Burnout
For the first time in quite a while, I am completely burned out from school. Probably since the semester of senior design during my undergraduate career when I got so tired of classes that I mistakenly decided that I didn't want to go straight to grad school. (Don't worry, I'm not about to make a similar mistake now.)
Over the past month I've taken two take-home exams that took more that 12 hours each to complete. I have written three 10 page papers. I have completed one very complex networking project. And now I'm in the middle of finals. And that doesn't include the fact that I work 20-24 hours a week. I went almost a month with no turnover in my Netflix queue. I haven't read anything for pleasure. I haven't even been updating this blog.
I think that most of my regular readers know that I don't exactly hold a high opinion of the University of Alabama at Huntsville, where I received my Master's degree. Not that I'm complaining a whole lot, but I basically breezed through my curriculum there without ever putting any more effort into classes than I did as an undergrad. I guess I was just used to that when I came into class here at Auburn. Even back at the beginning of the semester I realized that I was doing more work for less classes that I ever really had before, but I still let it pile up on me creating the terrible last two weeks.
But now it's almost over. One more final to go, then I can try and recharge before the next semester starts. I plan to do little except play video games, read, and watch movies and football for three weeks. I might even try to backdate some entries here about my adventures in Tuscaloosa, New York, and my continuing failure to purchase a Nintendo Wii.
Over the past month I've taken two take-home exams that took more that 12 hours each to complete. I have written three 10 page papers. I have completed one very complex networking project. And now I'm in the middle of finals. And that doesn't include the fact that I work 20-24 hours a week. I went almost a month with no turnover in my Netflix queue. I haven't read anything for pleasure. I haven't even been updating this blog.
I think that most of my regular readers know that I don't exactly hold a high opinion of the University of Alabama at Huntsville, where I received my Master's degree. Not that I'm complaining a whole lot, but I basically breezed through my curriculum there without ever putting any more effort into classes than I did as an undergrad. I guess I was just used to that when I came into class here at Auburn. Even back at the beginning of the semester I realized that I was doing more work for less classes that I ever really had before, but I still let it pile up on me creating the terrible last two weeks.
But now it's almost over. One more final to go, then I can try and recharge before the next semester starts. I plan to do little except play video games, read, and watch movies and football for three weeks. I might even try to backdate some entries here about my adventures in Tuscaloosa, New York, and my continuing failure to purchase a Nintendo Wii.
posted by Unknown at 12/10/2006 05:19:00 PM
1 Comments:
It's funny, but I keep buying Wii accessories even though I don't own one. I bought a game and a controller thinking that Griffin would bring his on our trip to New York, but he decided not to at the last minute. Then just this weekend I bought some component cables to hook a Wii up to my HDTV. Now if I can just find the actual console . . .
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