Today is Carl's birthday and I can't imagine he's having a very good day right now. He's at work. Normally he gets off work for his birthday, but the turnover at his office is a bit high right now and he's afraid if he's not there today he'll have three times the work tomorrow. Today is my busy day at school anyway... i'm here almost all day so he said he'd rather be at work.
Life is crazy busy. Tons of papers and assignments due this semester, but staying at school instead of going home at lunch seems to help a little bit. Except when people want to hang with me and have lunch. LOL Normally I try to find a quie spot (which is hard) and end up putting my iPod on to drown out the noise of other lunchtime people. I'm really starting to enjoy it. I've forgotten how much I love music and how helpful it can be when I'm feeling stressed. I make it a point to arrive at my classes early just so I can plug in and breathe for a while without having to talk to anyone. Since I'm in social work, we are constantly talking about conflicts, feelings, problems, etc. It can be more stressful than the papers and assignments sometimes. It's like emotioinal purging all the time. Well... three days a week anyway.
I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now with a classmate. She's abusing painkillers and drinking and who knows what else. She called me this morning to ask if I would get notes for her because she said she was sick with the flu. I got to class only fto find out that she wasn't sick with the flu. She was hungover. Why not just tell me you were out late and had too much to drink? If you're goingt o call me and ask me to cover for you, at least be honest with me. So instead I come to class and tell people she's sick and they're like "yeah she's sick... she was out drinking all night." Great... Kelly the asshole taken in again. I'm really angry about all that. This woman is my age and admittedly has a ton of problems but how are you going to be a social worker helping others if you're hungover on painkillers and alcohol? I'm probably worrying about it too much, but what kind of obligation do I have knowing she's doing this? I would feel so responsible if something happened to her. So I told her advisor that I suspected that something was up with her. The advisor will be talking with her soon I hope.
I'm also pissed because I have a group assignment due today and this person is part of my group. I'm not feeling bad enough to do her work for her. I prepared my portion and the other person in our group prepared her portion. If this person shows up this afternoon, she's going to be responsible for her own work... we're not covering her ass. If it means a poor grade for our group then I will have that much more reason to be pissed off at her.
I found out yesterday that they serve St@arbucks here on campus. That made me happy :) hehe Now I have something else to look forward to about my alone time... coffee, my laptop, my music, my (sometimes) solitude. Life isn't so bad and it can slow down when you let it. It's important to find the time to breathe. **in with the good...out with the bad** Ahhhhhhhhhh
