FYI: When I split the title into 4/5, it would be Week 4 in P90x and week 5 in school.
As expected school takes up the majority of my time. Even though I have lots of time in the morning to theoretically complete the P90x in full, it's never quite that simple. I wake up with Janice around 0700, but due to traffic concerns, I really need to leave around 0800 for school. I will get there early enough to work on homework, but I'd rather get there several hours early, then stressed out in crappy traffic ( which happens often anyway ). So, basically..when a P90x video can take up to 2 hours to complete...I just don't have the time.
So, I've decided to focus on the most important aspects of the P90x program. I try to never miss a Ab workout ( which is about 30 min in length anyway ) as well as Shoulders & Arms. For the Cardio portions I do the Kinect Sports running games 3 or more times which is more than enough to wear me out, so I think I'm covered there. Still, not seeing the effects as greatly as I hoped. Will keep going though, I'm far too invested in this now to turn back.
As for school, what can I say? I'm not as behind as I thought I would be at this point, so that's a plus, but I still feel inadequate compared to where many of the other students are. I want to be the best, but damn, there are some really talented people at this school. If it were just 1 or 2 people to beat...I might have a chance, but a dozen or more...it's a bit overwhelming. Luckily I have a good friend/classmate, Dave, that is always willing to give me some pointers when I get stuck somewhere and that has helped tremendously.
The most frustrating part about school, though, is the complete bullshit that oozes out of the walls of what truly is a corporation more than it is a private institute for learning. Everything, of course, revolves around the all-mighty dollar and though it is something to expect in this life, I can't help but expect more from a school that is there, supposedly, to benefit the students. Yet, here I am, half-way through my degree and I have already had to quite a good job because the classes were not as flexible as I was told they would be. The further I get in my classes, in fact, the less flexible everything becomes. I just got screwed out of a 5 class schedule next semester because 3 of the classes I wanted to take were not available for the time I needed or just not being taught during the summer. Bullshit. If this happens next semester, I might be able to swap things around again to make it work, but if it happens again after that, I'll be looking at extending my stay at this place. If that's the case, Financial Aid will have run out and I'm not sure what the hell I will be able to do.
It's not fair to Janice, but I suppose it is what it is. I can only hope she will hang in there with me and trust I will do my best to get my degree and pull some of the pressure off her back.
I shall be posting the pictures now...sure has taken me a while. But hopefully as new pictures come, you will see progress.
Hopefully.
Here is a 3D hand I did for a class. Top and Bottom View.
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