Sadder but a little wiser
Life the last few months has been hectic and crazy. The first quarter of school is coming to a close for me. And to say the least, it hasn’t gone well. I way overbooked myself. I simply did not have the time that the number of classes I signed up for required. Work, little sleep , toddler seperation anxiety and a child who got waaaaaaaaaay behind in her school work were very effective deterants to success this quarter. It took time but we finally got the daughter all caught up. And her report card was sufficiantly unsettling enough for her, I think, to give her the boost she needs to start applying herself more.
So, I have learned some major lessons about what amount of time I actually have available. And the upshot of the matter, is that unless they are willing to accept my appeal, I’ll have to pay back my tuition for this year before they’ll pay for any more classes. Which, if I drop down to two classes, I can actually pay for.
Work is still a work in progress. I’m passed my 90 day trial period but I’m not meeting my sales goals, and if I don’t, I won’t keep my job. So learning to encourage people to use more banking products is definately jumping out of my comfort zone. But I think it’ll be good for me.
Tadpole is a busy 18 month old monster. *grins* He is a climber who loves to push buttons and see what they do. He’s got the computer’s figured out and understands what the mouse button is supposed to do….mostly. His favorite movie is Sound of Music. I kid you not, he loves it. He’s still not speaking, but he jabbers constantly, pretends the remotes are his own cordless phones and tries to sing and dance along with his movie. Its pretty cute. We have also the normal misbehavior, tantrums, biting, hitting and then he turns around smiles and gives you a kiss and hug. He’s fun.
Currantly, I’m dealing with a stomach bug that is turning me into knots so I’m gonna go lay down now.
December 10th, 2006 at 2:39 am
Time management is always a killer, especially with school. It’s so hard sometimes to tell how much work is actually going to be going into a class. Or what roadblocks life is going to throw your way.
Still, it sounds like you’re moving forward. I’m glad you got through your probation period. I hear you on moving out of your comfort zone (I just was offered a new position, and it’s more responsibility – yikes!). The benefits are there, if you can take the risk (or so I keep telling myself, in between saying “Yikes!”).