Reaching critical mass...

It is that point in the semester where everything starts to really weigh you down. I have one class where it is nothing but group work. We have one weekly assignment that is hard to even start until after the Monday class, and it is due in two days. Then there is the term group project which is an ongoing thing, but the next phase is also due THIS WEDNESDAY. On top of that, I have another class where we are at the end and of course... group project. I would have loved to skip tonight, but it is the night we are going to do said project work so I can't. Let's top that off with a helping of two eight hour work days (no lunch thanks to school) and having to play a show tomorrow.

I have no doubts that I will be up until the wee hours of the morning. I will try my best to do it without the help of caffeine. I'm not sure if I will succeed or not, but I will try.

The whole timing will be fun. I made my list, I know what I need to do.

Class, drive home, make a quick dinner, eat while working on term group work, get gear for tomorrow ready, sleep (right!), wake up, shower, load gear, go to work, get work done, do some weekly group work at the office at 5pm, eat dinner, show, load gear, home, more weekly and term group work, sleep...

It never ends, but I'm getting things done.

Sometimes "good enough" really is good enough.

Lately the student portion of my life has been interfering with my work/boyfriend/father portions of my life. It has been overtaking every aspect of it. I have been unable to concentrate on anything else other than school because that is what is needed from it. The bad part is that the other three here are suffering from it. I can't spend time with the kids, my girlfriend has noticed that I am cranky because of it, and at work I can not stay focused because of the sheer amount of focus the schoolwork is demanding from me. Work has spilled in to my home life, home life gets pushed to the side, and often times feels ignored and doesnt want to tell me they feel ignored.

This semester has been a real bear. It's almost over. In the meantime I'm going to have to figure out where to get sleep because on Friday, the musician also comes in to play.

What I
Ve Lea rend from all of this is to just not stress out as much. That maybe giving 85% really is enough...it's still a passing grade and something to not be sneezed at. I don't like giving less than 100% but for the next 5 weeks, it's going to have to do if I want to get things done.