The second part of 500 Days of Summer is still coming. Before that, I wanted to write about what’s been going on since school started back up.
It’s been a rough semester. I have an online class that I haven’t submitted a month’s worth of assignments for. This is not a good look, since at this point I’m taking advantage of that professor’s generosity in letting me turn in work late. It’s what I do, you give me an inch and I’ll take a mile.
Besides that, the hardest class I’ve ever taken throughout my college career is my 9 AM Tuesday/Thursday class. It’s titled Modeling and Simulation but it’s a math class in disguise. The first two weeks were fine, then I turned in an assignment a minute late and got a zero.
Since then, I’ve been grinding away for every point in this class. It doesn’t help that there are quizzes every two weeks and each one 10x times harder than the last. It’s getting close to the end of the semester and I’m trying SO hard to pass with a C.
Every Tuesday and Thursday when I wake up and get ready, I’m not getting ready for school, I’m getting ready for war.
The semester has been pretty smooth despite the two classes I’m sort of failing. I’m still looking forward to graduating in the spring. It’s like a ticking bomb that once it goes off who knows what’ll happen next.
After that, there’s no more assignments, no more alarms, no more office hours, that chapter ends, and another one begins.
Besides the little chores that are my classes and dealing with professors, I’m the Latino Student Union professor at my school. Taking on that role has been one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. As much as I thought I was ready for it, it made me miserable.
It’s much better now. I’ve made new friends and met new people, but at the start, it was something I almost despised doing. I had to take a step back and ground my expectations.
I thought I was coming in and joining the New York Yankees, but instead, I got a little league team; good thing I’m the best little league coach around.
I love being president. It’s forced me to be a bit more loose and open with people, and that’s something that I know I’m not stellar at.
When it comes to forming new relationships I like to take my time and only chase them if I truly desire it. Like breaking in a pair of leather boots, I go through the motions again and again until I feel comfortable with new people.
That process has been sped up 10x now. I’m always smiling and waving and saying hi to people; trying anything to leave a mark and have them remember me and the great group of people that’s on campus for them.
The people I’ve met this year have a special little spot in my heart. Especially those that call me Mr. President.
If you’re not new to the blog then you might have noticed that it looks completely different from before. October 28th was the 3rd anniversary of the blog and I felt like it was time to change it up a little bit.
There’s a new layout and everything is a bit more centralized. I’m hoping to have some smaller journal-like posts as well as these longer ones in between those. This is in hopes of encouraging me to be more active on the blog.
Coming up next is a blog post all about November!
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