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The Hell That Was This Summer
15 years ago
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Now that the obituary has been printed in the local news, I can actually talk about my entire summer.
It started with an incident that happened during my break between semesters. Won't go into details, everyone that needed to know anything already knows it, it was solved. What's important is what this caused.
It caused a lot of stress. This made my immune system go into the crapper. I got really sick and barely recovered enough to be able to breathe out of one nostril before classes started.
3 weeks into the semester, my uncle died. This wasn't a huge blow to me personally. I barely know any of the family on that side, but it caused high amounts of stress again, causing me to relapse.
Out of the two half-semester courses, I passed both with B's. During the second half, I withdrew from both classes. One, because the professor did not inform us what he'd be grading, and out of about 15 assignments he had us turn in, he graded us on 3, 1 of which he didn't inform us that we could turn back in if we got a no grade on. There was literally no way I could pass that class.
The other class, I withdrew from due to high stress. A week prior I found out my grandfather, the only person I really knew and cared about on that side of the family, had stopped eating because 'it disgusted' him. I dropped the second class secretly, but later that week I was suddenly glad I did.
2 weeks ago, today, my grandfather died, after we moved him to Providence Extended Care Center. He was smiling, he was happy before he passed, and he passed quietly.
Now that the entirety of my summer has been summed up, I apologize for lack of arts happening during that time, and I apologize more for the lack of it in the three weeks I have between classes again. I'm using these three weeks to try and cheer myself up. I need to try and be happy, if I'm not, I'll never make it through another semester. (Though, I should be happy. I have Metalsmithing and Jewelry Making this coming semester. It's something I should enjoy.)
So, for anyone who cares, that's the update of what I've been up to these last 3 months.
Thank you for your patience with me
-TJ
It started with an incident that happened during my break between semesters. Won't go into details, everyone that needed to know anything already knows it, it was solved. What's important is what this caused.
It caused a lot of stress. This made my immune system go into the crapper. I got really sick and barely recovered enough to be able to breathe out of one nostril before classes started.
3 weeks into the semester, my uncle died. This wasn't a huge blow to me personally. I barely know any of the family on that side, but it caused high amounts of stress again, causing me to relapse.
Out of the two half-semester courses, I passed both with B's. During the second half, I withdrew from both classes. One, because the professor did not inform us what he'd be grading, and out of about 15 assignments he had us turn in, he graded us on 3, 1 of which he didn't inform us that we could turn back in if we got a no grade on. There was literally no way I could pass that class.
The other class, I withdrew from due to high stress. A week prior I found out my grandfather, the only person I really knew and cared about on that side of the family, had stopped eating because 'it disgusted' him. I dropped the second class secretly, but later that week I was suddenly glad I did.
2 weeks ago, today, my grandfather died, after we moved him to Providence Extended Care Center. He was smiling, he was happy before he passed, and he passed quietly.
Now that the entirety of my summer has been summed up, I apologize for lack of arts happening during that time, and I apologize more for the lack of it in the three weeks I have between classes again. I'm using these three weeks to try and cheer myself up. I need to try and be happy, if I'm not, I'll never make it through another semester. (Though, I should be happy. I have Metalsmithing and Jewelry Making this coming semester. It's something I should enjoy.)
So, for anyone who cares, that's the update of what I've been up to these last 3 months.
Thank you for your patience with me
-TJ
