where i am write now!!

i am suppose to be writing my first major essay for my world literature class. but, i can't seem to get my mind into essay writing mode. i would rather blog ;) i haven't blogged in a long, long, time. but, i find that it helps make the semester go by quicker. why? i think because i can see it progress week by week.

i think there are about nine weeks left in this semester. nine agonizing weeks. (but, hey, it is better than nine months, right?)

this semester i am taking kine, cosc, and world lit. ALL ONLINE!!!!! i had never taken one online course, much less three. let me tell you, i am really just trying to keep my head above water. if you ask me, i think it is a lot more work online than on campus. i have weekly assignments, which i didn't have in an on campus course. boo hoo!!

oh well, here we go:

what i've learned:
(since this is a make-up post, i will catch up since august.)

in cosc: i have learned a lot of keyboard shortcuts using the control key. we are working on spreadsheets right now.

in kine: i have to exercise at least three times a week for 30 minutes. so far so good. i have also learned about muscular endurance versus muscular strength and many other things.

in world lit: we just finished reading the Iliad. it was a long, long book. i'm glad i'm finally learning/reading the greek classic.

i am actually suppose to be writing my essay on that right now. i need to be able to send it to mike lapointe, the online tutuor by tomorrow. it's going to be a long nights journey.

i'll let you all know how it goes.....

what i know:

my life has totally changed from last semester. i'm not even in corpus christi anymore. i miss it something awful. i miss del mar (which my husband can't understand). i really miss my old life in corpus christi. i miss my friend and neighbor and her kids.

life in the rio grande valley is not that grand, let me tell you. i feel like an outsider who is very unwelcome. i have been given the third degree at my daughters' school. i have culture shock. it seems strange, but even though i am a mexican-american, i don't feel like i fit in here in the valley.