Goodbye for now...

Ain't that a bee with an itch,
Ain't that a mother trucker
You can go to H, E double hockey sticks
And F yourself
Cause I'm flippin' gosh darn
Sick of all the S words you put me through
So F you - "A Friendly Goodbye", Bowling for Soup

Okay, so maybe I don't feel quite that bitter. But I will be saying good bye for a short while. And why is that? Well, let me explain...

I did very poorly in a science class over the fall 2006 semester. In fact, I got a D. Because of this, my GPA dropped below the minimum GPA requirement to continue in my degree program (2.5). I'm really tired of being in school. So I need to get it back up and continue. And by retaking this science class, I'll be back above the minimum requirement (there was another class that screwed me over, and I'm retaking that in the fall). To get back above that requirement with just the science class, I need to get an A or a B.

So here's the deal-

My boyfriend, Kerry (seen on the right), is a pusher.

But not for anything bad. He wants to push me to do and be my best. So if that means pushing me for this A or B, so be it. And he has set a "diet" for me. So, here's the diet plan he's set-

• I must study a minimum of 2 hours, every day. Because this class is intensive, putting 5 sections of science (physics, astronomy, biology, chemistry and geology) in 5 weeks, when it is usually put into 15 weeks, is going to be rough.
• I cannot knit before I finish my homework. If he sees me doing that, he will actually take it away from me.
• I cannot be on the Knitty chat, unless I'm asking someone for help. I can't even lurk. Thankfully, there are many Knitties in the chat that can help me for each subject. So that's fine.

Sounds kind of mean...but if I want to get an A or B in a subject I'm not great at, I need to buckle down. And I admit, I'm a bit of a weak person. I get hyperfocused on something that I enjoy, such as knitting. So "I'll knit for 15 minutes" will turn into an hour before I know it. 30 minutes may be 2 hours. "Let me finish this row" will turn into "let me finish this pattern repeat." So I need someone to sit on me.

Thankfully(?), Kerry will be living with me during my class. So he can actually monitor me. Will this suck or what?

So I may post once in a while, maybe a knitting update and a class update at the same time. If y'all are at all curious about how I'm doing.

So 'ta for now.