You’d think that in the last 6 terms of university and umpteen years of being an adult that I would have learned to dot my ‘i’s and cross my ‘t’s… uh, nope! This morning I figured that it would be a good excercise to go back and make sure that I had all of my degree requirements in order before starting classes tomorrow. What I discovered was that I was 0.5 History credits short of graduation… one more class!

Previously I had checked my prerequisites and they were all satisfied, but having satisfied my prereqs I still had a bit of room in my course schedule that was unaccounted for.

My natural compulsion in situations like this would be to pitch a fit, have an ugly cry and have someone else fix the whole mess for me.

What makes me very proud is that I kept it together, breathed a bit, found my centre and solved the problem totally sans tantrum!

I checked the History courses available, found which ones required the least messing around with my schedule, checked the bookstore to see which one had the cheapest textbook and made the nescessary swaps and adds. I moved my French classes to Tuesday and Thursday Mornings from 8:30 to 10:00 with an Oral component on Wednesday at 10:30 and added Mennonite History on Monday nights from 6:00 to 9:00. I’m not too happy about the gaps this leaves in my schedule, but at least I graduate by Christmas. I also managed to not add any additional classes on Thursday afternoons or Friday so I’m still home for long relaxing weekends.

This all being said, I’m carrying 5 University courses, a professional development course with the OMA, a Museum Job and possibly a TA position… am I absolutely mad? YES, SIREE BOB!

So I’m starting my countdown to Christmas (and sleep) today! 15 Weeks and counting! or more specifically 3 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days!