I moved back to school a few weeks ago (exactly 15 days ago) and it’s been quite busy as usual. It’s hard though. To go for a whole month of doing absolutely nothing (granted this was in main part because of my injury) to doing so so so so much in a very short turnaround.
What has really killed me is this waking up early stuff. I have four days out of the week with a 9:30 AM and it’s so not working for me. And on my only sleep in day, a 11 o clock class, I have to work at 9 in the morning for the Athletic Department.
Even though it is really early, I’m excited to get back. I haven’t worked anywhere (Monarchs or Athletics) since before my accident which was November 14th. The worst though was the fact that I wasn’t having surgery on my ankle until six days later while I was just hobbling around in a splint.
But back to this semester. Taking six classes is interesting to say the least. The amount of classes I attend doesn’t really phase me but the work is starting to get to me. Especially the fact that I am actually trying to read almost everything that is assigned. I’m actually trying to be a good student. Previous semesters, I would question why I even bought the book in the first place because I never would read it let alone even look at it. The work/reading aspect is definitely a big change for me.
Even though it’s so much to do, I feel that reading the assigned material actually makes me learn more. Who would’ve thought? I actually understand some things going into class and can discuss it which kind of makes me feel smart, but just a little.
This past Saturday, the Madden 08 (Video Game) Tournament was held in the Last Chapter Pub. I was in charge of running it with the Sport Management Club and the Video Gaming Club. It went well believe it or not. The best part was when some of the players thanked me for putting this on. It honestly was so gratifying to me. Another thing I enjoyed about it was people would be walking in the Student Center and out of now where, the game would catch their eye and they’d feel compelled to stop in and watch a few minutes of it.
Speaking of football, the Super Bowl occurred on Sunday. As it turned out, I had to write a paper on it for my Sport Marketing class. It was an odd paper because it really was just talking about how the Super Bowl had changed since the beginning of it. It was interesting because I started it early on Sunday but because of other things (mainly distractions from room mates and other homework that needed to be done), I didn’t have much done. For the game, I went to my friends off campus place with one of my room mates to watch the Giants and Patriots play. It was a fun time but I so didn’t enjoy writing a paper on the Super Bowl. By the way, I don’t want to talk specifically about the game.
Another aspect of my life that has been challenging is my “recovery.��? I use that word loosely however because most people take like two minutes to recover from falling down a hill but me, yea that takes me months to do. But I’ve been doing physical therapy at Apple Therapy for about a week now. It’s off of Bridge St. which is off of Elm St. (where ample things are located in Manchester).
By the way, you know your schedule is too full when you have to do three meetings all at once and you can only make one of them. Yup, that’s how it’s been so far. Way too many things to do that I wish I could just put off but I guess I can’t.
