The first week of school has come and gone, and once again I am shocked at how fast we jumped back into things. I've already dedicated hours to studying, and I'm already overwhelmed.

As you know this semester I am carrying 16 hours, all but two of which are hard courses. So update on how I'm doing, obviously we haven't taken any grades, so this is based of class vibe and study time.

Chemistry is going to be hard purely because I remember absolutely nothing from high school Chemistry. I took it like 4 years ago, and I hated it then. We've already taken a pretest, and I got all but two questions wrong. However, I think the professor will help me figure out whatever I need help with, so that should counteract my lack of prior chemistry knowledge.

Anatomy is the most intense class so far. I have a lab practical in two weeks, and have already learned the brain, spinal chord, taste buds, eyes, ears, and the nasal cavity. There is a two and a half page packet in things I need to know for this test. No word bank, and no mock practical before it. Plus the teacher uses one day for teaching and the other days in lab we just study basically. It's like I'm supposed to teach myself these things, and these are hard things to learn even with a teacher. But again, this teacher has always helped me when I was confused in the past, so I'm not worried about not knowing anything for the test.

Lifespan Development has a pretty intense instructor. It's online, so I haven't met them face to face, but we have a lot of stuff we have to do. This week we had to read chapter one from the book, and answer one of the discussion questions in our discussion forum. I have read textbooks before, but hands down, this is the most boring textbook I have encountered this far in my education. It took me forever to read the first chapter. Besides that this course should be relatively easy, and maybe the chapters get better. Usually the first chapter of a textbook is the worst one.

Philosophy is the course I'm looking most forward to, besides Anatomy. I have always been interested in the way we think, and I know that this is a class based on opinion rather than fact. I usually excel in classes that are mostly stating your opinion on things, because I am unashamed of my opinion on any subject.

My last course is the "easiest" course, but it's also the course I have been super worried about. My two credit hour P.E. course, phsycial conditioning, has made me worried for the last few days. Mostly because there are a bunch of guys in the class, and one of the girls is super fit, and the other two played sports in high school. I played a clarinet, which hasn't helped me much in the fitness aspect of things. Monday we are supposed to start are 1st assessment to see where we are, and then at the end if the semester we see how we improved. We have to do push-ups, sit-ups, and stretches. The worst part of the assessment for me, however, is the MILE LONG RUN we are expected to do. We are expected to complete it, and the teacher will time us. Plus we have to walk 10,000 steps a day, keep a fitness journal everyday of class, and we have an actual test for midterm (probably why I had to buy a book). Oddly enough I think this is the class I will stress most about, because I am very confident in my intelligence, but not so much my physical condition.

All in all I'm excited about this semester, even though my classes are going to be tough. I like a challenge, and I think this semester is definitely going to challenge me.