Wow, so this is what's it's like to be involved with your education outside of taking classes. Interesting. Everything is so official. Cool. Well, before we get started, I'd like to formally introduce myself. My name is Araina but you can feel free to call me Rain, this is my first semester at a university and it's killing me, and don't start me to talking because sometimes I can't shut up! What I can say is that I like UB so far. The staff is really helpful and aside from me struggling to make sense of Accounting, preparing and going to school here has been a pretty smooth process. I'm a no-nonsense kind of person, so I can really appreciate that. Get in, get out, don't waste my time, and please make it worthwhile. That's all I ask. On to more pressing things.
Is it just me or is going to school while holding down a full-time job and still trying to have a social life extremely hard? My social life doesn't even consist of much partyin' or hangin' out, but I swear it seems like I think about school every waking minute! I'm almost obsessed with it. I need to find a middle ground and quickly! I don't know how I'd juggle it if I had kids or a spouse. Somebody'd get lost in the sauce and it would most likely be my other half. Poor man. Any who, everything happens in its own time & season, right? I'm pretty sure this is the absolute best time in my life to finish school and I want to take full advantage of my "education experience" this time around. I hope you guys can too.
Until next time,
Rain
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Welcome fellow team member. I feel on getting used to school. This is my first semester. I have a lot more to go cause I am the full time state employee, mom, stepmom, and wife. And I do feel guilty leaving my baby for class in the evening but I remember I'm working towards a goal and I can't preach education to my child if I myself haven't mastered it. So I feel you girl. It's going to be tough but it's our time and we have to make the bestof it and just work hard.
So enjoy the blog and good luck with the semester. I've already taken a class through the Academic Resource Center (PC to MAC 101) and it was very informative. Well taught. I'm trying to fit at least two more into my schedule. Don't forget them if the semester gets to be too much for you.
Hi Rain,
Welcome to the UB Blog. I am looking forward to your posts each week. Thank you for being a part of the UB team. Hang in there it can get tough at times especially with a full-time job. Soon enough you will get use to it and things will begin to get easier for you. Good Luck!
Laura Jordan
I have it kind of easy this quarter...have two 10-wk classes, one online & one offline. I'm a transfer student and this is my first semester (quarter) here @ UB. I struggled to find a middle ground also with work and school. I think I nailed it this week. Takes times to get to know yourself and what works for you. Good luck! I look forward to reading more of your blogs!
Hey Ladies!
Thanks for such a warm welcome! You all seem so different, but are one in the same when it comes to contributing to this blog. I'm definitely going to have fun posting my entries and reading yours! Thanks for the words of encouragement too. We all need to be reminded that we can go a little bit further than the day before. I'm taking things one day at a time, and getting the most out of each minute. That's all any of us can do. It was really nice meeting you all and take care!
Rain
Hi, Rain (that's an awesome name, by the way)--I'm new to UB as a grad student, and I'm definitely feeling the strain as I'm balancing work and school and life in general. For me, it seems as though school itself is becoming the focus of a new and (more interesting) social life than the one I've been leading, but I'm looking forward to seeing how it'll play out. There's no way I could have managed work and school when I was doing my undergrad degree: I have so much respect for people who can make it work.
I look forward to reading your posts!
Liz,
Thanks! I love my real name but everybody screws it up, so I just shortened it and everyone seems to remember it now... lol! There are so days when I look at my school assignments and think, "C'mon! Can I get a break already?!" I know it'll all pay off in the end but actually getting there is the true struggle. I also am interested in "broadening my horizons" & seeing what a school-related social life is like. I'm sure it'll be a nice change of scenery. ;-) I believe staying positive is the key to getting the most out of this life & I hope to maintain that belief while I'm working & taking classes. Negativity puts a real damper on things and I am not standing in the way of my own success. Keep up the good work with the job/school/life battle, my sista! It'll definitely be worth your while.
Rain
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