Just a day ago… my problems seemed so significant.

I apologize to those who care enough to read my journal for not posting in a while. Life likes to get complicated and on occasion I find it hard to write something cohesive enough to be worthy to post here.

School is over. Not for good, but at least my undergraduate degree is. I crossed that threshold at about 11:45 this morning… I didn’t even pause when it happened. Of course I’m happy that this stage of my life is over. The last 5 years have been littered with innumerable experiences that have taught me so much about people and life. Sure I’ve learned a lot about computers and programming, but that almost seems secondary.

The last couple weeks have been ridiculously stressful. I had a project in my security class that was supposed to be done on a cell phone platform. Long story short: Even up to last Friday, my group was unable to retrieve phones to test our code on; We didn’t get the API until the 3rd week of the project; The professor for the course ignored our concerns, refused to relax the project guidelines, and became hostile and insulting towards my group and many others in the class experiencing the same/similar problems. Conversations between us actually degraded to a point where I felt it necessary to contact the associate director of my degree program. We’re not sure how that went off, but we should see some grades tomorrow.

Like the title says… this isn’t exactly a concern today when faced with the concerns of others. My beloved’s mother is very ill and may not have more than a few years left with us. And today, I found an old friend, after fighting so long to not be what was expected of them, has nearly hit rock bottom. Given the promise my life seems to have… its hard for me to concentrate on my own problems.