The first day of the Spring Semester at San Francisco State University went pretty good even though it was raining. I arrive on campus at 7:30. Funny was that I thought the semester begun on a Friday, not a Monday. I went on campus on Friday noticing that I was probably the only student on campus as I walk into an empty Student Union Building (either students forget that there are classes on Friday or just staying indoors due to the weather). A faculty staff told me that the semester begun on Monday, not Friday. I felt like a total idiot. Thankfully I bought my books while it was not a mad rush.
My schedule this semester is crazy. I’m on campus here Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Monday I am on campus 9am until 9:45pm. I have English at 9 and Asian American Studies at 12:10 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Monday night I have Journalism at 7:10 until 9:45 (I am not excited to have a evening class). On Friday I have another Journalism course at 10:10. Luckily the course is online which we only meet a total of three meetings plus if I have any questions I could visit the instructor during their office hours. All together I have a total of 10 units this semester.
What is also scary is that I have to work Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. That is a total of five days a week at Sam’s Club. There are weeks that I have to work on a Wednesday. Does this mean that I am going to be exhausted? Yes. Am I taking a huge risk of taking a four courses and working five days a week? Yes. I have no choice due to two people in my department that does not want to close on a Friday night and plus my manager is getting on my case on working more hours. The store can only afford having three people in my department, which is putting a lot of pressure on me. I have to leave San Francisco by 1 in order for me to get to Concord by 3. I have to avoid traffic and accidents on the freeway for me to make it on time.
I wish I could find a new job but with the busy schedule that I have created it would be impossible to go out there and get an interview. Plus I can’t be well dress while I am on campus and rush to an interview, sweaty in traffic. I have done it before when I was attending Diablo Valley College. I don’t think it would be possible to do that again.
Hopefully I can handle being crazy this semester. I have to survive in order for me to finish SFSU. It is going to take a lot of effort for me to do well (I refuse to drop any of my courses).
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