Why can't there be 100 hours in a day?

Recently I have had a lot of trouble with time management.  I feel that I time manage fairly well, however sometimes I have too many "important" things to do in one day and I find out that I have no idea how to do it all in 24 hours!  Between doing homework, cleaning, taking care of my dog, studying for classes and work, I have found myself struggling to complete everything with 110% effort.  

You know how back in high school health class, the teacher strongly pushed getting at least eight hours of sleep every night?  Well I have found that my habits of going to bed by 10:30/11:00p.m. every weekday has, in effect, made getting everything done harder.  By going to bed at a decent hour, my body has gotten use to it, and now, anytime I try to stay up later to study, I find it next to impossible because my body and brain shut off and tell me, "it's time for bed."

I have thought up multiple solutions to this problem:
           * Go to bed later every night by one hour
           * Wake up earlier every morning to start sooner on my "To Do List"
           * Throw so much caffeine in my system that I can't sleep

The last solution is something I only do during finals week, so don't worry, I am not a caffeine addict!

In the long run, I feel that going to bed a bit later is going to be the easiest thing to do. Telling myself, "oh, I will just get up early and do it in the morning," rarely works for college students.  When you wake up, tired and wanting to stay in bed, seeing that you have a few hours extra that you COULD sleep often is too much of a temptation.  I think that for the remaining weeks of the semester, I will prioritize what is due, and change my average "bed time" to 11:30p.m./12:00a.m.

#ClocksNeedToHaveARewindButton

Yellow Heels

Have you ever had something you really loved but then something happened to ruin it?  Well, that happened to me this week!

Yesterday, one of my roommates let the puppies run around in my room without supervision and know what happened?  One of them chewed up my favorite pair of yellow heels!  Eek!  Not only were they my favorite pair, they were expensive too.  Well, needless to say, they are damaged beyond repair.

Moral of the story?  If you are either planning on getting a puppy or currently have one, make sure anything that could be damaged is placed far...FAR out of reach!



#NoMoreYellowHells

Sociology=Pulling My Hair Out

All semester, I have been taking Into to Sociology as an online course.  Should be relatively easy right?  Wrong.  A course is only as good as the teacher, and in my case, my teacher is not making this class any easier.

Since early in the semester, my professor has been changing due dates drastically and removing assignments to the point I am completely confused on what is due when!  Beyond that, she will go 2-3 WEEKS without assigning anything, then out of the blue, assign us 200+ pages of reading along with 50+ questions over the assigned reading due that week!  To top it off, the material is so in-depth, you actually have to read the material, no "skimming."

As a student taking 17 credit hours, I do not have the time to to just not doing anything for a class for weeks, then try and find time to do the amount of work required from my professor.

To top that off, my professor does not reply to emails.  Last Wednesday I sent her 2 emails, then another on Thursday.  Friday she sent us an email assigning a paper that was worth 20% of our grade.  On the rubric for the paper, she instructed that we could find the due date on our class syllabus.  Big surprise, it was not on there.  So, I gave her a few days to reply to my previous 3 emails, then Monday I sent her another email asking if she had received my last few emails along with the due date of the paper.  She FINALLY emailed me back yesterday saying that she would reply back to my previous emails within the HOUR.  Another big surprise, she has yet to email me about my past 3 emails, but also, in the one email she did reply to, she never answered my question about the paper.

Oh boy!  By this point, which is where I am at now, I am completely frustrated!  I know every college student has experienced this at least once, but it really stinks to feel like your professor does not care if you pass or fail a class.  Especially being an online class, I do not understand how a professor will just ignore her only means of communication with her class.

Ugh, I don't know what to do!

#StuckInARut