This quarter has been crazy. I realize I haven’t done any updates since this quarter started so here it goes:

I am taking 4 classes and 15 credits. A full load is 12 credits, I think I should have stuck to that. I am taking 2 classes that go toward my major (Neurology/Voice & Diction) and two classes that go to my dance minor (Movement for the Actor/Contemporary Dance in the 20th Century). Neurology is a TON of information and it’s A LOT of work and studying, but I have an amazing teacher and I’m doing well in the class. I am getting 93% at the moment (I believe). Voice & Diction is easy because it’s a lot of presentations where you have to adjust your voice in specific ways and learn basically about how we speak. The teacher though is horrible. She lectures verbatim from her notes and never expands on anything so a lot of the information doesn’t stick with me. Then she gives us tests where she tells us that we don’t need to know certain items because they won’t be on the test, but then she puts them on the test. Frustrating! My Movement for the Actor class is fun. We do some tumbling and it’s all about becoming free and trusting yourself. It’s a good class and the teacher talks a bit like William Shatner at times so I find it funny. My Contemporary Dance class is an online class. No actual dancing, it’s more about the history of modern dance. It also is a cluster studies class so it satisfies two areas of my degree for me (credits for my popular cultures cluster studies and my minor in dance). It is more work than all of my other classes. We have a group project in which I am doing 95% of the work because everyone else is apparently an idiot, and I am ready for it to be over. I am learning some good information, but for the type of class it is, it’s a ridiculous amount of work. Maybe it only feels that way because of this group project in which I am doing the majority of it.

A few friends and I started an unofficial dance club this term. We meet twice a week in the dance room and spend an hour doing whatever we want. We choreograph, help others with choreography, teach others, etc. It’s been a really nice thing to do since I don’t have an actual dance class this term. I’ve missed dancing so this is sort of my outlet that I have. Some days we end up not dancing and instead just talk and be a support system for each other, it’s actually quite nice, but mostly we dance!

All in all it’s been go go go for me. I was sick last week with a horrible sore throat. It was the worst one I’ve had in years. I am in the process of getting over it still, but all I do now is cough occasionally and sneeze every now and then. I can handle that. I haven’t had much time for a personal life, although I’ve had to squeeze in events here and there where my presence was required. I had one girls night, but it was only a couple hours long (but it was a great night). One Saturday night I played Texas Hold ‘Em and won! It was my first time winning that game so that was nice, and I won a bit of money. I got to see a movie with my Aunt and mom which was fun. This weekend will be the end of week 8 at school and that means only 2 weeks left before finals. I am so ready for spring break. I feel like I don’t get a chance to see or talk to people I should be seeing and talking to. Did I mention I’m still working? I really don’t know how I am still in one piece.

Next quarter I am only taking 3 classes 12 credits and they are all classes for my major. The classes are: Phonetics & Acoustics, Anatomy & Physiology, and Speech & Language Development in Children. Should be hard and fun, but it’s only 3 classes. I will be back on campus 3 days a week instead of 2 days like this quarter, but I will be ending early two of those days. I can handle only 1 late night a week. Still taking it one day at a time. Hopefully I can update again sooner than later.