Gettin' shit done!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: School
Got through everything pretty well! I got the test done in 15 minutes... since I scored lower than 70% on the 12 question elementary algebra, I didn't have to proceed to the 20 question college algebra! They just printed out my results and said that I need to take Algebra 1 & 2, which 90% of the people who take the test have to do anyway! So I went over to registration, changed from non-degree seeking to general ed, got my book voucher at Financial aid, went to the bookstore and got all my books! All in about an hour.

I was surprised at how smoothly everything went, especially considering that classes start tomorrow... I figured that everybody and their brother would be there... there were a lot of people, but I think that they were prepared and just had extra people working. Maybe my pessimistic view also had something to do with the frustrations I initially had in registering for classes. I certainly know the system pretty well now... I'm still getting used to the location of buildings around campus, but at least it's not a huge place. Big compared to Chesapeake, but small compared to a 4 year college. The class I'm most concerned about is my Monday 7-9:45 psychology class. I have English 112 Mondays & Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:45... so my Mondays are going to SUCK. Between work and school, my Mondays are going to be 14 hour days. Yuck. I hope that I don't get burned out.

My psychology text cost $80?! And it's not even as big as my english text! Ugh... college textbooks are such a racket. Fortunately I was able to get mostly used books. Total of books for two classes? $180. It doesn't seem like I spent that much at Chesapeake, even though I was taking a full load. Maybe I'm just not remembering because I wasn't really paying for them, haha.

I'm eating a chicken salad from McDonald's right now... it tastes awful. They are really hit and miss... I've had a few good ones, but this one is just nasty.