Hey Dan

With one week left in the summer session, I can see free time for a couple of days. In the next week I have only one class to attend. My final project is due, I have one final to take at some point and I have a mock trial to get ready for. That means a good deal of studying this weekend.

The summer session has taken more of my time then I thought it would. Although I must admit not in the way I thought. I had very little text to read. I read the assigned chapter before classes started for both government and intro to C++. What has taken a good deal of time is the classes themselves. Being in class Monday through Thursday night until after 9 or 10 is a big burden of time. It has worked out to 14 hours of class a week.

Much of my life has been on hold due to both working more hours and classes. Getting the new site up took longer then I had plan because I had to do it after 10 pm.

Looking at next semester I am taking three classes, a java class, a math class and speech. I have time to take one more class, but the odds of me being burned out at the end are high. What is driving me to take another class is that I will in fact be a sophomore by this fall. If I could take four classes a semester instead I would be able to finish my bachelors’ degree in three or four years. That would mean four classes a semester and two in the summer. That would mean a masters degree could be a achievable dream before I am 45.

The question is how much can I do without burring out, hurting my marriage or having a psychotic episode. The time will come soon when I will have to decide what hobbies to abandon. I think Faire is safe, but painting has really lagged and so has filming.