Okay, I'm tired of school

Yep, I did it again. I'm burned out. I need a damn break. Good thing I have one coming!

I had to drop two of my five classes. It was fine at first, but once things started picking up, I found myself unable to keep up with my job--and unfortunately, it's more important right now that I keep up with my job than go to school full-time. So I'm taking multivariable calculus, physics, and engineering graphics. I'm not liking physics. I did well enough when I took algebra-based physics a few years ago, and calculus-based physics isn't really any different, but for some reason I'm just not getting it this time around. I understand the concepts, but manipulating the equations I have to use is difficult for me for some reason. I don't remember ever having this much difficulty with physics. GRRR.

Oh yeah, and the commute to school? I'm so over it. It takes me at least an hour and a half to get to school. If I have a class at 11AM, I have to leave my house at 9AM in order to catch a train that will give me enough time to walk to my class from the train station. And when my classes are done, I have to wait (normally 20+ minutes, sometimes as long as 45-60 minutes) for the train that takes me back home. It got very old very quickly. I can only do so much studying on the train... many times I have to take the "express" train which is very crowded and leaves me no physical room to have my books open to study. About half the time, the trains are late. Before I started commuting, I thought I would be able to just get used to it, but no way. It's a HUGE time suck, and I'm not able to be productive most of the time. Thankfully, one of the classes I dropped was the one where I have to wait 45-60 minutes for the next train.

Anyway, I'm more than halfway done with the semester and I can't freaking wait until the end. My classes end December 3rd and then I have finals the 6th through the 10th. AND THEN WE MOVE! Eric got an incredible offer in South Carolina. It was actually me who found the job. ;)

We had been visiting Eric's friends in Atlanta and I wanted to drive through Greenville since Clemson University is somewhat close by, so I figured it would be a good place for me to transfer. We drove through the campus, which is in a rural part of the state (about 45 minutes south of Greenville), and we drove up through the rural parts to Greenville and then back on the interstate to go home. While we were still on the road, I got on the laptop and started looking for jobs for Eric. I happened to find one that happened to be exactly like what he does now. A couple of weeks later, after Eric and I had gone on our honeymoon, Eric applied for the job, and a week or two after that he had a phone interview. They invited him down for an in-person interview, and since I wanted to be there to support him, we decided to drive (they would only pay for his flight, not mine). While he was in his interview, I drove around a little bit and happened upon the lake nearby, Lake Keowee. It's GORGEOUS! It looked like a lake taken straight out of the mountains of Colorado--and by the way there are smallish mountains very close by, so the whole setting is just so pretty.

Anyway, Eric rocked the interview and had an offer a few days later, which we took. He's leaving November 10th, I'm staying behind until the end of the semester, and then the movers are coming to pack up our stuff and off I go!

My last day at the aquarium is next Saturday. I'll definitely miss it but it'll also be nice to have my Saturdays back. There aren't any aquariums in Greenville, but I'm hoping to find a tack shop to work at.

I won't be starting school again until fall of next year, but while I'm taking my break from school, I'm planning on saving up to buy a horse! WEEEE! :)