The First Two Weeks…
by Shae

The first of new lessons on love, joy, humility, respect, and mostly family. You learn more about the people around you, and mostly about yourself. In times of crisis, it feels like the world is coming to an end, yet when family is around, the only thing you can do is hope for the best. 

THE TRANSITION 

Transitioning home from school was a difficult adjustment, especially, when classes are still in session. Trying to develop a structural schedule with family involved is hard, along with adding family responsibilities. For instance, having to ask the entire house to be quiet during lectures or office hours is a big request with 1 and 2 year old children present. Not being able to go in the lab for visual learners like me has also been a challenge. Finding a balance between family time, school hours, and me time is also very hard. Yet, it was another lesson to master. 

THE ADJUSTMENT 

I rise at 8 am, daily, for a shower and a meal before my Bio lecture starts at 10am. I’m reading the text book at 9. By noon, I'd skipped over Chemistry and worked on Spanish and am now beginning to work on Africana Studies — but don’t forget about your lab report. This 4 hours routine is what made the adjustment very difficult. To clarify, the workload of the classes has increased. The deadlines are sooner, the material is new, and laundry is piling up. I guess you can say that “killing two birds with one stone,” is another lesson to master. 

2 WEEKS IS UP 

Your first week, you go back home and everyone wants to see you! Week 2, you can’t go outside. Week 3 may be a combination of both. Yet there’s an assignment due this weekend and it must be done. All this is to say that you had two weeks to figure things out, now it’s time to get on the ball. As week two comes to an end, I’m developing a schedule and things are slowly taking off.