School Routine

[soc_puppet]

Currently between classes! I spent the first couple of hours after my morning class studying, and now I'm seeing what I can do to spend the rest of the time before my evening class. If either of the classes were in my hometown, I'd just go home for a nap and some relaxation, but unfortunately they're both in the same city where I work, which is half an hour away by car and seems like a waste to drive. I mean, I could still technically get almost five hours at home between classes? But that's a lot of time and especially gas money that I'd just as soon not spend, for the time being. I may change my mind by the end of the semester, but until then...

I only had one item left to do for this week's evening class (one evening a week): A quiz on the first chapter of our textbook, all multiple choice or true/false, three attempts allowed. I got 90% on the first two tries, and 100% on the last one. So far, so good!

I also figured I'd try and get a little bit ahead for my evening class stuff. I have the time, so why not? Unfortunately, I can't actually tell at the moment if what we're going to be assigned this week is three whole textbook chapters, or just the introduction for those three chapters. I read the entirety of the first of the assigned chapters just in case, then threw in the towel for today; I plan to ask for clarification tonight, since the website I access the (legit free) textbook through marks the to-do item complete once I open just the intro part of the chapter. Our reading for last week had been the opening of the first chapter and all three sub-parts, each of which got checked off as I opened them, so I would say I have reason to be confused!

ANYWAY. Wednesdays aside, I have a morning class Monday through Thursday, after which I usually visit the college library to work on homework for an hour or so. I'm pretty sure this is something I can keep up for the rest of my classes, so I'm cautiously optimistic about keeping my grades up for these last few semesters and actually getting my Associate's degree!

So far, so good ✌

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Re: Thoughts

[soc_puppet]

Oh, absolutely! Spending the time between classes doing something productive was always the plan, since it's one of the ways I've been able to wrangle my ADHD in the past. I just hadn't quite reckoned how long six hours is, exactly, especially when book-ended by two hours in the morning and three hours in the evening. And then I remembered as I was driving home last night that I was also working with some minor sleep debt, which really didn't help 😅

Anyway, I went not-quite-directly home today, but on Monday I will 100% take the time to ask someone official if there's an official or unofficial nap spot. There's couches in the library, but the ones I'm aware of are right in front of both the main entrance and the checkout/help desk, which. I feel like that makes them a sub-optimal place for sleeping, and even closing my eyes and resting seems like it'd be pushing my luck. Still, it's the summer semester, and very quiet in the college library, so maybe?

Tomorrow, though, I have the day off, and plan to NAP NAP NAP NAP! Gosh, I love naps.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Check the stacks. Colleges almost always put study carrels down there, and it's a popular place to stash other furniture, like couches and easy chairs, that are too battered to put front and center but not broken enough to throw out.

Also worth checking are satellite collections, which often get less traffic than the main library(s) because they are stashed in scattered buildings, and they often have comfy furniture in there.