Shopping trip successful.  Got lots of food related goodies to go in the next few care packages.  The Canada Post service counter attendant reminded me that I only have a week left to take advantage of the shipping program. It seems like she’s a big fan of it.  She wasn’t sure why the organization doesn’t allow it year round.  I suspect the Crown Corporation can’t afford to keep using taxpayer dollars to fund a program that only benefits a small part of the country.  On the other hand, my taxes help fund child tax credits, scholarship programs, sports credits, and other child related benefits that my family doesn’t partake in, so maybe it’s not such a bad idea to support military members in this fashion after all.

While I was at the post office I picked up the course packs for my Experimental Psych and Statistics courses *shudder* I’ve spent a bit of time reviewing the course introductions, assignments and welcome messages and plan to spend a bit of time tonight and tomorrow reviewing the first units of study.  If I don’t jump in right away I’m worried I may procrastinate – definitely not a good idea by the looks of these two course packs.  Since I did manage to get so much pre-reading done for my Military Psych class I shouldn’t have any problems completing my first assignment early.  I’ll have to keep on top of the readings and assignments in that class or I have a feeling I may quickly fall behind. I think I’m beginning to quickly realize why part-time students with full-time employment are limited to a maximum of 3 courses a semester with a recommendation that they take 2 courses at a time.  This is my first semester taking 3 courses (normally I complete 2) and I have the distinct feeling that it will also be my last.  While I’d finish my degree 6 months early if I took 3 a semester for the remainder of the program, I just can’t see myself managing the workload. Especially since I’m already going to school year round.  December 2010 can’t come fast enough. It’ll make the 5 month wait from completion to graduation well worth it I’m sure.

That 2010 completion date seems awfully depressing when I think about it.  I still have 2 years of courses left before I’m finished this degree and then it seems I’ll be on to the next without much of a break. Ok – that’s not the depressing part.  The depressing part is that I could be finished in less than a year if I were attending classes full-time instead of working. Of course I need to work. In this economy the idea of NOT working to attend school just doesn’t sit well with me. Besides, I’d probably go stir crazy if I weren’t working 5+ days a week.

I do know that I’ll definitely be taking advantage of an unpaid leave when I’m working on my Master’s thesis many moons from now.  There’s no way I’m going to try writing that while working full-time!  I’m slightly bonkers but I’m not insane!

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