I talked to koyote, and he thinks I should take classes this semester regardless of whether I get the class I need or not. So I'm registered. History, psychology, nutrition, and organic chemistry.

Ochem should be interesting, as it's taught by someone I know in a social context, which could be interesting. And the number of "interesting"s in that sentence might help convey my dubiousness about whether this is actually a good idea.

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Today I spent all day in a room with a midwife and 20+ future doulas. Not one commented on me being pregnant.

I was even wearing an official maternity shirt.

My body amuses me.

This morning, I was commenting with someone about Facebook's community college policy, including how American River College is one of the few local community colleges they allow.

Two hours later, entirely unrelated, I find myself enrolling at ARC. At the time I commented, I had no intention of doing any school-like thing any time soon, and certainly wouldn't have chosen ARC if I'd thought I was going to. Hmm.

Hurray! SCC finally accepted "Women and Social Action" as a women's studies class, so I get my degree! Yay!

I have good news.

Sacramento City College is granting me a degree in "Business, Transfer".

I have even better news.

They are doing this despite the fact that I haven't taken any of the required courses, nor did I actually apply for such a degree,

They also chose to deny my Women's Studies degree due to not having enough units. Looking over the current catalog, I would guess that this is due to the removal of the statement that other courses with an emphasis on women could be substituted for the listed courses. One of my classes is not listed. If this is the case, I will have to beat them over the head with a 2003 catalog. That'll teach them to mess with a course entitled "Women and Social Action".

They mentioned nothing about the Social Sciences degree that I did apply for, so I will assume that they typoed "Social Sciences" as "Business, Transfer" until I have a chance to get better information.

I still haven't submitted that EC article. I need to rewrite the introduction so that it will catch the interest of male geeks who aren't parents, and who may have no real intention of ever being parents, as well as a few other minor changes. But I'm being lazy and procrastinating.

I have things I need to do for all three classes. I really need to finish all work I'm behind on before I leave for vacation, since the final due date is while I'm gone. That's not till the 20th, but time will fly.

koyote has me converted. Recumbant bicycles rock, even if people do look at you funny.

Every so often I realize how weird we are. This happened again today, as I stepped off the bike trail, where koyote waited with our stoller jam-packed full of groceries and a recumbant bicycle, to take my 4 month old baby to the bushes to pee.

I got sunburned today. In November. It was like 80 degrees. And it's snowing on the fires in the mountains.

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It's odd running into people on LJ that you know, or at least know of, in real life. Especially in a context utterly unrelated to anything else we might have in common.

I upgraded to Panther the other day. The appearance changes irritate me somewhat, and I can't figure out how to switch it back. Not that I've tried all that hard.

Ginger People ginger peanut chews are good. They remind me of Thai food. Next person I know who gets pregnant gets a bag of Ginger People chews, though not peanut. Probably spicy apple.

I just realized I bought both ginger chews and gingerbread at Whole Foods today.

I gave in and ate two more of them. The person who first told me about these damn things warned me they were addictive.

I really must sew more. Writing stupid LJ entries like this and pining over things I don't have and probably will never get (at least not for Leif) is distracting me, though.

I should stop babbling, post this, and do something useful. Or sleep.

More Leif pictures will be posted within the next day or two.

I'm debating what to do about school this next semester (which starts the 18th). I had planned to take 4 units. Now I'm thinking about taking 7. The thing is, I don't have enough time to do much housework, but I have huge amounts of time where I'm tied to a chair with nothing to do. I've done more reading since Leif was born than I have in ages.

Of course, this may change as he gets older and more mobile.

Another consideration - if I take both classes, I'll have met the requirements for some certification in Early Childhood Education. Given that it will likely be more difficult for me to fake being a Californian after this semester, it might be a good idea for me to go ahead and get it out of the way.

I suppose I could always sign up for both classes, and then drop one if I need to. Also, the 1-unit class doesn't start till late October (and isn't needed for the certification), so it will be very easy to drop that if I need to.

Today Leif was fussy for no apparent reason, so we went for a walk on the wooded trail near our apartment. We saw two deer. The walk took a lot longer than I'd intended because we tried to go back a different way, and it turned out that the different way didn't actually lead back to the apartment. Oops. But it didn't get dark, and he didn't get fussy, so that was alright.

Exercise is good. I realized today that the pants I've been wearing are starting to seem a bit loose. Yay.

Now Leif's asleep. I should take advantage of this and go to sleep myself, and have koyote bring him in to me when he wakes up hungry.

I feel like being the last to do the latest meme, as usual. Interview me! (Ask me any five questions, more or less). Like sinboy, I don't do well with "What is your favorite" type questions - I tend not to have any one favorite of anything. Or even a short list of favorites.

My online time is limited due to ISP lameness. We signed up under the impression that dialup time was unlimited. It's actually 150 hours per month. I'm not sure how much we actually have left, given that we somehow managed to use 171 hours in the first 5 days. I'm pondering which scientific institute I should report this to.

I got all A's this semester, though I expect at least one of them was the teacher feeling sorry for me.

We spent the day in DC with silkensteel and family. It was rather exhausting. It's nice to be in the area - we can go back whenever and take a closer look at the Smithsonians, rather than trying to see as much as possible in one day, as I've done every time I've been there so far. I sound like I'm complaining. I'm not. It was fun. Just tiring.

I just finished the take-home final for my English class. It mainly consisted of an essay. I have issues with essays. I think this one turned out pretty good, though.

Generally, once I've got a good start, it isn't that bad. Getting started is always difficult, though, as I've written on many previous occasions.

Now, hopefully she'll be nice enough to pass me despite the other essay I haven't written. I can't even remember what exactly it was supposed to be about.

I have another final tomorrow (actually, later today) in the online class. Need to finish two small assignments before then, but I'm not too concerned about that. I can probably do both within about half an hour. I'm actually more worried about how to get them printed, seeing as the computer I used to print from at work is now in use by someone. I got an extension on the big project, since this whole moving thing proved to be more overwhelming than I expected. I hate that. I had really hoped I could make it through this class without screwing up anything. I've had very few classes where I haven't had to beg for an extension on something or other, and it really kills any feeling of accomplishment that I get out of the class, even if my end grade is good.

I think it was necessary, though. Having the pressure of the big project due today, as well as the two finals and the other small projects, probably would have kept me from napping this afternoon (which I desperately needed) and overwhelmed me to the point of not being able to get any of it done. At least, with the extension, I can focus on the smaller hurdles first and finish something, even if the project itself never gets done (not that there's any reason I shouldn't be able to finish it, once everything else is done and I have a few minutes to myself).

I just realized I forgot to finish my participation in the discussion boards for this week. Oh well, it is only five points, and I'm five points away from the maximum as it is. I find it hard to care about my grade at this point. As long as I pass, it doesn't matter. And I should. With no further work at all, I have a 61%. If I get a 50 on the final (which is at least 15 points lower than I've gotten on the other two tests) and finish the two small assignments, I'll have a 78% even without the final project. So there's no reason I can't get an A or B with minimal further effort.

As for moving, everything except what I need/want for the next month or so is packed up and on its way to VA. The apartment looks empty. And dirty. The thought of cleaning it terrifies me, given how I felt after sorting stuff on Monday (basically, like I'd been run over by a truck). I think I will have to hire a friend of mine who does housecleaning. Except her vacuum is broken, and mine is rapidly heading eastward. Oh well, we'll work it out.

It's all so strange. One week from now, I'll have technically graduated (still need to send in the paperwork), I'll no longer have a job, and I'll be living in a different state. Two more months, and I'll have a baby. Too much change, in too short a time.

And Buffy is over. As silly and inconsequential as it seems, it ties in with this feeling of incomprehensible change.

I'm curious as to how long it will take before it all starts feeling real. At the moment I'm rather dissociated from it - it's all just an academic exercise in major life change, not something I'm actually experiencing.

And now I must sleep so I can at least pretend to function at work/class tomorrow.