions myself, and lie, saying that I did indeed interview someone.
Ethically, #3 is totally out of the question, and not how I'm supposed to do the assignment. The assignment itself is supposed to be largely a learning experience.
#2 could make me seem foolish to the person I approach for the interview, but seems the most appropriate choice, and #1 kind of leaves me hanging with the possibility that my assignment won't get done in time.
I've definitely learned something already... If you want something done, don't rely on anyone else to help you. Man, I hate depending on people, just because I've been let down far too many times, especially in groupwork situations.
I'm attempting to get some assignments done today, one of which is due tomorrow. I've been working on this journal assignment since the beginning of February, but it's taking me forever to get it done. I've also got an interview assignment due next week, which I had started as well, back on February 6th, giving the person I emailed the questions to, plenty of time to get their responses back to me, so I could finish that assignment. Needless to say, I'm still waiting for the answers to the questions I sent. I sent another email today, reminding her that I need her responses asap, so I can assemble the assignment. Of course, I get an out of office reply, and she won't be in the office from yesterday, through to Friday. So, yet again, my attempts to get work accomplished are foiled by a procrastinator. What I don't understand is why she agreed to help in the first place, if she knew she either wouldn't have the time to help, or if she just didn't want to help. Gaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr! it's so sad when I'm the only responsible one. Now, I've got a few decisions/choices to make:
1. Hold my breath that she'll respond in time for me to hand it in.
2. Try to find another person, last minute to answer the questions.
3. Answer the questions myself, and lie, saying that I did indeed interview someone.
Ethically, #3 is totally out of the question, and not how I'm supposed to do the assignment. The assignment itself is supposed to be largely a learning experience.
#2 could make me seem foolish to the person I approach for the interview, but seems the most appropriate choice, and #1 kind of leaves me hanging with the possibility that my assignment won't get done in time.
I've definitely learned something already... If you want something done, don't rely on anyone else to help you. Man, I hate depending on people, just because I've been let down far too many times, especially in groupwork situations.
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