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I hate my school. I write this as I am halfway through the SPRING semester, and beyond overwhelmed. I was in class the other night, when I noticed this bulletin that discussed upcoming elimination of classes, due to budget cuts. The removal would take place immediately after the SUMMER semesters. I quickly scan the list to discover that three of them affect me, and out of those, only one has a suitable replacement in place. I hadn’t planned on taking any of the the three this summer, and now I have to rethink my entire schedule.

Currently, I am in the extreme semester. I took on way too many classes, trying to make up for time I lost for taking last semester off for some personal growth and to deal with some issues. The time off was well worth it, as I have really gotten a handle on the OCD and living in a constant state of high anxiety and stress. In the past, I thrived on that kind of environment, and got some sick, twisted kick out of attempting to be super human; but not anymore. I vowed that after this mess I got myself into was over, I would never do this again. I had only planned to take 12 units this summer; two classes in each of the five-week summer sessions. Three of those are set in stone. I need them as prerequisites to my fall lineup. So, I was able to bring in one of the classes being cut, as the fourth. The one that already has a named replacement, I can take later, but the other has me a little worried. They say there is going to be a substitute, but I don’t know what it is. I am seriously considering filling out the overload petition and taking on a fifth class.

I don’t want to do it, and all interested parties in the life of Darci Wood, have greeted this thought process with a resounding “NO!” This Friday, I have scheduled an appointment with my adviser, but I already know they will push to get me to take it on. They always do. In fact, I am convinced that this is nothing more than a vehicle to drive up summer enrollment. I am trying to have faith that if I just leave it alone, it will take care of itself, but there is a little fear that it could interfere with me graduating at the end of next year. I just don’t understand how they can justify cutting classes on this short of notice. We register for summer starting next week. I know I should be thankful that the budget cuts here are ending with reduction of offerings versus the high tuition hikes being experienced in California, but this could really screw some things up for a lot of people so close to finishing. Especially since it seems that they have not even worked out all the replacements yet.

Can I push through another five weeks of this hell, once I survive this 16 weeks of torture? I don’t know, but I have to make a decision fairly quickly. On a funnier note, I actually tried to write this entry a couple of hours ago on a class break, and as soon as I typed the last word and went to save, I lost connection to the site. I even put a ticket into Dave, because I thought the site was down. Turns out, the school locked out my domain while I was writing it. I could access everything else, but labmistress.com. Guess I was being censored for my sniveling.