On long-abandoned themes
Jun. 15th, 2006 01:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lenora_roseIt's strange how work avoidance works: I started to clean my study to avoid working on the novel, and started working on my possible University course schedules to avoid working on cleaning the study.
A few times in the past I've used the novel as the means to avoid working on the University schedule. (I can't actually try to register until August, but it's still nice to know what my options are.)
For some reason I was convinced I needed 12 credit hours of history courses, so I was having a hard time. I only need six.
Heee. That makes it easy. Actually, forget easy. There are a surfeit of riches out there. So many courses that sound appealing! I whipped up 5 schedules even with the 12 credit hours, and now they all have yet more breathing room.
Best of all, four of the five schedules are set up so I can work at least three days a week until December with ease (Most of the time, I'm toasted in the new year. Damn Mathematics requirement.) And I *can* fit in a ceramics course in three of the five. Alas, the best one in every other way ended up medieval flavoured. Which is nice but too much of a good thing. I saw ways to trick myself into doing relevant research for upcoming books in almost every other variation, but much as I like the medieval era, I don't write much about it.
My biggest worry is what happens when I spring this on work. I already had one co-worker fretting over it (I couldn't not tell her), mostly because she's worried about what would happen if I couldn't/didn't work. I'd like to think these are reasonable people, and I'd like to think that the fact that I have been taking them into consideration will count for something. I'd like to think the work to date will.
Unfortunately, the general manager is unpredictable, and the accountant (My immediate superior) seems easy going but does have a few sticking points. Just enough that it plays into my doubts...
On the good news front, even after buying a bed, there's enough wedding money left to soften the blow of upcoming fees and make us look good for the bank for line of credit applications. (Colin's credit rating is good regardless, mine should be but I don't officially know.) Of course, some of that should drain into the basement soon.
Of course, whether the year will be easy, or the courses.... Well, that's a whole 'nother kettle. I'm almost glad that astronomy seems to be the one course I can't schedule -- it would probably be the most mathematical/physics-oriented. I got A+ in high school math, and A in physics; but the physics ended at grade 11 level, and the mathematics is now about 12 years rusty.
A few times in the past I've used the novel as the means to avoid working on the University schedule. (I can't actually try to register until August, but it's still nice to know what my options are.)
For some reason I was convinced I needed 12 credit hours of history courses, so I was having a hard time. I only need six.
Heee. That makes it easy. Actually, forget easy. There are a surfeit of riches out there. So many courses that sound appealing! I whipped up 5 schedules even with the 12 credit hours, and now they all have yet more breathing room.
Best of all, four of the five schedules are set up so I can work at least three days a week until December with ease (Most of the time, I'm toasted in the new year. Damn Mathematics requirement.) And I *can* fit in a ceramics course in three of the five. Alas, the best one in every other way ended up medieval flavoured. Which is nice but too much of a good thing. I saw ways to trick myself into doing relevant research for upcoming books in almost every other variation, but much as I like the medieval era, I don't write much about it.
My biggest worry is what happens when I spring this on work. I already had one co-worker fretting over it (I couldn't not tell her), mostly because she's worried about what would happen if I couldn't/didn't work. I'd like to think these are reasonable people, and I'd like to think that the fact that I have been taking them into consideration will count for something. I'd like to think the work to date will.
Unfortunately, the general manager is unpredictable, and the accountant (My immediate superior) seems easy going but does have a few sticking points. Just enough that it plays into my doubts...
On the good news front, even after buying a bed, there's enough wedding money left to soften the blow of upcoming fees and make us look good for the bank for line of credit applications. (Colin's credit rating is good regardless, mine should be but I don't officially know.) Of course, some of that should drain into the basement soon.
Of course, whether the year will be easy, or the courses.... Well, that's a whole 'nother kettle. I'm almost glad that astronomy seems to be the one course I can't schedule -- it would probably be the most mathematical/physics-oriented. I got A+ in high school math, and A in physics; but the physics ended at grade 11 level, and the mathematics is now about 12 years rusty.
