#madu's adventures in search of a technical degree

[ma-du]

Last night, on the class group chat:

Me: What time does class start tomorrow? I couldn't hear when the prof said.

Classmate: 8:20am

Me: thanks

*second day of classes*

Mother, 6:00am from the bottom bed of my double bed because apparently she lives there now: hey, don't you have class today?

Me, jumping out of bed and almost stepping on Mother: FUCK *gulps down breakfast while getting dressed and grabs backpack all in less than twenty minutes* FUCK I'M MISSING THE BUS BYE MA LOVE YOU *runs to the bus stop*

Me, 6:30am to the nice lady selling coffee at the bus stop: morning, Aunt Mel! Bye Aunt Mel! *get on the bus* oh, hi Katia. Katia: hi, you left early today. Me: I'm actually late, but as long as I get to school before eight, that's fine with me *embarrassed laughter*

Me, 6:45am entering the train station: oh crap, I missed the train *five minutes later* oh no, nevermind *squeezes into the train*

Me, 7:05am: Oh good, the other bus hasn't passed yet *gets in line for the bus*

Me, almost crying: where is my goddamn fucking bus aaaaaaaa

Me, 8:19am: FUUUUCK IM LATE IM LATE IM LATE IM LATE IM LATE IM LATE *run to school, it starts to rain* oh for god's sake! *enters the school, runs to the classroom* Hey, where's everyone?

Classmate: prof said we could arrive at 8:30 so everyone is still coming.

Me:

*it's still raining, and I don't have an umbrella*

Me, 11:40am going to the bus stop: hey, is the bus already gone?

Cool pretty girl with her also pretty and cool friend: No, we are waiting too.

Me: okay, thanks.

Me, 12:18pm going to the pass card recharge station: holy shit, what a huge queue. Well, here we go.

My low back: What do you think of a little agonizing pain huh?

Me, already agonizing and unable to sit for a while:

Me, already on home: *drops backpack on the floor, throws face down on the couch, screams for a while* okay here we go again *Put videos of cute cats and dogs to play on the television, go get something resembling a passable lunch, sit back on the sofa, eats the grub* Mmm.... That's good. Now, time to get ready for swimming in two hours!

[ma-du]

*first day of classes*

Me, 5:00am: *downs a pint mug of coffee that tastes like burnt asphalt like a shot of vodka and an omelette* okay, I'm up. here we go.

Me, 5:45am: oh fuck i lost the bus

Me, 5:50am: thanks god theres another

Me, 6:20am: *hops happily onto intercity train*

Me, 6:40am: *jumps off intercity train, exits station* HOLY SHIT I'M GONNA MISS THE BUS *runs, almost gets run over, gets on the other bus*

Me, 6:55am: *gets off the bus, arrives at the school gate* Damn I arrived on time and on the right day aaaaaa *cries a little internally*

Me, 7:30am: *walks into school* mmm, new environment. Cool.

Brain, immediately: how about a little overstimulation, huh?

Me: ....oh, fuck

Me, already on home since 2:43pm, still overstim, hungry as fuck and ready for a meltdown: well... what about a little of relaxing stims? *immediately proceed to turn the tv to full volume playing the four seasons of Vivaldi on eternal loop while snacking a pot of yesterday's mac and chicken, hyperfocusing on a new drawing that I probably won't finish* yeeeeaaaahhhh here we go