The past week I've had enormous trouble uploading my blog. I wonder if there is any correlation to Google apparently buying Pyra? Maybe they're converting something in the background? Or perhaps AOL, which is deep into my Netscape, is getting antsy and now doesn't want my blog to be updated? Have I been that bad? :)

So, I guess that means today's entry will not be seen till later, perhaps much later.

Tensions are high; my lip is starting a new thing, which is kinda amusing as I've spent the entire last year under a heavy, dark cloud of stress and managed to not burst into a lip thing once. This morning I woke up with a swollen lip so either my overall stress level has declined to the point where any introduction of stress (like the 3 midterms in two days) tips me over the edge; OR I'm so completely saturated with stress that one tiny minute thing more has done this to me because I can't contain it any longer.

I'm not sure what can be dropped from my life's schedule, though. Some days my mind rotates through all the things I must do to get ahead and make progress. I am now currently but a mere 5 classes from a two year degree. Of course, two of those are science and two are math, but hey, it's within sight now. :) My paralegal certificate is within two quarters. Next quarter I'm trying to get an internship to work in a corporate law firm that handles employment law. My fingers are crossed there! The quarter after that, I would like to do an internship with an in-house corporate counsel, as that's my ultimate goal. We shall see. Tis very stressful though, as it requires planning ahead not only for classes, but also to ensure that I can have enough hours in a week to complete the internships, which means I need to plan my classes so that I have long blocks of time to do the intern work.

And now that I am close to the end of the process, there isn't much for me to take so I'm pretty limited in what I can try to get. Argh!

Next quarter, I'm taking geology as my laboratory science. I could've taken computer science, even, but I'm afraid that might mean math. This summer, I plan to take oceanography. That's two. For math, I will likely take algebra in the summer again (what an idiot!) and my last math in the Fall. I'm trying to get the timing worked out correctly as there is one paralegal class I need that is only offered in the Fall and I skipped it this past Fall due to my heavy credit load. I can probably get by without it, but I want to take it as I think it'll be useful in employment law.

So there's my stress. Close, but twisty and tangly to get there.