My left arm is KILLING ME right now.

My left arm is KILLING ME right now. It hurts from my shoulder down to the palm of my hand. 😨 What is this evil?

My day turned out ok...

My day turned out ok despite the fact that this parking mess I encountered this morning made me late for my first class. The white truck is a construction vehicle, which we're all having to work around. But this car with the tag I scribbled out isn't in a parking space at all and is blocking traffic in such a way that there is no way out of this side of the parking lot unless you back out, but that's impossible to do with a stream of cars pulling in behind you. I got lucky and was able to park because one of the cars already occupying a space was leaving and was able to pull straight through forward out of his space, but I honestly don't know what any of the cars behind me did. I 100% understand wanting to park close to your building for a shorter walk or to not be late, but this was uncalled for and probably started several people's day off on the wrong foot. I hope whoever did this gets a ticket.

In other news, Dinorah didn't allow me to be a piece of crap and nap yesterday. I texted her that I felt bad and was laying down, and she was just like "Nope. Take something for your head and come to yoga." So I did. I really needed that - the motivation and the yoga. I felt a ton better by the time I got home.

Also, after our Software Engineering class I asked my professor if he was teaching Java this semester. He is, right after our class. Even though we got credit for taking Java last semester Dinorah and I still don't feel good about it, so he's letting us audit his class. He's been teaching it for a while and his teaching style seems a lot different than our previous professor, so maybe that will help us a lot. It surely can't hurt for us to be exposed to it more.

Anyway, I have to go organize my binder and put some stuff on my computer. I guess I'm slowly but surely getting back into school mode. Woo. 😛

JSU is a mess.

JSU is a mess. Parking is hard because many of the lots are housing dumpsters, construction vehicles, and supplies (I saw one parking lot half full of pallets of shingles); some entrances / exits of buildings are blocked off, and students who would normally be in other buildings have been rerouted to the buildings that were spared by the tornadoes so their classes can meet. It's very crowded and chaotic. I thought summer semester was rough due to construction, but this is next level. 🙁

I know this is an adjustment and you get through a hard time the best you can, but it was not a fun day. It helps nothing that depression is creeping up on me, I was tired, AND I had a headache for most of the day. It was nice to see some friendly and familiar faces, though. Today my classes were Data Structures and Algorithms with Dr. Trifas and Computer Organization and Architecture with Dr. KP. Tomorrow I have Software Engineering I with Professor Snellen and Linear Algebra (again - wish me better luck this time!) with Mrs. Dr. Kim.

I'm hoping things ease up and we all have a successful semester. ❤️❤️❤️ And with that I'm off to yoga or to take a nap. I know what I SHOULD do, but that doesn't mean I have the willpower to do it. Go me. 😕

I am not in a good headspace for going back to school.

I am not in a good headspace for going back to school. I desperately don't want to. I'm not ready.

Booka seems to be going through his "2nd puppyhood."

It's been forever since I've been on this Instagram account.

It's been forever since I've been on this Instagram account. I was planning to post all of my beautiful companions here, but I've lost so many recently that my heart was too broken to try. I'm down four dogs, three cats, and several smaller creatures in the last two years. I'm still grateful to wake up to these old farts, though:  my last two remaining dogs, Faith and Scruffy. I sleep in a loft bed. They get the twin bed that rolls out of the bottom. I guess little Boo Bear (Scruffy) decided to sleep on my rug last night.

Oh, ok.