I made some progress on my draft last night. I looked at company financial reports to use as a template and to give me an idea of how my writing should go. Basically, I have a whole day of number crunching to do. That majorly bites.

I moved the car this morning. I woke up, looked out the window, and saw a parking space. It's raining outside, really dreary day. I guess they know I have lots of work to do. Anyway, I wanted to move it last night b/c I didn't want to have it outside of some person's house the whole day, which it did yesterday. It's nice of my dad to think of other people.

Speaking of my dad, he's on his way to the Philippines. We all knew he was going on a trip, but we never really addressed it. I wonder if he used the money for the Talon to fund the trip? Oh well. I guess it'll be worth it. He'll be gone for about 5 weeks. It's so weird. I feel like I'm the "man" of the house, except that everyone is taking care of me b/c I'm still so very sick and miserable.

So far, it's been a month into the semester. Here is a breakdown of where the classes rank in terms of difficulty (all of my classes I consider difficult, but some more than others):

1.) Economics 250 - My professor is a really difficult grader. According to someone who had him before, I am going to have to write a frickin' essay if I want to get something better than a D+. The upside to this class is that going to it isn't mandatory and if you don't do well on all the quizzes (he drops the lowest grade), your last chance is the final in which it may count for 100% of your grade.

2.) Business Administration W361 - I guess what makes this difficult is the importance of class participation. I think it is mostly b/c I don't feel comfortable within that classroom that I rarely raise my hand. It's also that it seems that everyone is quick to answer that I sometimes don't get a chance. Another factor is the comprehensive report that I've been moaning about for the past few days. I'm not a very business-oriented person. Although I should be, considering I'm in business school and I may want to do something like consulting for a computer company. Eh, we'll see.

3.) Speech Communication - I think what makes this class difficult is the research. I'm also going through a lot of uncertainty about my term topic. Sometimes I wish I had chosen a topic like war atrocities. Then I could show all of those pictures of mangled bodies and whatnot. Anyway, this class isn't that bad, and luckily, I feel like I am up to date. I had rushed my proposition of fact outline b/c stupid me, I thought spring break was this week!

4.) Management Information Systems W301 - So far, it's been smooth. I think the hardest part will be the examination on ERD diagrams, which I am very rusty with.

5.) Asian Studies - This is only last b/c I haven't written a paper yet. That should be coming up soon, though.

I can't wait until Monday is over and past so I can stop stressing about the draft. It's a draft for crying out loud! ARgh! Why do I do this to myself? I think procrastination and my sickness had a big part in why I am doing this so late. I mean, how can I work on a 10 page report if I can't even think straight? I hate to sound like a baby, but it was hard. This reminds me of my freshman year in which I searched all over Old City for a book of maps for countries that don't even exist anymore. I had a project for my Honors World History class. Sister was nice enough to accept it about 1 or 2 weeks late. I had a MAJOR fever that time, too, and there I was, all over Center City.

Ah, well. Enough ranting. I should be getting back to work, I have tons of it to do....