5 posts tagged “university”

I am drowning in school work, specifically from an Ethics class that I'm not really liking.  I have to read the Discourse on Method by Descartes before Tuesday and really, I've tried a few times already.  By the time I'm on the third or fourth sentence I have to go back to the first because I'm not comprehending anything.  I am going to look it up in English now, maybe it's more interesting in English?  Riiight.  What was I thinking when I decided to go back to school?  I am getting distracted by everything.  Watching local TV (the same I am always criticizing) sounds so appealing right now!  I am so glad I don't have a home theater system!  If I did, school work for today would have long gone down the drain.

As I mentioned before I am really stressed right now over a lot of stuff.  I'd really like to relax at one of the finest hotels Las Vegas.  My head hurts and I think it's because it's the first time in almost two months that I've spent so many time in front of a computer.  I have so many things to do, but as always, I am not doing anything.  Right now, my niece is here with her little friends and I feel like I can't do any school work because from time to time they run in here to tell me about something.  I don't have the heart to kick them out (I admit I've done it a couple of times).  I really miss my niece when I'm away, so I just want to make the better of it.  I suppose me being in front of the computer, and her and her friends sitting next to me trying to get my attention doesn't really count as interacting but it's a lot better than just being away. 

Ugh!  I hope to be able to work on it later on.

I am back online!  Got internet access with Sprint broadband.  I love it.  It's fast and I can take it with me everywhere.  Which means no more bulk cable.  So I am getting up to date in lots of stuff: my blogs, e-mail, facebook, and school!  Yeah, I am enrolled in 4 online courses (12 credit hours) through the Inter American University of Puerto Rico.  I am a little stressed over that too!  It's not as easy as it seems.  Actually, that's the main reason why I had to get internet access!  I need to work on my courses daily.     

I went to the university's gym today.  I was surprised to see new exercise equipment there.  It wasn't pretty though.  I barely accomplished 20 minutes of cardiovascular training:

• 10 minutes - bike
• 4 minutes - stepper machine
• 5 minutes - elliptical machine

By the end my legs were shaking, and I thought I was going to fall.  I was hyperventilating, my heart was going at a million beats per minute and I couldn't talk.

My resistance is extremely poor.

I decided to go back to school in January.

Hopefully, it will work out.  I can take a few courses online if I decide to come back to the Dominican Republic.  I've really missed  being in school and learning, and studying.  If I'm not doing anything, why don't use my time studying? 

I've had people suggest that I should enroll in med school here.  I could but I don't really want to.  I don't feel it's my call (far from it!) and I would never study something just for the money or the prestige it could bring me.  I have to be passionate about it, if you know what I mean.  Other people suggested taking some real estate agent courses and eventually the test.  Supposedly, there's money there.  I am not completely appalled by the idea, but so far I have other things in mind.

I already have a "degree" (yes, there's a need for the " ") in Computerized Information Systems, but I don't want to stop there.  Since, right now I'm not working, I am going and make my time here worthwhile and get another degree.  I will still do it if I stay in Puerto Rico, except I would make it part-time while I work somewhere.

I am pretty excited about the idea.