My PC is feeling "slightly" overwhelmed at this point....His electrical cord sparked and needed to be replaced. His cousin, Internet Explorer (IE) is such a trickster and seems to have a will of his own. Just when assignments are due, he flashes his big error message smile...and wants to play "access to the internet denied." For a type "A" personality like myself, it just sends me into orbit...so I disconnect him and reconnect him over and over to no avail...just when tears start to flow...he's back with no explanation...I am so happy that I don't scold him but actively start pecking away to meet my assignment deadline...our relationship sounds simply abusive...He was so good to me before I committed to school...could he be jealous that I chose to spend time with UA and not hours with Facebook???...I am so.thankful for WIFI at the late night MCDonald's that is just up the road. Its too bad I have to sit in my car to use it (drive-in only after 11 pm). NURS 531 writing assignment is in on-time and I got a 20 piece McNugget to celebrate with fries on the side. There are a lot of competing assignments at UA and even more at work. I use to pride myself on my exceptional organizational skills. I am starting to wonder about this! Did I mention that my Dean really said that she wanted her faculty to pursue doctorates with no reduction in workload. Truth be told I am in overload. I have a new Associate Dean who sends emails out 24/7 and is concerned that no one responds, so she has doubled up on call meetings...ugh!!! I am missing in action at advisory board meetings, had to step down from community service, hours are null and void on parttime job, trying to keep up with pile high laundry and mounds of student papers needing grading. I just booked airfare to Alabama for November a minute ago...did I mention that carryout is a single ring tone away...but I always find time for evening Praise and Worship (Wednesday night) and Bible Study (Thursday night)...How do I spell relief???? P R A Y E R!!!! Now on to course talk...working on presentation...creativity...hmm??? I had a great group experience working with the wiki...need to re-read the presentation guidelines...fascinated by all the new emerging technologies...went to an emerging technologies fair at my own university...fell in love with Outlook 2010...the best part is having the ability to block faculty who use the network to promote their own agenda..so many new features. A lot of the technologies were covered in class. I am trying out Dropbox and I have develop an avatar for my Blackboard announcements for my Spring course...actually dropped her into my current psych course...got lots of positive feedback from students and I continue to read, read, read and read. This is the life of a "tired" but blessed grad student who is now sick with pneumonia (diagnosed on Friday after walking around with a deep hacking non-productive cough for 2 weeks.) So bedrest with the trusty laptop, lots of homemade chicken noodle soup, antibiotics, kleenex, cough syrup and a steroid inhaler in hand is the prescription for me. Funny thing is that I got a pneumonia vaccination this year...Go figure!
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