Recently in school Category

I'm pretty nervous.  I'm uptight, it's been a really insane end of the semester, with a lot of things that SHOULDN'T have EVER happened, but I've got family, friends, and kung fu to fall back on always.  I'm going to go in with an open mind and soak up all I can, and rely on the fact that I've been training physically very hard and should be in good enough condition for this.

We'll find out.

I'll be writing more about this as it goes on.  I haven't much time to write right now, but I'll be writing more later.

I'm two semesters away from being done with college.  Probably forever, unless I get hired at a place that wants me to get some sort of master's program in software engineering.  Which, I personally feel would hurt me as the industry moves to fast to stop and go back to school, but i digress.  Anyway, I'm also holding down a few contracts doing web programming and system admin to certain degrees respectively.  I'm working around 30 hours a week, and going to school, 16 credits.  I'm at maximum capacity, and have very little room forever.  But I love it.  I could really do without school, but I know that once it's over, it's OVER, and that shiny little certificate will make a world of difference in many many places.  

I really stress out over things not getting done, not meeting expectations, and of course deadlines.  I've found that in order to keep any semblance of sanity, my scheduling, triage, and delegation skills must be performing at an absolute peak, and pristine condition at all times.  I am a perfectionist, and even more so a control freak.  I've extremely OCD, and I have battled demons concerning letting things go that are out of my control for ages.  I feel however, that no matter how stressful, I am truly blessed for these opportunities.  People have trusted me enough to give me money (and good money at that, especially for a college student) to do work on their systems, their bread and butter.  A daunting task, yes, but I know I have the hutzpah, know how, and tenacity to get this stuff done.  And done well. 

So I know this is a bit of a rant.  I know this is stereotypical life-blogging.  However I feel it is important to get this information out in the public, as I feel having insight into someone's life can really help give you a gauge as to what kind of quality work they will produce, etc.  Also, it's nice to bitch!

Take care all.  I look forward to the day I get to look back on all this and go, "Ahhhh. Full time job, no school, place to live, beer in fridge, I'm happy."