I've been busy. Everything is good but all my free time is spent studying and doing homework. So I don't have time for much else. Our annual meeting is next week and I can't wait for it to be here. We have a special Community Report that we are putting out to the community. I'm glad it's over soon and hope we can get back to the business of getting on with the campaign.
I almost quit school this week. I did have a major meltdown about school yesterday. I'm working my ass off and I'm not getting some of this. Seriously, I took the train to Chicago this past weekend so that I could get 6 hours of homework in (I ended up doing about 10 hours) and still don't get some things. So I left work yesterday, drove around, called Peter, had a meltdown about school. I called my teacher for my intercultural communication class, Dr. Gill. She's pretty awesome, I had sent my paper to her early to get feedback and she was very nice to do that for me. Anyway, I had gotten a note from Dr. Rod with my paper that I had submitted and he asked me what theory I was going use to do my research and I'm like...I don't have a frigging clue. And I wasn't getting why I didn't have a clue...I mean I'm reading and writing and working my ass off. So I call Dr. Gill a few hours later yesterday and told her that I'm working my ass off and I don't get it. Then she said to me, well of course you don't, Ellen. You haven't had your core classes yet... and besides that, this is your first semester and you're coming in the middle and everyone else has the advantage. She said you don't have the background of theory in communication because you come from a journalistic background. I seriously wanted to cry tears of joy. I don't get it because I'm not supposed to. This made me feel so much better. She's going to help me and I'll get Dr. Rod to help me with the theory and I should be fine. So I'm staying here for now. I brought a good book from Amazon about communication theory so I'm going to try to get myself up to speed. Not sure if I'm going to take a summer class or focus on the communication theory for the summer. So,we'll see. I'm anxious to get it done and get on to the task of teaching. --I'm committed to kicking ass to get this done...
More later...
One of my most favorite quotes that I shared at Rotary last week. "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
