Never Give Up on Your Dreams

So this week was my midterm week. SO much fun. Not. I had 2 papers and 2 test this week, in addition to my normal week. So needless to say I’m worn out. Which is really bad cause I have a weekend to recover before I get tossed into Tech week for Lucky Stiff. I’m on hair and makeup so all next week I have no idea when I’ll get out of the theater. So if I get out at 2am I’ll get to bed at 3am if I’m lucky and have to get up at 7am. That is what Hell Week means for theatre students ladies and gentlemen. That is why being awake before 10am is early for most theatre students.

Good news is I finally broke down and called my brother about giving me a broken X-box. Well he honestly thought that his friend had fixed it and he plans on mending the whole thing by buying me a new, well new to me, refurbished X-box.

As for the bad news. I’ve got bad allergies to deal with right now. Add to that all of my stress and I can see my grades going down hill awfully quick. Not something I want so if I don’t start feeling better by the end of the week I think I’m going to go see someone. I really need to find a new way to cope. I think I’m going to start planning some outdoor activities. Exercise has always helped me in the past.

Okay so I’m super stressed and its making it hard to focus on things. I’m doing good in all the classes that I attend regularly, but I have Astronomy and I don’t attend it cause I normally do better with that class with just reading the book. However I got a D+ on my last exam. I need a C cause I’m taking it pass/no pass ugh. Life. One test gets thrown out in the end so I just have to study even harder for that class. That is the class I spend the most time on. I have a great job through. I mean I spend over half my time at the library doing homework which is nice since I work 30hrs a week. I also spend the majority of those 20hrs studying Astronomy, like 15 of the 20, so you’d think I’d be doing better in that class then a D+. I really do study and whatnot I just don’t get the class because of the way its structured. I mean I do really well in Physics and any other science I take. Its just Astronomy and just this teacher. So now I’m debating on going to the class again except I take that hour as a lunch break everyday that means attending that class gives me no time to eat from 8am-530pm which doesn’t sound like the smart choice. I have a hard time staying healthy not being able to eat my six meals a day. Not eating three is a horrible idea. I’m going to try and get my friends notes that are in the class maybe it’ll help. Another reason I don’t attend the class is because I can’t take adequate notes since he does everything by projector and its a huge class (for this university), I have issues processing light projected things. Its just all bad. I’ll figure out a way to deal. Maybe I’ll get a note taker. I know I’m going to try not to take another class in a lecture hall again.

Other then Astronomy keeping me down I’m really stressed out about finding a place for next year. It’ll be WAY cheaper to live off campus but that means I have to find a place. I have a room for the summer but most of my friends who were all planning on moving in together don’t have jobs or just are not getting enough hours to get a place with me. Which sucks. Ugh. I really hope they get jobs. I know that is out of my control and all but it really effects me so it makes things tough. At least I have one friend who I know can move into a place with me next year. THANK GOD. Plus I do have a room for this summer so I’m not going to worry about finding a place right now. I’ll worry about it in June after this term is over and things settle down for a while. Wish me luck on finding a good place within walking distance. XD.

I failed my new years challenge. Oh well. Just got to busy with school. Its the beginning of a new term. I’m currently at work typing this. I’m working 30hrs this term. It’s gonna be crazy. Theatre Practice starts next week. At least Its only two days a week right now, Monday and Wednesday. Tuesday and Thursday I’ll be working 8hr shifts. Sounds fun doesn’t it. Add on that I’m taking 4 other classes besides Theatre Practice and you can see I have a full schedule. Friday is my only day off. Oh well I started exchanging letters with my Nerdfighter pen pal. I got my first letter yesterday. It felt SO good to get that letter in the mail. Overall I think this term will be fine. I have breaks in my day (besides dinner) so I’ll have some time to myself. Maybe I’ll pick up Tai Chi again. Right now I think I may need to go see a chiropractor. My back hurts something fierce. It’s been a few years since I’ve seen one so its not all that surprising. I’m going to go finish that letter to my pen pal.

Been working really hard for Midsummer Night Dream this past week. We open Friday and then it’s all going to fall on Wardrobe to fix the little things that go wrong. This week has been all dress rehearsals so if there are any pressing matters that we didn’t know about before we will learn them now through the notes of our Shop Supervisor and the Design crew. All 4 hours of crew have been filled with skilled frantic sewing to get through the notes for that nights dress. There has been a lot of work on the Fairy/Blessing/Spirit Costumes, Which me and 5 others are drapers on. Me and 2 others are the only ones there everyday to work through the problems. But Friday is the last chance to make any changes since we open that night and we all hope things will calm down and there wont be any notes for Friday. If their are it means the drapers will be called in to deal with them. XD Wish us all luck cause ever one of us is starting to mentally check out of this term. Glad we only have to struggle through two more weeks before finals.

Been really busy these last few weeks. It has been absolutely insane. I have two Exams this week but I learned some really good news. I don’t have to take another Spanish class Next term. Yep No more struggling to get a B in Language. No more spending hours and hours of excess time memorizing all these little words I wont remember when the chapter is done. It makes me so happy. Yay to me for doing and Anthropology Minor so I can get a BS instead of a BA.

Anyway after that happy news. I’m injured again. I hurt my shoulder somehow not sure what is wrong. Oh well. I guess I’ll have to see someone again this week about it. This whole injury thing is getting really annoying. Its not serious though just a little painful.

I learned today that I really do deal with stress a lot better then most of my friends. It’s a good thing but it’s also really sad. I’m really worried about them. I hope they make it through alright.

College. So having 60+ hour weeks this school year is slowly killing me. Specially this term in the middle of flu season. I’m constantly tired and my Spanish grade is suffering a little from it. I really need to get a good grade on my next exam next Thursday so I’ll be spending me weekend studying my brains out. I’m taking a little break right now to write this then I’m going to dive back into my books. Great news is I’ll be graduating on time. My plans after that aren’t finalized but I really want to go to Hollywood and intern. Maybe do Wardrobe. It would be fun, busy, and a great step in the right direction. I talk to my adviser tomorrow about such things. I hope I can really do it. I know I’m going to give it my all.

Also I looked up the information and I should be able to get an Anthropology Minor without to much hassle. I just have to talk to my Theatre adviser before I email the Anthropology adviser. Hope all goes well.

Exciting News.

I just looked into doing an Anthropology minor and it looks achievable. A lot of my requirements can be covered by Anthropology classes so it would put me one class away from achieving that minor. If I’m going to be that close I might as well do it right? I mean it’ll look great and I loved my Cultural Anthropology class last year. I hope to be taking the Physical Anthropology class next term. If I do then I should be set to get that minor. I guess we will have to see. Just means one really busy year next year, but I mean hell I did it this year whats one more year. Specially if I’m going to be taking classes that I know I’m going to love. Ok, so I might be slowly killing myself but I’m a survivor I’ll manage somehow. I always do.

I had fun celebrating my birthday last week. It was the only break I got in my week. Unfortunately this week is going to be more insane then last week and trying to catch up with my classwork that I missed. I am SO worn out from my schedule and guess what I’m only half way through. I’m really going to have to take only 1 credit of Theatre Practice. I need that other 8 hours shaved off my day. A chance to relax and keep up with Homework so I’m not up till 2 or 3am. Well I can dream. I just don’t think my body will hold up to doing this schedule for another 15weeks. I don’t know how I’m going to get through the last 5 weeks of this quarter. *Sigh* *Sings* I’m a survivor *stops* yep that’s me a survivor.