sigelphoenix

After finals!omg, christmasshopping!omg, and parties!omg, I'm done with everything. No major plans until I go home on Thursday, and then I'll be at my parents, which - well, is not generally a site of boisterous socializing. :P

It's weird, not having some obligation or appointment to attend to. I was so disoriented this morning before work that I just sat around for a while being bored.

But! Now I have time to do things. Like reading for fun. I got a bunch of shiny books for Christmas and my birthday, and ratzeo both lent me, and gifted me with, a bunch of comics. I can read and pack for my trip and maybe even get some blogging done, since I've been rather delinquent on that front. And I can wait for my grades to come in. >_>

Speaking of class - I got my schedule worked out for next quarter. I'll be taking a course on Asian-American women, one on First Nations women (taught by a professor who comes highly recommended), one on white privilege in health services (taught by the department chair), and a colloquium that's a departmental requirement. Exciting stuff.

One thing I won't be doing is my thesis. I spent a lot of time talking to my departmental advisor (and an even longer time talking to ratzeo) about what requirements I have left, how much time I would need for a thesis, and basically what I want to do with the rest of my time at the university. There are a lot of things I can still learn, both practical and theoretical, from courses that I just wouldn't be able to take if I was working on a thesis at the same time. What it comes down to is that I think my time would be more valuably spent taking classes where professors teach me, rather than pursuing an independent project. My thesis is based on personal interests, and while I would have liked to pursue it in an academic setting - with faculty advising and an externally mandated structure - I don't want that more than I want to keep learning through my department's courses. If there's one thing I realized from the amazing Women Studies course from this past quarter, it's that I'm far, far away from being done learning - about feminism in general, but also from the department at this school.

So that's that. Part of me worries that I'm being fickle by constantly changing my academic plans. The rest of me, though, realizes that I've spent far too much of my college career sticking to plans, even if those plans are outdated and no longer useful. I think this is healthier for me right now.

And now! The most important task awaiting me is ... making a snack. XD;;