I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to focus long enough to make this a long post or not, but if it is, then settle down, because you're in for a doozie.
Speaking of focusing, I'm not sure what it is, but Zekie's been having trouble focusing on anything lately. The kind of not-focusing that he suspects is usually medicated. Hrmph. Time to see the doctor. I'm currently self-medicating with fish oil, but it's not really doing the trick yet. So keep a good thought.
By the way, I've officially decided to cut down my schedule for next year. It currently stands at 24 hours of classes, but I'm going to drop it to 15, I think. Especially considering I was recently appointed to the UOSA (University of Oklahoma Student Association) Directorate of Academics as the Coordinator for Graduation Retention. (Truth be told, I have no idea what that position entails; it wasn't one of the ones that I actually applied for, but they wanted me on Exec General Counsel, so they gave me that position.)
Oh, and I'm also a councilman for the Honor Council (though I think I already told you about that). I went to my first meeting on Thursday — WOW what a group. The group is already pretty hilarious, as it is, so it was a lot of fun. Then we got down to business. The Honor Council is the board that cases of academic misconduct are referred to by the Provost. We don't necessarily have the *final* say, but our faculty advisor, the Vice-Provost, who handles these cases, uses our recommendation more often than not. It's a pretty high position, and there's a lot of responsibility associated with it; last meeting we suspended four students for a term. Eep.
As far as summer plans go, *ugh* I'm so tired of the word "plan." Still no word yet on whether I'll be traveling abroad (hopefully that changes soon), but either way, I've put in an application to the Stonebriar Apple Store as a Personal Shopper. Spending other people's money all day for pay? Sign me up!
Speaking of money, thanks a lot, Saint Anthony's, for holding two weeks worth of my checks and then cashing them all at once. Practically bankrupted me. The cashed some of them one time, but not all of them, then one day *surprise!* there's the rest. -_- <--note unhappy with tithing face.
But to change the subject back to school, I am SO ready to be done with this term. It started out pretty well, actually. For taking 21 hours, it was really simple, too. Hardly anything to do. Assignments every so often, but I had it planned out, and so nothing seemed too bad. Then midterms start. There was one week where I had FOUR exams in the same week. Originally, it was three on Monday and one on Wednesday, but that changed when I asked for extensions on the Monday ones. Which meant FOUR exams on Wednesday. Ironically, the one I did the best on, my Psychology exam, was the one I chose not to study for. And I ACED that one — like 100% aced! Go figure.
Anyway, so next term will be somewhat less academics-intensive. Although I'm pretty involved now. Which is good, in a way — I mean, I guess I should be, and it *does* look good on my CV and everything. Not to mention I get to meet people and get out and do things and such. Except it's just all over the place. Go figure.
And speaking of all-over-the-place (like my mind today), I'm also the Editor-in-Chief-Select of the Journal of Global Affairs for next year. They were sufficiently impressed with my somewhat insane dedication to the project (read: I stayed up until 4 am with the Chief this year making layout corrections to make our publisher deadline) and I'm also the Journal's Legal Counsel (which means I get to file our journal for copyright and with the Library of Congress, and all that happy jazz). Yay for me. =)
And, yet another end-of-year announcement, although this one is somewhat pending — I MIGHT be taking the position of Office Assistant for the dorm tower I work for. All that would mean, really, is a bump in hours (no bump in salary — poopy), and work during the week instead of weekends. My boss asked me specifically to consider the position last year (for this year), but I turned him down because I figured I'd be able to get a better job off campus. Even if that IS the case, this is a guaranteed job, and there's no stopping me next year getting a job waiting tables or something off campus on the weekends or something (supposing I have four wheels and an engine to push them, which may or may not happen), so I probably shouldn't pass it up this time.
(I just realized that I hadn't posted this, but I'm studying for a Russian test tomorrow now, so I'll finish up later, I guess. Keep a good thought for me for the test tomorrow! Love you all!)
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