You know those old popeye cartoons

[icarus]

You know those old Popeye cartoons? Where Popeye has the shit beaten out of him, he's just this side of losing, and Brutus is, oh, pounding his head against the floorboards -- and the suddenly he pulls out his can of spinach?

Yeah. I need that can of spinach right about now.

I have two essays left. One of them only needs a prargraph for Pete's sake.

Help me....

I'm so tired and depressed. All my hopes for school have collapsed since wildernessguru's mom died and my language program got screwed up. I was supposed to be graduating this year, and now I'm not. I was supposed to be in my second year of Sanskrit this year, and now I'm not. I was supposed to at least have applied for Honors and now, due to a zero the quarter WG's mom died, now that's out of reach. *sighs* It's all fucked up.

People ask me about school and I just don't want to talk about it. It was going so well, before.

Comments

[piplover.livejournal.com]

I know how depressing it can get when your schedule gets messed up. I was only two quarters away from getting my AA when I had to stop going to college because my dad had a stroke and I had to move in with him and work full time. Then I joined the Army after he was better and really got derailed.

When I started back to school after I got out of the Army it was almost overwhelming. Here I was, trying to get back into the swing of things, and failing my classes because I was trying to do everything at once. But then I realized, everything in my life had led up to the point where I was at. If my dad had not had his stroke, chances are I never would have joined the Army and had the experiences I did. If I had not joined the Army, I wouldn't appreciate my classes, and have the practical knowledge to apply to them, that I do now.

And I realized that, even though I failed my first quarter back at school, it wasn't the end of the world, even though it felt like it. Because sometimes shit just happens, and all we can do is take a deep breath and dive right back into the mess that has suddenly become our world.

I was supposed to graduate this Spring, but the college I transfered from messed up my transcript, and so I have to take make up classes to qualify for my BA. This means I'll be graduating in Aug or next Fall. It made me angry and depressed, because I had worked so damn hard to graduate this Spring, and suddenly it was yanked out from under me.

But I think, sometimes, we have to simply take a step back and ask ourselves, what can I learn from this experience? What can I take from this to make me stronger, to advance myself so that when I do graduate, I will be even more prepared to tackle whatever may come my way.

So I guess what I'm trying to say, in my stupid, rambling way, is that even though you got derailed in your schooling, maybe it's not a bad thing. You were able to take Sanskrit again, and this time it seems it was a bit easier for you, so that maybe when you take Sanskrit 2 it will be more manageable and not so hard. You were supposed to graduate this year, but you can't. Perhaps this will give you even more time to find a great job that you will love?

I know this was long and probably not very helpful, but I just wanted to say that I know how you feel, and I'm sorry things aren't working out as they should. But perhaps, in the end, it will work out even better than you thought. Good luck, with everthing.

(((HUGS)))