Getting What I Want... Finally

So, the program I am in, although having many merits and giving me a great amount of knowledge, was disappointing in the sense that it was really something different than what I thought it was going to be. I was looking for something that would give me the skills to work in the field of dramaturgy instead of just having a large body of knowledge on theatre. Unfortunately the program is designed and run by people who are academics and believe that we all want to be academics and professors and that's that. Which has proven a bit frustrating at the times I have tried to negotiate my own goals within their goals for me within the program. I finally had a breakthrough today. The department has agreed to allow me to drop one of my classes this term and take three classes in my final term instead of the normal two. I will look for an independent study unit to do as my third class next term in the area of dramaturgy (I'm hoping to arrange a dance dramaturgy unit). This will allow me to get three dramaturgy credits that have some practical value. This term I will have to let one class go, that because of no other reason than the size of the class, is Theories of Directing.
So that being taken care of, I now focus much more attention on my thesis and hopefully have time to do some of my own learning/projects that will keep me excited about theatre!

Term II

So, I am back from my extremely lovely holiday and am getting ready for the second term to begin on Monday. At the moment I feel that I am slowly being buried in snow even though I'm on the 15th floor! The snow on the window ledge just keeps growing and growing! Good thing I have lots of work to get done before classes start and not many places to go. Tomorrow will be my last day of freedom from school work and I will spend it getting some pre-school work done. I have some prep reading to do mainly plus getting back into my thesis work and some prep work for my TA positions. Monday kicks off with a bang at 10 am! Even though I am suppose to have a steady schedule of Monday - Wednesday 12-3pm, this Monday I will go to the class of one of my two TA positions. The prof may just be stuck in another city due to snow so the class may fall on to me (just handing out syllabus and stuff though - nothing too hard), then I'm off to a meeting for a show, my class, another meeting for my second TA position and finally a meeting with my thesis advisor to get organized. It's going to be a crazy first day! Let's hope the snow has stopped by then.