Uni schedule whinge

I started back at uni on Tuesday (and Wednesday) and it already seems quite a different process as it was in my second year back in 2004. For a start, thanks to my non-Software Engineering specific classes being Masters subjects, my lectures and tutorials run back to back from 5:30 to 9:30 pm. Add an hour for travel and there's a recipe for an angry and tired Patrick.

Thanks to the amount of group work, it also seems I'll have to turn up every freaking week. Previously, I figured out which tutorials would be worthwhile and which ones would be a waste of time. Now I feel obliged to keep turning up and contributing to the team, although hopefully everyone will loosen up after the first assignment when we realise that most of the work will need to be done outside of class anyway. It's much easier only being accountable to oneself.

It is really crap losing some of my evenings again, even if they're not the weekend. It was the single greatest thing about working 9 to 5: being able to give up my pizza job and claim them back. Now I won't even be able to make volleyball anymore. Poo. Hey, at least I'm learning stuff.