Overall, I’m pretty excited about classes starting again. I’m really hoping that being in upper level classes helps increase my motivation again. Since the last year has been primarily core requirements that have been super easy (I have a 4.0 for UNR), I have been wishing I could go back to adult world. I also miss the pay from full-time work, although I do not miss full-time work itself.

I am still glad that I was able to take these basic classes even though I had learned about 60-75% of the content just by working. I think that a lot of people, especially knowledge workers, could benefit from more business-focused classes as part of university requirements. Although I was able to figure a lot of this stuff out on my own, I would have had a greater head start the first time around if my science degree would have included some “here’s how the company you’ll inevitably work for should probably run.”

I also realized that I’ve been back in school full-time for a year now. Time is flying so fast. Both my nephew and niece are over a year old now, my nephew is walking and his cousin isn’t too far behind. I think watching the kids grow up is already my favorite way of noticing time moving on. I just hope that I get a “real” job when I graduate so I can get money pounding into savings accounts for when they’re ready to go out on their own. Although I don’t want to make my own little human, I still want to contribute to the futures of the littles in my life.

This semester is going to be so busy, my classes are all so late in the day. We’re actually probably going to get a meal plan for on-campus so that I can eat dinner with my husband a couple times a week. Although I’m excited for the content of my classes, I am not excited for my schedule and I’m worried about not having time for myself. I am so grateful that we were able to take time off work before the semester started at least.

Anyway, drop your tips for surviving a too-busy schedule below, I need all the help I can get.

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I really had so much fun building it and getting into the CSS and messing around with it. I made a more detailed post on my professional blog here, but I just wanted to update this one as well.

Class was over Zoom today and there were only two of us who showed up to ask questions. The other person there asked about the project due today, got a couple answers and dipped. I asked one question about the project due today, but then asked more about the website. The professor helped me find my headings and I snapped a pic of the screen so I could find it and fix it later. I told him I was having fun with the CSS and he told me that there’s money in coding in any form, and recommended Python to me.

I started Automate the Boring Stuff last semester, but decided to put it on pause when I found out I’ll need to have a basis in C# for my Business Application classes in the fall. Out of the languages I’ve started learning, I think Python is my favorite just because it doesn’t end every line with a semicolon.

I did a tarot reading for myself on the last full moon, and the cards told me to keep doing what I’m good at. This website project just reminded me that I’m good at learning code and I just need to keep practicing.

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