It’s almost 6am, and I have yet to go to sleep. At this point, I don’t plan to, of course, but I certainly want to. I have lost track of how many all-nighters I’ve pulled so far this semester, and the way things are looking I will be surprised if I average less than one a week for the remainder of the semester.
It’s no secret that this semester has been pretty difficult for me, but even that feels like an understatement much of the time. I believe I can safely say, without any hesitation, that this semester is the hardest I have ever had in every way. The classes are harder, I am taking more credit hours than I should, I’m dealing with extra academic misconduct crap that is sapping my will to do anything other than quit, and I have some of (in my opinion) the worst teachers I have had so far in my academic career.
Put it all together, and it makes for an extraordinarily stressful time. I’m getting through (so far), but every day is more difficult than the one before, and I have less desire to continue on top of that. I just hope my will to get a degree sustains me for the next five weeks. Heaven knows energy drinks won’t be enough to do it by themselves.
I’m impressed you have the energy to blog. I too just pulled an all-nighter for an EECS 563 project and all I have is the to energy to sleep, too bad I can’t.
Keep it up Bill. There is light at the end of the tunnel and an increased earning potential. And good professors ahead too.
Thanks. I keep telling myself that there’s only X weeks left in the semester, for better or worse. Knowing that this hell will end soon definitely helps.
We can reduce our E.S. working time if you need more time for homework. I know that you need a break occasionally but don’t hesitate to tell me that you just don’t have the time. I’d rather have you stay closer to sane than have a completed E.S. website.
I appreciate the offer, but ES work is one of the things that I still enjoy doing. I’ve already eliminated enough “fun” from my day-to-day this semester, and I am not willing to give much more.
That said, I’ll probably need to take some time around finals week.