first day of real classes

I felt stupid in criminal justice class saying something that made it clear I didn't do the readings . I'll take the course, but I'm not convinced I like this dude - he's looking for very specific answers. I wanted to comment how the speechin the readings by Bush in Philly was interesting because that's where some of the worst police brutality has been...though I don't quite think that's what he was looking for.

As I wrestle with my classes, I decided last night at the very last minute that I should take a course that fulfills the management (yuck) requirement and this would be a good choice, though I didn't even shop it. Then, at about midnight last night I read that we're supposed to comment on the class blog about the readings - by 10pm the night before. Oops. The class sylabus is very interesting - and so is the professor overall. We'll be reading fiction, including Gordimor, and he seems liberal enough, and he gets incredibly high ratings. It was a fascinating class, though it will be challenging for me to keep up, though. I hope it's worth it.

I'm also confused because I really want to take the B class on Media and Democracy class, but he's so darned disorganized. He blurred the two shopping sessions into one, never answered anyone's questions, and asked us to introduce ourselves, but after I started went off on another tangent and never got around to anyone else. Though he would be a wealth of info - maybe for an R & R? (Reading and research class).

It took me all afternoon to get somewhat organized and do my quant - and then I realized how incredibly easy it was going to be - all a repeat of what we did in the summer - I'm still wrestling with the option of taking the harder course, but then perhaps it would be be better for me not to kill myself and get a higher gpa for grad school.

JC's class was kind of wacky - he just talked about his experiences and gave an adequate intro to the class, but no real discussion. It felt like he was giving a talk and we were just politely asking him questions.

I came home and noone was home. It was so strange. Was someone sick? Hurt? But clearly when Chris had left he had brought in a delivered package, so he hadn't left in ahurry.....so I turned on NPR for the first time in forever and started cooking. I honestly wasn't quite sure what to do with myself. Despite our struggling still with our schedules, it's pretty set that when I get home, I'm "on" with the kids til Liam goes to bed at 9 and then it's off for studying. I'm never here by myself and was really missing everyone. Turned out that Chris thought I had chess club tonight, so wasn't rushing home. I definitely understand the desire to have the kids out and about if you're "stuck" with them for a really long day into the night.

I was so tired today. It was hard to play legos with Liam tonight, so we did the dishes together. Doing something productive like that made me feel a little better and Kalian is getting tougher to get to sleep. It's a bummer. Maybe I should start putting her to bed earlier agian. It might make it easier. I miss them during the day!