It didn't help that I had to share a car. Since I had the most places to go it fell on me to do all the driving. In late September, early October (I'm not really sure which) I messed up my ankle by slipping on a shoe. Yes, it's the one I had surgery on back in April. It hasn't been the same since and sometimes the pain gets so unbearable I just feel like giving up. Anyway I would have to take my dad to work, then drive to my job in Lindon (which is 10-15 minutes away from where I live and go to school). I had school at 1pm so I'd leave work at 12:30pm to make it to school. There are a lot of people that go to my school but not enough parking spaces. Sometimes I'd end up driving around for 10 minutes just looking for a spot. When I found one I'd have to hurry to class. After class, which ended at 2:15pm everyday, I had to go pick my dad up and then turn around and go back to my later classes. I am a person that thrives on consistency. I need a routine but it's hard to do that when you have to consider someone else's time. It took a long time for me to find a routine and some consistency and to feel normal.
I really don't know exactly what made this the worse semester of my college life. It just was. It was a combination of things most likely but I survived and did surprisingly well. When I turned in my last paper last week I'd resigned myself to getting all Bs and an A but that's not what happened. In the class I was most worried about, Contemporary Critical Approaches to Literature, I got an A! In my other classes I got 2 As and 1 B. I did so much better than I expected and I am happy for that. I am happy to be done with those mandatory classes and moving on to a new semester. I can only hope it will be better.
Now it's time to catch up on some shows on my DVR and read some books and just enjoy to couple of weeks I have of before having to go back.
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