12.22.08
Winter
Snow! It arrived pretty suddenly, and what a ride this winter has already been! It was fun being snowed in and just chilling for a few days. Granted, snow blowing in -8 degrees (-35 with windchill) wasn’t much fun, but it was also nice to be outside enjoying the snow.
These past few weeks have been incredible. Doing work and school was causing enough stress to make me want to pull my hair out. I took time off of work for finals and school resolved itself, and I’ve been having a fantastic time just living a bit. Catching up with friends, eating food, being out and about. It has worked wonders for my mental state. I’m not quite sure what things will be like when I resume the stress of things when break is over, but luckily that isn’t for a few weeks. I was surprised that with the heavy reduction in stress I actually returned to a state of happiness. Sure, I’m a bit worried about finances of next semeser and what my GPA will look like after last semester, but as Paul would say, “it is what it is.” Stressing about these things won’t change them, so I might as well as relax and focus my efforts on a better future. A big boost in morale came from monster.com too when I found that many companies were calling me and what not for interviews even though I don’t have a degree, which makes me feel better about my chances if school does fall through.
I’m still deciding what should be done. I don’t know if I can do a full time co-op next semester, but if I can’t I think I will be taking the semester off from work. I think I’ll be able to do well in school if I don’t have to work so much, but I really can’t take time off of work unless something changes financially. My brother will be moving here, so my financial burden may be less stressful and thus I may actually be able to swing not working, but it remains to be seen how much financial support I’ll get next semester.
But, for the time being, I’m just going to ride this emotional high and hope it lasts until the end of break.