Am I being a baby???

[Deb123j]

Hey I just wanted your all's opinion.

Presently I'm a single mom (son is 12), I work a full-time (40 hrs) job, a part-time (15 hrs) job, go to school (3 classes), have a b/f, and don't have a car!

At school (keep in mind it's summer quarter) I'm taking A&P I (never had any kind of biology) - with all the normal stuff to learn, life span psychology (doing it at home) - have to answer a question at the end of each chapter (25 in all) and the answer has to be 1-2 pages, find and write 1 page for 5 different articles and write a 10-15 page research paper, and college algebra - 5 tests, 9-14 sections to study per test. And all this has to be completed by the middle of August.

And nobody seems to think I should be tired or stressed out, except my b/f (he's pretty supportive, but I think he's getting tired of me being stressed).

Am I being a baby or would you all be freaking out too????? Last night I was just kinda in a daze and chuckling to my b/f about all the stuff I had to do and the short amount of time I had to do it, and a little later he said you sound like you're behind on your studies. I felt like saying give me a break, you try to do all of this!!!!!

I have no life - all I ever do is work and study, then my mom's wanting me to go have a picnic this weekend. Great... more people who could care less about me and what I'm doing!!!

And to top it off - my b/f picks me up from school on Monday and Wednesday nights (he really is sweet and helps me a lot) and he's always wanting to come in for a couple of hours. It's like I want to see him, but I have to study. Also, I have Tuesday nights off, so he wants to come over! What to do, what to do. The only way I stay awake is od'ing on caffeine. ** Side note - if you have too much caffeine, does it make your stomach hurt? **

Thanks a bunch for reading my whining and crying and complaing!!! :imbar

[IamRN]

I think you are doing AMAZING right now! Push through it. Tell everyone to BACK OFF for 7 more weeks, and let you do this thing!

My thoughts exactly! It sure is a lot of work, but anything that is worth it is :) You could set aside an hour here an hour there for b/f. If he really loves you, like it sounds he does, he will be more than understanding. Make plans right now w/fam/friends for the time that you will be free.

[Deb123j]

I'm considering dropping the psychology. I'm not a writer (math is my true love) and the thought of writing a 10-15 page research paper scares me to death!!! But I figure I'll wait a couple of more weeks and see how I'm doing then. In the mean time, I'll just keep chuggin along.

Dem bones, dem bones, how on earth am I gonna learn all dem bones?????

[NurseDiva04]

Debbie,

Last semester, I thought I was overloading. I took a new assignment with a bunch of whiners and had to redo their messed up network. I did not have any documentation of the network and the previous support was in India. They were upset that I was taking back the job in the USA and would not communicate with me. The network crashed in the middle of the semester and I had to work a lot of hours. I started this job the same day I started A&P I, Microbiology and Ethics. I did not like the assignments in Ethics because he made us write everyweek and had to do a 20 page research paper. Also, the only exam in that class was the final exam; 5 essays without knowing which ones beforehand and 3 hours to take it. I made a 87 on the exam and a B on the research paper. I always took Mondays off from studying because I was too tired from studying the entire weekends.

Now, I have my last 2 pre-reqs and I have being lazy. I have my moments were I don't want to study and I don't. Then I get excited and do it! So, hang in there. I think all of us have those moments. But if you think you can, you can!

Thanks again for the loan info!

Diva

[Katnip, RN]

Hang in there. When this is all done, make sure you give a HUGE thanks to your son and your boyfriend, take some time off just for the three of you.

As for the others, just keep telling them the same refrain. It's only for 7 weeks, they will just have to deal with it. You sure are doing an amazing job.