Complaints

Well, this week was tame compared to last week, that's for sure. No family emergencies or anything exciting for that matter. The semester is shifting into high gear for me and I have papers/projects due nearly every week in one class or other - like most of us. The biggest hurdle for me in getting my stuff done for school is trying to balance homework with being a dad. Just when I think I have time to read or write, I need to change her diapers or it's feeding time again. This happens off and on all day long - not that I'm complaining, not in the least bit - it's just making this semester more difficult and I'm a notoriously slow starter as it is. This wouldn't be as big of an issue if I could take night classes at CSU while completing my undergrad, but since that's not an option, this is what I'm stuck with. If I had one criticism of "traditional" four-year colleges it's that they're myopic when it comes to those of us who aren't "traditional" college students. Basically this means I can't hold a job that'll pay me more than minimum wage because I'm in school during the day and my wife is the "breadwinner" such as it is in Fort Collins. On the other hand, this is an advantage right now because I'm home M-W-F so I can watch our little one, which means no money out of pocket for daycare so that helps. I s'pose I could have gone to the University of Phoenix, DeVry, or any other quality institution of higher learning that can afford to advertise on television during Springer or any other excellent daytime program (cough), but I didn't, and my decision to attend a known university damn well better pay off because it's difficult right now.