Registration time, that is. I really hate registration. It all works out, but I hate the process. I only need three more classes, plus my Advanced Placement, to graduate -- assuming I complete everything I am taking this semester. Schedules for the Fall and Summer came out just before spring break. I'm sure many of my classmates have also spent a fair amount of time studying the offerings in the same way I have. I just find it quite complicated between family obligations, placement obligations, and travel obligations (everything I have left to take is only offered in Baltimore). I need to be careful about what I commit myself to. And it can be difficult to get into classes at the "right" times. Thankfully, I have only one more requirement to fulfill, so the rest are at least electives. But this really stresses me out.

We're heading down the home stretch. I can see the end in sight, but it's a good distance away. I have 5 papers left in one class (smaller ones, but FIVE deadlines), a large paper and test in the second class, and a paper plus exam in the third class. My placement is going to end in about a month, which should help with that last crunch, particularly with study time for the tests.

I'm having trouble getting motivated, though. Anybody else feel this way? 'Could be the better weather you can almost taste - summer dreams? 'Could be exhaustion -- things were a little too crazy there in February between my classes, my current placement, my family (the summer camp dilemmas, the illnesses, Valentine's Day, etc, etc, etc.), the ADHD group at the jail, and interviews for next year's placement. 'Could be low mood. I slept whenever possible over break and recovered from the flu/cold thing I dragged myself around with during the last week. Kids were home most of my break (plus this week too), which is a change in routines but never "a vacation."

I need to gear up, I realize, for the next 7 weeks. Somehow just putting those words on paper is not doing the trick.