so much for an easy semester...

i'm already overwhelmed! if i pretty much disappear for the next 4 months, this is why. Here's a brief summary of my classes.

EMT training: 6 hours of class a week; 3 hours of lab; i'm also looking into EMT clinicals...if i ever hear back from the secretary...which would involve 36 hours in an emergency room and 36 hours on an ambulance. I will get certified as an EMT at the end of the semester.

Global Information Systems (GIS): looks like a really interesting course. however, incredibly time consuming. 1 assignment could take 15-20 hours and we have one due every week.

Consulting for Non-profits: haven't had this yet b/c the prof (also my boss) had back surgery the week before Christmas and is still recovering. We're starting next Thursday. We're dividing the class into 3 groups and doing consulting work for 3 non-profits in the area. I'm hopefully going to be working with the Sexual Assault Response Team on board development and other governance/management issues. This also involves hours of outside work, visiting the organization, meetings, research, etc.

Micropolitics: NGOs, Development, and Civil Society: looks ok. i have a paper due a week from Monday already. not too excited about this course, but it's required and it's the first time it's been offered. hopefully it won't be too bad. other people seem excited about it.

Case Studies in Responses to Emergency Situations/NGO Responses to Humanitarian Disasters (there are multiple titles for this course): half semester course which thankfully was switched to the first half of the semester so that'll be out of the way by the end of February. Seems like it's going to be a very interesting course. The last 2 classes are a role play of applying what we've learned to what's going on in Darfur, so that should be kinda fun.

So yeah, my plan for an easy semester so I had time for job hunting seems to have turned into an 80hr/week semester somehow and I still need to fit in the job hunting. I'll figure it out though. Always do =)

Hope everyone's doing well. I'll talk to you all in May...haha. Oh yeah...I'm also going to train for a half marathon somewhere in there with Sarah. The Pittsburgh Marathon is May 3, and they have a half marathon option that we're going to do. Yay for running 13+ miles.