School starts Monday.

Yes, I am forty years old, and yes, I am a student instead of a teacher. So?

Well, this week I changed my entire class schedule around. I dropped two classes at Kent campus, kind of picked up extra classes at Stark campus, and have totally screwed up my financial aid for the rest of the year. Financial aid problems = no money. No money = cellie still off, car still broke, clothes still raggedy, hair still not cut, etc.

Thats all good, though… because after this semester, I have only TWO MORE LEFT. That’s right, boys and girls, then I will have my degree, and hopefully be headed to graduate school and my PhD. Dr. Lisa… yeah, baby.

So… this semester, I am working on finishing my Spanish requirements (thank the Goddesses!), as well as American Politics. Those two classes will finish ALL of my LER’s (liberal education requirements… all my prerequisite’s not in my major, needed to graduate). In addition to those, I start my Senior Honors Thesis (yep, I’m a fairly smart cookie… a member in good standing of the Honors College as a double major in History and Anthropology, with an overall GPA of 3.67). My thesis will be about the role of religion in the formation of pre-Christian civilization… with a focus on Egypt and Mesopotamia… maybe China and India also. “The Cradle of Civilization: Rocked by the Hand of Religion?” or something like that. Anyway, I also have an independent investigation on the Shawnee tribe I need to finish, as well as in inprogress class on the History of Ohio. The last thing I’m trying to squeeze on my plate (as far as classes go) is another independent investigation on the correlation of myth and legend to documented history in pre-Roman Ireland. We’ll see if that gets approved… I’ll know Monday.

Hmm let’s see. In addition to classes, I am the co-chairperson of the LGBT group on campus (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender). We are going to try to become involved in overturning the federal statute that prohibits any male that has had any sexual contact with another male since 1977 from donating blood. We are also going to continue our drive to give away free condoms and information once a month, as well as perhaps provide free HIV testing once a month on campus.

I am also the chairperson of Spiral, the pagan group on campus. We got plans… really we do! But right now, there are only like five members, so we need to talk about what we can accomplish regarding education and awareness.

Let’s see… oh yes, I am also Queen Editor on the annual academic publication this year, The Writing Center Review. THAT may be my undoing. We’ll see.

Yep, school starts on Monday… just thinking about it exhausts me. I think I need a nap!