Shoulda, coulda, woulda

I should be asleep now, or at least working on the project that is due in my class tomorrow, but I'm posting instead. What possessed me to take a college course? Actually, I wanted to know about the new federal regulations for special education and lifespan transitions. However, I am finding the class a little frustrating since I apparently know more about both special education and transition, than the special education teachers that are taking the class. The teacher is a good friend of mine, so she often asks me questions to help clarify points to the rest of the class. This is a class that all special education teachers are supposed to take, and they don't seem to take it very seriously. I guess what makes it worse is that I am used to college classes having more strenuous work. I hoped to be challenged by the class, and right now, I feel like I could teach it. I guess that I should mention that I am a huge nerd who loves to learn new things. I feel like I am in Mickey Mouse College in comparison to what I was used to taking when I was working towards my degree. I honestly believe that it is mostly due to the other people in the class. I have a ton of friends who are special education teachers and they are remarkable and intelligent people. Unfortunately, they have all taken this class already. AACCKK! I hope that it gets better, or I am going to scream.

In other news, I am looking for another apartment. I have to be out by May 1, so I'm starting to get worried. Next week, I will be off from work for Spring Break, so it would be an ideal time to move. I've already been packing things in boxes, so that part shouldn't be too bad. I have seen one apartment that I loved! It's a little out of my price range though. It is an attached apartment, connected to the house that is owned by a co-worker of my mother. I love Suzy and her partner. They are both wonderful ladies. They live within walking distance of the beach (less than half a block) and within walking distance of a state park, which is absolutely gorgeous! The rent would include all utilities except for the phone, and for the location, the price is a steal. I'm just not sure that I can swing the payment. However, I did just find out that I am officially working 12 months now instead of 11 months, which will increase my pay. I have no idea by how much though. I will hopefully find out something when I go to a meeting on Thursday with human resources. I think that I would feel better if I knew that. I am going to check out some more apartments this week anyway. If I could find something closer to work, it would be great! I live 42 miles away from work right now. The cute apartment is closer, but only by about 10 miles. I'm torn between moving closer and staying around the same area I live now. I like already having established places to shop. It's important for me to know which grocery store has the freshest produce, especially since I eat a ton of vegetables now. Some of the areas that are closer to work are not particularly close to a variety of shopping. That shouldn't be a huge factor, but it is. What can I say? I'm a lazy creature of habit. Wish me luck!

I have lost 13 pounds and counting as of today. It actually surprised me that I lost weight this week because I went to a conference and ate such WONDERFUL foods. Even if the conference would have been boring, which it blessedly was not, I would have enjoyed myself because of the food. Since I got a lot of useful and practical information from the conference, it was a raging success.

Must go to sleep now. Tomorrow is going to be the never-ending day from hell. Need sleep so I won't slap anyone when they are stupid. For some reason the school administration frowns upon that. They obviously don't deal with the same people that I do.