4th Week as a Full-time, non-traditional student

Last week, I was totally unprepared for two quizzes. The first quiz was in my philosophy class. That same day, I had another quiz in my film class. By the time my film instructor handed my quiz, I was so frustrated, tired, and disappointed with my unpreparedness, that I handed my quiz to my instructor with only my name on it, and left class early. When I finally arrived home, I took out my film book and started reading. I read until 11:00 p.m.

When the weekend arrived, I tried to see where I allocated my time. Friday, after my main job, I worked my second part-time job from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. I arrived at home around 10:00 p.m. too exhausted to study.

Saturday morning, I got up at 5:00 a.m. to read the four Emerson’s essays assigned by my philosophy class. It took four hours to complete his thirty page History essay. The challenges I faced during this four-hour period were, the new radiator pipe leak from the apartment directly above me that was pouring rain inside the corner of my apartment, my mind wanting to think about events, the new words that the 19th century writer expects me to know, and my hunger. I do give in to breakfast which takes away time from that four hour block. Below is a picture of the damage that the radiator leak caused.

At 9:00 a.m, I had to start cleaning to be able to comfortably let my landlord in to see this damage. This took an hour. At 10:00 a.m., I had run some errands. At 11:00 a.m., I had to leave for work. From 12:00 a.m. until 7:45 p.m. I worked my other part-time job. I arrived at home around 8:30 a.m. just tired. I had a 2nd, unreturned phone call waiting left by my dad who left one early in the week. I cooked dinner for myself. By 9:30 p.m. I was dead tired, so I went to sleep.

Today I have to read three at least two chapters in my film book, start writing my week’s philosophy paper, read three more chapters of Emerson’s essays, grocery shop, clean, do laundry and possibly have a few short conversations with a few friends. I have about 13 hours to accomplish all these task. Luckily for me, tomorrow is a holiday and I have no school. So I’m going to take advantage of that.

First Art Project Finished

I was able to finish my first oil painting from my art class. Here are the pictures of the still-life and my painting.

Picture of still life

First oil painting.