Long Day, perhaps

Well, first day of class of my last semester of my first Master's degree is completed - now onto bigger and better things! Okay, slow down....just kidding. I did have a big day though. Since I was slapped with a $2850 fee last week for my Public Health courses, I spent much of the morning running around and trying to get those taken care of. I must say, the people at the University of Montana are definitely the nicest I have come across as far as trying to find an answer for a student. I got to go into back offices, meet some "higher-ups" (as they're called), and have a pseudo tourguide that accompanied me to all these offices to get the answers. Well, they found the answers for me! Then, I decided to un-accept my acceptance into the Certificate of Public Health program. Well, it was good they did the work, as they said I will definitely be used as an example in policy meetings. Apparently there are many more students who receive these ridiculous fees.

As for Public Health? Lynn never tries to put too much onto one plate, does she? She never overloads herself with work or begins something new before finishing the last thing, does she? Okay, I decided I need to give myself a break. I was getting overwhelmed with the prospect of having to take 6 more credits next semester before leaving for the Peace Corps/doing my internship/figuring out what I want to do with my life. So therefore, I am no longer a CPH student, but only an IYFD student. Ey-yey-yey.

I had class after all this and other things happened and definitely found myself unable to concentrate on anything anyone was saying. My eyes were fuzzy and not seeing straight. My nose was runny and stuffy at the same time. Not to mention that I have not gotten a good night of sleep in a week and a half! And I was thinking about my un-full needing-to-be-filled class schedule. I think I got it:

IYFD 595: Critical Issues in Helping
IYFD 502: Intercultural Aspects of Child Development II
PSYCH 494: Rural Psychology
SOC WRK 465: Social Work in a Global Context (SOCIAL WORK! I LOVE SOCIAL WORK!!!)
2 credits independent study? Missoula AIDS Council testing/counseling in combination with a research project on HIV Youth Prevention Programs
1 credit independent study - Spanish
1 credit professional project
PLUS I had 1 credit from the Addressing White Racism course

Hmmm...yes I know, it is not a lot. I may find that perhaps I will be bored. Then, volunteering more will call my name perhaps? Who knows?

Anyways, I love and miss you all, and I have really been thinking about Wisconsin lately because the weather here has been very similar! Yesterday, I woke up at 10 AM (yes, Happy MLK Day!) and the temperature was -9 degrees! By 11 AM, it rose 4 degrees to -5! Craziness...oh, Wisconsin. But alas, there was no wind...therefore it didn't seem too cold. Weather, schmeather...gnight all...