11 to 3 in 5

On Monday May 6, I couldn't have been more excited for school. I was taking 11 credits this semester, which was more then I had taken in Fall of 2012, so I was excited for a 'busy' work load. I thought that if I stayed busy, the summer would go by faster, and that the busier I was would mean the sooner Michael would be home. HA. Well, change of plans.

This is how I went from 11 to 3 in 5.

(11 credits to 3 credits in 5 hours)

Monday was great. I went to my Personal Finance class from 8:50-9:50, and headed straight to Book of Mormon 1 from 10-11. I so love my Book of Mormon teacher (I'm pretty sure I am one of her favorites too). She reminds me of one of my friends back home in Arizona. She even has the same sarcasm. It is so great. Anyways, that was my Monday. Super easy, and left the rest of the day open to work on homework, do laundry, etc.

Tuesday. Tuesday was the BEST. I was so worried about the classes I had on Tuesdays, but they ended up being some of my favorite. 12:40-2:10 was my Medical Terminology class. My teacher seemed nice, and then he informed us that all tests were to be open book tests, and that he gave extra credit. Seriously, I don't think it gets much better then that. Later that day, I had my Medical Office Procedures class. I was really worried about this class because its three hours long. This class is from 3:30-6:30. I went into this class and loved the teacher right away. After she introduced herself, went over the syllabus, and class rules, we played those dreaded 'getting to know you' games. Ugh. I always hated those. For this 'getting to know you' game, we were told to partner up with the person next to us and find out their name, where they are from, something about their family, and five fun facts (talents, hobbies, favorite tv shows, etc). By the end of the designated time we were to stand up and present this person to the class. So, my partner for this was Tristan. I went first and introduced him, the class clapped, the teacher asked him a few questions, and then it was his turn to present me to the class.

 It went something like this. "This is Morgan. She is from Phoenix Arizona. She is the second oldest of five kids in her family, and her older brother is returning home from his mission in the Philippines in two months. Her five interesting facts are that she can say the ABC's backwards (the class quietly gasps and laughs), she enjoys blogging and reading in her spare time, she comes from a family of law enforcement, her favorite movie is Pride & Prejudice (teacher loudly gasps and exclaims "WE ARE KINDRED SPIRITS!!", and I just about died laughing, it was seriously so funny), and she enjoys shopping and clothes".

After the class finished clapping after Tristan finished reading off my fun facts, one girl in class raised her hand, and, in her broken english, (she is from Brazil....SO cool) asked if I could do the ABC's backwards. HA. I knew that was going to happen. I laughed and said I would, but told the class I had to turn around and do it because I get embarrassed. I hurried and said the ABC's backwards which received a standing ovation from the class. HA! Then my teacher stood up and said, "I can't believe you like Pride & Prejudice, it is one of the most romantic movies of all time!" To which I replied, "Right?! I mean, have you seen Mr. Darcy? How can you not love him?"

 Who knew I was so cool?

Wednesday. The day from heck. The day I went from 11 to 3 in 5. Wednesday morning, I got up at 7 to go get ready for my Personal Finance class. I find this little note of my school account that said I had to test into that class, and that I hadn't taken that test. And therefore, I was being dropped from it. HA fine. So I went back to bed for an hour. I got up and ready for school, went to my Book of Mormon class, signed up for the devotional that I wanted (YAY!), and left school. My next class wasn't until 1:30 so I went home and did all of my Medical Terminology homework that was due the next day. I left for my 1:30 class, which was Skillbuilding 1 and found a friend I recognized from my two medical classes, to sit by. SCORE. After taking four stressful timed typing tests, the teacher announced that if we had never taken a typing class before, to see her after class was over. I almost didn't stay after to tell her, but I did. After all, I can type over the required '20 correct words per minute' to be in the class. So I stayed after and told her I had never taken a typing class before. She then told me to drop her 'Skillbuilding 1' class and pick up her "Intro to Keyboarding" class.....

Long story short, my school account would not let me drop my 'Skillbuilding 1' class because it was a requirement to take if I was going to be in Medical Terminology, and Medical Office Procedures. UGH! My teacher told me to drop my medical classes and take them next semester and take up her typing instead. I went to the school counselor after class was over and she told me the same thing. The counselor then dropped me permanently from my medical classes.

I tried to call my mom on my way home from school, but when she answered, she asked if I could wait on hold while she finished another conversation with someone one the other line. I tried not to cry the whole 8 minute walk home. If I could keep it together for those 8 minutes, I would be fine. I came home, got on my school account and just stared at my very open school schedule I now had. When my mom finally came back on the line, I broke down. I carefully tried to explain to her everything that had happened, and that nothing could be done, through my cracking voice and tears. After hanging up with her, and crying some more, my Dad called and we tried to find a loophole, and see if there was any way I could get back into my medical classes. We successfully failed. With those four classes (personal finance, medical terminology, medical office procedures, and skillbuilding 1) being dropped, and the one (intro to keyboarding) class being picked up, I now only had two classes to fill my summer schedule. Book of Mormon being on Mondays and Wednesdays, and Intro to Keyboarding being on Wednesday afternoons, leaving most of Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays completely open. So much for  having a 'busy summer schedule to make the time go by'.

And that is how I went from 11 to 3 in 5.

I know everything happens for a reason. I just need to find/look for the positive side to this :)

Hoping for better luck this upcoming week!

xo,

Mo