My class schedule this semester was absolutely crazy. 16 hours: two literature courses with intense reading schedules (14 novels! 30+ critical pieces about said novels!), two workshop classes ... one with an intense writing schedule (150+ pages). It was insane.
And then there's the events of the semester, also crazy: a polar vortex, two ice storms, a graduate student worker strike, and, possibly, a faculty strike (depending on how bargaining goes today, they may start striking tomorrow).
I don't regret any of it, but it's not over yet. 10 days. I expect to receive a paper back today, marked up for revisions, finish discussion of two novels this week, present my paper to the class next week, and turn in two final drafts next week to wrap up my semester. 10 days. That's it. Break neck, full speed, all the way to the end of the semester.
I promised myself, back in February, when I realized just how intense this semester was going to be, that next semester I wouldn't take 16 hours ever again. I would take a nice leisurely 9, or maybe 12. You want to know how many I have signed up for right now? 16.
I don't know why I do this to myself. Really.
Go forth and write!
And then there's the events of the semester, also crazy: a polar vortex, two ice storms, a graduate student worker strike, and, possibly, a faculty strike (depending on how bargaining goes today, they may start striking tomorrow).
I don't regret any of it, but it's not over yet. 10 days. I expect to receive a paper back today, marked up for revisions, finish discussion of two novels this week, present my paper to the class next week, and turn in two final drafts next week to wrap up my semester. 10 days. That's it. Break neck, full speed, all the way to the end of the semester.
I promised myself, back in February, when I realized just how intense this semester was going to be, that next semester I wouldn't take 16 hours ever again. I would take a nice leisurely 9, or maybe 12. You want to know how many I have signed up for right now? 16.
I don't know why I do this to myself. Really.
Go forth and write!