Another first week of school has come and gone, and I am just plum tuckered out.* It's always exhausting for me to get used to a new schedule, but for some reason I feel like this week felt like a day, but every day felt like a week. It probably has something to do with working at a different time than I'm used to. Since I got my job in July of 2012, I pretty much exclusively worked the 11-2 shift, with a brief stint in the 5-8 shift. I loved 11-2 because I could take a class before, and it didn't feel too early, and then could do a class or two after and still get home at a reasonable time. There was no way for me to do that this semester, so I'm working 2-5 MWF, and 9-12 TTh. They're both somewhat slow shifts, so I really just feel like I'm at work forever, either after a long day of class before, or knowing that I have a ton more class to go to afterwards. But it could be much, much worse. I'm so grateful to have had such a fantastic job for so long.
*In case you were wondering, I'm actually an 80 year old woman, which is why I use phrases like "plum tuckered out"
Classes are actually really good. I know it's only the first week, but so far in my college career, I've been pretty well able to tell if I'm going to like a class or not by the end of the first week. I'm taking Human Development, and while I wasn't necessarily extremely interested in the topic to begin with, the professor is fantastic. My ASL class is going to be really challenging, but with only 7 people in the class, it's really fun.* I'm also in a really great religion class. The teacher doesn't seem to be requiring too much, a problem that occurs in a whole lot of BYU religion courses, but is still making it an academically rigorous course. I'm unfortunately taking Physical Science, but there's no way to get out of that one. I love GenEds. I think my favorite class is going to be Art for Elementary Teachers. Hands down. It's a long class- 5-7:50 pm on Tuesdays, but I love the topics we cover. And, we have to keep an art journal! Basically we're supposed to just draw something two or three times a week. Seriously. Right up my alley. So I'm really excited for this semester! We'll see how long that lasts...**
* I'm actually amazed at what the class sizes are at BYU. For a school of 30,000+ students, I've been in a lot of classes with 30 or fewer students.
**Probably up until my first midterm. Or next week.
And now for my news!
I started a vlog, people! Because you clearly need to hear more from me. I mean, obviously this is not enough. I just posted my first video last night... go watch it if you haven't already!
www.youtube.com/TheNugget
You are all beautiful humans! Thank you for being in my life.
Smooches,
Jenna
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