Review - Saturday class

I found today to be interesting. The discussion on social networking was very interactive with a lot of good points made both pro and con. I think it highlighted very well what we all hope and fear from the Internet. I know that I personally hope for a place that concentrates on social interaction at its best with a flow of ideas and the rapid give and take of real discussion.

I sadly know that is not completely possible. The fun is that it CAN happen, the bad is the number of people who are hurt everyday by trusting when they shouldn't. I think I have mentioned this resource before, but www.wiredkids.org is a wonderful place for kids and adults to visit to learn how to be safe on the net.

The good and the bad

The good thing about a blog is that it allows us to get to know each other informally. We can talk about our problems and our successes and it is almost like talking to yourself, but the response let you know it is being read.

The bad thing is that if you stop writing for a few days, it is very hard to start writing again;-)

I feel like I am finally making progress today on my assignments, but I had to take the day off work to do it. I am having a real problem with scheduling my time effectively. My biggest issue is that it takes three times as long to do something as I think it should. Finding and reviewing a website should be twenty minutes, but it takes me almost and hour. I really hope that this is just a sign of how long I have been out of school and not a real measure of my personal abilities.

That didn't take long

Well, I was feeling like maybe I was getting a handle on my time management skills. That was probably my first mistake. Today was just one disaster after another. First, dad drove today. That's right, less than one month after major brain surgery and he is on the road. Then I of course didn't meet expectations as to what I should have accomplished so far as the yard work. Once he left to drive home (after spending an hour working on the lawn mower - something else he shouldn't be doing), I was a nervous wreck and couldn't settle down to work on anything.

I finally just set down and made the complete list of everything I needed to accomplish this week (today would have been better) and once I put it on paper, it finally stopped swirling around in my head. It was a fairly scary list, but I shared it with my men-folk and they actually helped me with housework. Will wonders never cease?

I am going to just live by this list this week and we'll see what happens. I will of course keep everyone informed since I don't have much else to write about;-)