School sucks... Dying over here

The last three days have been the suckiest... well, they've been really really bad. Hence why I haven't been updating my journal for like a week now.

First of all, the first phase of my CS162 term project came out. This the class that required five people working overtime for two weeks just to get through the first *homework*. As you can see, we're kind of dying over there in that class. I predict that 75% of my time and energies are going to be devoted to that class this semester. And that's including sleep.

I can rant on more about the sheer "ugh"-ness of that class, but I think I'll leave that up for a standalone rant while the injustices accumulate.

So EE141... that's the class which I have to turn in the homework for tomorrow at 5. The same homework I haven't even started yet due to CS162 and other stuff. Yeah. Three guesses at what I'm going to be stressing over tonight/tomorrow morning and the first two don't count.

EE122. Dropped it like a hot potato. After spending Monday and Tuesday morning tracking down my advisor. Grr. Stupid EECS drop-in hours.

Philosophy 25A. cashew mentioned the problem with this one. Though if she was unclear, let me just reiterate. I found out on Monday that this class was also crosslisted under Classics 36, a class I had already taken. Crosslisting basically means that they're the same class, just with a different name. Which means that if I take the class, I won't get any units for it; furthermore, if I get a lower grade than the previous grad I got on Classics36, the lower grade would overwrite my previous higher grade. Needlessly to say, not a good thing.

The problem with dropping the class outright is that the College of Engineering requires all students to take a minimum of 12 units per semester. Right now I have exactly 12. I can't drop anything unless I find another 4 units somewhere, which is what I'm currently trying to do with decal classes. However, this being the fourth week of classes already, I think you can all see why I'm so freaked out about all this. (Incidentally, I've already gone to my first decal class tonight and obtained 2 of my needed 4 units. The class was pretty cool, but I think I'll need to wait 'til all of this is resolved before I can truly appreciate, not to mention write about, it.)

BTW - dropping two classes and adding two classes will be costing me another $30 before this is over.

Speaking of cost, there's still the whole residency issue. When I went for my appointment on Monday, they couldn't find my file. *bangs head against table* So I had to fill in another one, and this weekend I'll need to rush back home and get a photocopy of my dad's documentation stuff. The lady I made my appointment says she can directly handle my case once I get the paperwork, and I can only hope that the whole residency issue will be finished by next Monday.

And finally, on top of that... I didn't eat yesterday, beyond a can of coke and a few handfuls of tortilla chips. Today, I had beef jerky and an apple danish for lunch and I'm having chips again for dinner. All because I simply have not the time or energy to cook. Plus I need to go shopping for groceries again. *sigh*

So yeah. Not a good week. At all.

Gah, kill me now. -_-