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Post by flutterby on Sept 8, 2014 7:33:02 GMT -5
Hugs, ava, on missing your mom.
I'm also taking four classes this term, and yep, one of them is Operations Management/Quantitative Analysis. I can't begin to tell you how much I hate this class. The professor is unclear. The book is unclear. I actually liked my statistics classes, but this one is just an ice pick in my brain. I can't wait to be done with it!! So I feel your pain. I keep telling myself "Just get through it, just get through it." I will, and so will you. You've done harder things than this and come through just fine. You can do this, too!
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Post by sapphire12 on Sept 8, 2014 16:08:14 GMT -5
Good luck Ava! Sorry that you are missing your mom and extended family. Operations Management was actually my favorite Statistics class. The teacher not so much, but the concepts of the class are how I think. It explains why I'm always looking to make something more efficient. I hope the house arrangement with your friend works out! It sounds like a nice deal.
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Post by Ava on Sept 8, 2014 19:21:53 GMT -5
Thanks for all the good wishes! I am holding things up so far. Have food for the week and most of the homework done.
I am looking forward to meeting with my friend this weekend and discuss things. It would be a lifesaver! I cannot pay him much, but I can give him something and discount money from the amount he owes me. I hope that's enough for him! He tries to help when he can so I think he'll do it.
Doing internet meetups with groups sounds great but we are talking about transient groups that last maybe half a semester and we are not very organized. And really I've had better groups when everybody sits around the same table in the library and work together. In general, most groups I've been in try to divide work so each member can do a lot on their own. But we still have to meet.
I'm still missing Mom. She called me at work today and it was hard thinking she was calling from so far instead of calling from my home a few blocks away.
My situation at work is becoming tough and that worries me. It's not office politics, it's way more serious than that. There's a lot of disorganization and pressure in this subsidiary I'm in now, and they also change directions constantly. They have fired three people since I started working here (one of them the senior analyst who trained me). The manager is not happy with me at all and loosing his patience. I am so confused and lost. They change methods and criteria almost every week. It's very hard for me and I'm loosing confidence. I sincerely don't know how much longer I'll able to hang in there. I plan to contact my prior manager if they make any sounds of letting me go. I am pretty certain he'll take me back in a heartbeat. I need this job until May. After that, I don't care because I'll move once I get the MBA. Let's see what happens. I'm trying to take it one day at a time because otherwise I feel overwhelmed between work and school and the house, and I crumble.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 8, 2014 19:24:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 19:33:51 GMT -5
Ava, I bit you so hopefully that will take your mind off your mom and housework You should start doing more social things, make more friends (even if you will move). It sounds like you are always waiting for the next thing, waiting to finish your accounting degree, waiting to finish your MBA, waiting for your mom to come, waiting to move.... It is exhausting. You will never be happy like that. Just enjoy your current location, make friends, housework for 1 person with 1-2 cats is not that bad. Just enjoy your life NOW.
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Post by Ava on Sept 8, 2014 20:29:49 GMT -5
Ava, I bit you so hopefully that will take your mind off your mom and housework You should start doing more social things, make more friends (even if you will move). It sounds like you are always waiting for the next thing, waiting to finish your accounting degree, waiting to finish your MBA, waiting for your mom to come, waiting to move.... It is exhausting. You will never be happy like that. Just enjoy your current location, make friends, housework for 1 person with 1-2 cats is not that bad. Just enjoy your life NOW. I know, it's a problem I have. I worry too much and make too many plans.
I try to enjoy my present location by visiting nearby areas; New York mostly. I've been in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Boston. I went to Cape Cod this summer. I enjoy summers going to the beach. I hate winters and snow and ice. I cannot enjoy that. No, I don't socialize except for a few friends I've had for years. I am very shy and it's difficult for me. School hasn't made things easier because it's extremely time consuming. I want to be done with it. Even after finishing school I'll probably need to seek some help to learn socialize. Another thing that doesn't help me is that people my age generally are very engaged raising a family and don't have much time or interest in making friends.
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Post by Opti on Sept 8, 2014 20:58:22 GMT -5
Ava, I bit you so hopefully that will take your mind off your mom and housework You should start doing more social things, make more friends (even if you will move). It sounds like you are always waiting for the next thing, waiting to finish your accounting degree, waiting to finish your MBA, waiting for your mom to come, waiting to move.... It is exhausting. You will never be happy like that. Just enjoy your current location, make friends, housework for 1 person with 1-2 cats is not that bad. Just enjoy your life NOW. I know, it's a problem I have. I worry too much and make too many plans.
I try to enjoy my present location by visiting nearby areas; New York mostly. I've been in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Boston. I went to Cape Cod this summer. I enjoy summers going to the beach. I hate winters and snow and ice. I cannot enjoy that. No, I don't socialize except for a few friends I've had for years. I am very shy and it's difficult for me. School hasn't made things easier because it's extremely time consuming. I want to be done with it. Even after finishing school I'll probably need to seek some help to learn socialize. Another thing that doesn't help me is that people my age generally are very engaged raising a family and don't have much time or interest in making friends. Come to central new jersey to visit me. We'll spend your money and have a great time.
I don't know where you are located, but there's much to see. I'm 54 and many folks find it fun to hang with me. (Time and conditions vary of course. )
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Post by Opti on Sept 8, 2014 21:05:54 GMT -5
I have lots of things I like to do and love doing things with people but I am way under-funded so no trips for me right now. (I just called a friend to see if they were going to the library's free movie this month and if so, put me on the reservation. )
PM me if you think you want to visit central New jersey, Princeton, or ...? I like beaches and have been to all the places you mentioned except Cape Cod.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Sept 8, 2014 21:54:16 GMT -5
Ava, I am sorry that the job situation is more than office politics. Put your feelers out with your previous manager now. You don't want to be left out in the cold job wise. I hope your friend can take the housework pressure off of you. I guess I did a total separation from my parents when I moved to Colorado in 1975 and never had a close physical relationship with them again. We talked by phone once a week. Long distance calls were expensive then so I called one week and they called the next week. They would come visit me every year for my birthday until they got too old and the trip was too hard for them. I had also moved in to a condo by then and had nowhere for them to stay. I also visited them for a week at some time during the year, whether it be for a family wedding, funeral, reunion, etc. I was very close to my Grandma. I only had the one living Grandparent and she was very special to me. to you and have faith!
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Post by Ava on Sept 9, 2014 22:17:26 GMT -5
Ava, I am sorry that the job situation is more than office politics. Put your feelers out with your previous manager now. You don't want to be left out in the cold job wise. I hope your friend can take the housework pressure off of you. I guess I did a total separation from my parents when I moved to Colorado in 1975 and never had a close physical relationship with them again. We talked by phone once a week. Long distance calls were expensive then so I called one week and they called the next week. They would come visit me every year for my birthday until they got too old and the trip was too hard for them. I had also moved in to a condo by then and had nowhere for them to stay. I also visited them for a week at some time during the year, whether it be for a family wedding, funeral, reunion, etc. I was very close to my Grandma. I only had the one living Grandparent and she was very special to me. to you and have faith! Thank you so much for your encouraging words!
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Post by Ava on Sept 9, 2014 22:20:17 GMT -5
Hugs, ava, on missing your mom.
I'm also taking four classes this term, and yep, one of them is Operations Management/Quantitative Analysis. I can't begin to tell you how much I hate this class. The professor is unclear. The book is unclear. I actually liked my statistics classes, but this one is just an ice pick in my brain. I can't wait to be done with it!! So I feel your pain. I keep telling myself "Just get through it, just get through it." I will, and so will you. You've done harder things than this and come through just fine. You can do this, too! I thought you had graduated. Operations management, yeah. Don't get me started about it. Unclear professor; check. Unclear book (let me add the book was created by the unclear professor especially for this class and costs $180, no you cannot buy it used and no you cannot rent it); check. Welcome to my world.
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