Crunch Time

I go through this same situation every single semester. The first couple of days there is nothing of consequence to do because everyone is still adding and dropping classes, shuffling their schedules, and learning about the course syllabus. The next couple of days you start to learn some stuff, but the teachers don't really assign much in the way of homework just in case half the class changes from one day to the next. It really isn't until after the add/drop deadline about 12 days into the semester that things really start to settle down.

That is when crunch time hits. You finally have to start paying attention to the assignments that are due and the things the professors say in class.

Crunch time was today as I started looking ahead to the things I need to get done in the next 10-14 days and planning out how I was going to make it happen with a little baby boy at home that I need to help take care of each evening after I return from campus.

I've been very diligent so far this semester in staying on top of my reading assignments and doing things a day or two early, perhaps more diligent than I have ever been before, but despite all of that, I still feel like there is some sort of impending pressure that is going to be piled onto my shoulders at any moment, most likely when I least expect it.

I don't really like that feeling.