"Welcome to the California Western Bar/Bri program. This is a wonderful program, but it will not be a wonderful time in your life. We all know this."
This is how my day started.
This is how my day continued: (Yes, I was updating this during class. So sue me.)
9:00: Things I've been told to remember: To eat, to sleep, to not push away those I care about. Nothing about playing Viva Pinata or Fable 2. Nothing about going to the beach, or exercising. My body is already starting to reject this situation.
9:13: Just found out we're supposed to study 5-8 hours per day, in addition to the five hours we spend in class each day. So, that means if I get out of class at 1 in the afternoon, and get home at like 1:30, if I study non-stop, the fastest I'll be done is 6;30?? And, that is not including breaks! I need like a million breaks or else I lose my mind. When will I eat?! When will I have time to play soccer?! This is not going to be a good three months, not good at all. But, the money's already been spent, so I have to go through with this.
9:43: "It is going to feel bad. It isn't going to feel good. You are going to be very uncomfortable."
10:40: I haven't eaten since my Cinnamon Toast Crunch at 7:15, and I think I may actually be starving to death. We're getting a ten minute break - that should be long enough to eat the sandwich I brought. No one else is eating, or seems hungry though....what is with these robots?
10:47: Watching a video of some idiot talking about property law. A video? All that money doesn't even buy us a real life person? Total rip.
10:55: Video lady just said "kickin it old school."
10:55: Realized that I can't write this and pay attention, this video is CRAZY fast. We have to fill in the blanks for stuff in our workbooks while we watch, or else we won't have complete notes and we will fail our lives.
11:43: First ten minute break of the video. Some people broke out sandwiches this time. The video lady is funny, and constantly having to write stuff down in the blanks makes it easy to pay attention. It isn't thaaaat bad.
12:48: Ten minute break number two. I hate this so much. I no longer think video lady is funny. I no longer laugh at her jokes. Now, I just get annoyed that she is joking around when I am so miserable, and that she is wasting precious time with jokery instead of just telling us about stupid property law. Plus, I'm starving and I forgot a fork so I can't even eat my pasta salad. And, my legs are so so sore (from soccer) that I can't stand sitting in this uncomfortable chair any longer! My knees feel like they're having growing pains, just all cramped and sore. This is pure misery, I can't stand the thought of doing this every day for three months. I don't think my backpack will even fit the amount of food it will take to keep me un-starved for a whole day while I'm cramping my mind like this. I can't stand it. I would rather live in Denver for a full year than do this. Also, I've written the word "indefeasible" about 50 times (seriously) and I have no idea what it means. Hopefully, I'll remember to look it up before the end of July. God, I NEED a Coke.
1:48: Done with class for today. About a mile walk to my car, then I go home to figure out what the heck that video lady was even talking about during that whirlwind of information. I think 5-8 hours is a pretty good guess at how long that will take. I hate this.
This is how my day started.
This is how my day continued: (Yes, I was updating this during class. So sue me.)
9:00: Things I've been told to remember: To eat, to sleep, to not push away those I care about. Nothing about playing Viva Pinata or Fable 2. Nothing about going to the beach, or exercising. My body is already starting to reject this situation.
9:13: Just found out we're supposed to study 5-8 hours per day, in addition to the five hours we spend in class each day. So, that means if I get out of class at 1 in the afternoon, and get home at like 1:30, if I study non-stop, the fastest I'll be done is 6;30?? And, that is not including breaks! I need like a million breaks or else I lose my mind. When will I eat?! When will I have time to play soccer?! This is not going to be a good three months, not good at all. But, the money's already been spent, so I have to go through with this.
9:43: "It is going to feel bad. It isn't going to feel good. You are going to be very uncomfortable."
10:40: I haven't eaten since my Cinnamon Toast Crunch at 7:15, and I think I may actually be starving to death. We're getting a ten minute break - that should be long enough to eat the sandwich I brought. No one else is eating, or seems hungry though....what is with these robots?
10:47: Watching a video of some idiot talking about property law. A video? All that money doesn't even buy us a real life person? Total rip.
10:55: Video lady just said "kickin it old school."
10:55: Realized that I can't write this and pay attention, this video is CRAZY fast. We have to fill in the blanks for stuff in our workbooks while we watch, or else we won't have complete notes and we will fail our lives.
11:43: First ten minute break of the video. Some people broke out sandwiches this time. The video lady is funny, and constantly having to write stuff down in the blanks makes it easy to pay attention. It isn't thaaaat bad.
12:48: Ten minute break number two. I hate this so much. I no longer think video lady is funny. I no longer laugh at her jokes. Now, I just get annoyed that she is joking around when I am so miserable, and that she is wasting precious time with jokery instead of just telling us about stupid property law. Plus, I'm starving and I forgot a fork so I can't even eat my pasta salad. And, my legs are so so sore (from soccer) that I can't stand sitting in this uncomfortable chair any longer! My knees feel like they're having growing pains, just all cramped and sore. This is pure misery, I can't stand the thought of doing this every day for three months. I don't think my backpack will even fit the amount of food it will take to keep me un-starved for a whole day while I'm cramping my mind like this. I can't stand it. I would rather live in Denver for a full year than do this. Also, I've written the word "indefeasible" about 50 times (seriously) and I have no idea what it means. Hopefully, I'll remember to look it up before the end of July. God, I NEED a Coke.
1:48: Done with class for today. About a mile walk to my car, then I go home to figure out what the heck that video lady was even talking about during that whirlwind of information. I think 5-8 hours is a pretty good guess at how long that will take. I hate this.
this is not going to be fun...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of this is learning that you eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
ReplyDeleteAnd I just had posted a new Giggle blot that talked about you finding your passion, "Too Old for Passion?" thegiggleguide.com. Hope I was not wrong. Proud of you no matter what. And that 8-hour study time is for mortals without your super powers of photographic memory.
ReplyDeleteI think your dad found his passion.
A.J. - Hang in there.
ReplyDeletethat sounds super sucky, but at least it's not for forever and will be over soon.
ReplyDeleteyour teacher should have brought cookies to boost morale. tell him i said to do that.