Some of you may know that I went back to school for Business to solidify my career at work. I also get tuition reimbursement from my work when I major a field that is for my position.

I did really well last semester getting an A in Intro to BUSN and a B in English Comp. I felt a great sense of accomplishment and was so ready to continue. I registered for two classes in the spring 2009 semester (BUSN Laws and (Statistics).

I was disappointed that my spring semester did not actually start until February. This seemed like a long time to wait and then I discovered that the college had a winter session as well. Well, I decided to enroll myself in the online course Macroeconomic. A 16 weeks course program condensed into 3 and half weeks! I knew it was ambitious goal. I was thinking that when I took the two courses last semester, I still had plenty of down time after studying and stuff so I would be able to handle this.

I find the macroeconomic course is extremely tough to understand, especially in a face pace course with no time to ask instructor for questions. A bit embarrassed but I confided to my instructor. He is willing to give me an I for incomplete which means I can retake the class that is 16 weeks long and my grade for that class will replace the incomplete status. This would not hurt my GPA but I have to retake the course within I year or the incomplete status will convert to an F.

This also means that I do not get reimbursed for the winter course because I will not be getting a grade. So it was a lesson learned for me. I believe I took on too much because of my fear of not succeeding or finishing school. Irony is that I set myself up for failure. I think I was trying to make up for lost times and was rushing into things without thinking things out thoroughly.

Now it is time for me to dust myself off to try again and keep on going but with a reasonable pace going forward.