School & Birth Control Pills
I have to say that finally looking at my grades took a huge load off my mind. I was so worried about my english grade because I had absolutely no idea where I stood in the class - the professor never returned essays or tests and I was too much of a sissy to meet her in her office hours.
The other class I'm worried about is Mass Media. If I get a C or lower in the class I am going to report the professor somehow. She didn't teach us anything. She assigned every person a chapter in the book and assigned us days when we would present the chapter. So pretty much it was the students teaching the students. She never went over what would be on the exams, and when asked what we should specifically study she told us to read the book. So I did the reading for the first exam and I got a C, so that method didn't work very well. In fact, the whole class failed that test. Two people got C's and the rest got D's and F's.
Anyway, while checking my grades I noticed that I one of the classes I signed up for in the spring semester was cancelled. So I had to rearrange my schedule earlier today because of that. Grrr. So now I'm taking:
-Introduction to Theatre
-Introduction to Music
-US Reconstuction through WWII
-Yoga
-Computers (might drop this)
-Newswriting for the Media
That is A LOT of classes, but all of them should be easy except for the Media and Reconstruction ones. The spring semester will be my last semester taking lower division courses. I will be able to start taking upper division- or junior level classes after that. All I have left to do really is finish up my general education classes, so that is why most of the classes I will be taking sound kind of dumb. Newswriting is the really important one because it is a prereq for my minor. The computer class is recommended for my major, but not required. So I might drop that and take only 13 units instead of 16. We'll see how I feel as February gets closer =).
On Monday I need to start a new birth control pill pack, but my insurance has yet to mail me one. I went to the gynocologist a month ago, got the new prescription, mailed it in right away, and then waited. My insurance requires that I get all prescriptions through mail order- so I can't go to a pharmacy like a normal person. I called today and it is still processing. My order has been processing for two weeks now! Grrr, grrr and more grrr. So I called the gyno and they faxed my prescription over to the pharmacy. I am going to have to straight out pay for the prescription because I absolutely cannot wait for them to mail it.
Without the pills I will gain weight, not have periods, and get hairyer (sp?). Minus the physical problems that will occur without the pills, not getting my period is even worse. I am at risk for uterian cancer if I don't have a menstrual cycle once a month, and not to mention I randomly get hormonal for no reason. I'm worried that my insurance forgot that I have PCOS and is wondering why they are covering me for the pills. When I first started on the pill it was absolute hell with the insurance because they do not normally cover birth control. So we had to prove that I had a situation that required the birth control, but it took forever! If we have to do that again, I swear....
