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Last three days of the quarter

It’s going to be a mountain to climb

In 45 hours, I have one more essay to turn in, which is 25% of the grade for English 101. I’m currently at 220 words out of 750-1250. I have related homework pieces along with the two hundred twenty words in the draft, a research document, and a handful of sources. Some bones, to be sure, but no meat or organs will be needed for a living, breathing essay.

Yes, my health hasn’t been consistent, and I’ve felt sick from chronic shit, but I have had opportunities to chip away at this project to make things easier for this week. I did it many times before in classes or other projects in life. The bottom line is that I made this much more difficult than necessary.

Once again, I procrastinated until the last minute, but this time, it was painful because my body wasn’t the same as in the past. I should know better at age 37. That’s why I’m stressed. I am frustrated with myself because I did this to myself. I know that I have this tendency because of ADHD. Yet here I am repeating history.

It’s a life lesson I had to relearn.

Fuck I hate having this chronic illness.

And there is a cumulative Final Exam for math on Wednesday.

I should be okay, seeing as I have a 96 grade at the moment. This year is 20% too. I assume it’ll be similar to the previous five exams: be timed and not tell you your mistakes until you press done. My pattern has been to miss 1-2 questions or get dinged for a partial point.

In any case, I’m ready to finish this quarter. I’ve been so burned out and exhausted from homework that I haven’t been able to blog.

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5 responses to “Last three days of the quarter”

  1. creekroadpottery Avatar
    creekroadpottery

    Yeah buddy! I had a real bad Christmas show with the pots. Not to many folks knew but I did. If it was as a grade I would have got a D. But its over now and I made it out the other side ok just walking off a limp. I learned I need to say no more and not be such a people pleaser. I am on book 11 Meditations by Marcus Arillus. I have to balance work at the big paper factory with the pots. I get distracted and chase squirrels also when I work for myself. I have custom orders still to do up for Christmas or I’ll disappoint some folks. I may just tell them.Im going to be late. they will.be upset but they will not go and get their own clay, wheel, and kiln to make the pots themselves. But I am happy I did show up, even if I did give myself a D. Whats the report on? I love research and reading. Hope things go well for you and don’t worry about stepping though wet paint from the corner you painted yourself into. There are plenty of us out here that do it. At times life is far to short to worry about not stepping in the paint.

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      TheUnknownReilly

      Sorry to hear that the show didn’t go well!

      The paper I wrote was a comparison and contrast between two movies: The Eight Mountains, and Polite Society. I turned it in a day late, for a small grade reduction. The paper was about how both movies share a theme of friendship, and the conflict between Modern and traditional values. I think I turned in a decent paper. It wasn’t my best work, but I felt I did well enough. I enjoyed both movies, both from 2023, and eventually the writing became enjoyable. I had to be drenched in paint and accept the mess to get there. In the future, I’ll chip away at big projects because doing this as I am now feels like death. But, it’s done! 😎

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        creekroadpottery

        For sure! At times Done is better then perfect!

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    TonyG

    Can you write about growing up on Brandon St.? Talk about the various characters and how you saw them as a child as opposed to say, how you see them now. You can do this. Just start.

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    1. TheUnknownReilly Avatar
      TheUnknownReilly

      Tony! I’m not sure about this. I don’t like to think back to childhood.

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