[Back to school night!]

Today didn�t start out very well. I woke up before the alarm (which I always hate happening) I pulled myself together and got over to the office. They say that teachers need the ultimate dose in patience and sometimes I feel that when the stars make my team up with a certain co-worker they give me that ultimate test. And dude� the job before this was the ultimate test too. Little kids and difficult co-workers� man I�m set. .................. After the press conference (and the urge of me and the IT guy to not eat at the enemy) I headed off to the office and tired to finish up some work. Frustrated at the system and ego hurt because my charm hasn�t worked on some upside down V�s I made an executive decision to just accept things as they are and focus on other stuff and just get this thing over with. I needed to leave the office by 3ish to get to school in enough time to get a permit and get to my class. Traffic was horrendous (like David told me it would be) and I barely had time to park my car on the street and run to my class. I made it before most (not running on Filipino time) and got ready to learn. First day of school! I was nervous on the walk up to class. When I arrived it was like the first day of school my freshman year of undergrad all over again. I pulled out my new notebook and new purple pen and just sat and wait for class to start. The minute the class started I was in the zone. Finally for the first time in maybe the last three weeks, my mind was completely turned off to work functions. Not thinking about email, not wanting to return calls, not wondering about what I needed to get done at the office. I found the ultimate turn off switch from work� school. My Professor is pretty cool. You can tell he really enjoys education. He�s very funny in a corny way and his insights are very interesting. Time went by really fast, although I have to admit that towards 8:30 I was crashing (but I had a long day because of the press conference and the commute) I think that if I leave by 3:00PM I should be okay next time (especially if I was just chillin� in the office beforehand), other then that I�m hoping that my other Professor for Thursday is just as cool as him. One thing that bothers me a little bit about my new university is that it�s a Christian institution. I have to actually do a paper about incorporating faith into my teaching methods. It�s going to be interesting I�m sure =) The funny thing is that I was concerned about my time being divided between work and school, but I know that my focus is definitely on school, at the same time I know the school schedule will get hectic, but at least for this class� I know that I�ll at least enjoy going despite the effort. Let�s see how Thursday goes =)