Spring 2007 recap
In the spring 2007 semester, I completed 19 hours at UTD while working full time, bringing me within two classes of graduation. This summer, unless I totally screw everything up, I will graduate with my BS in Computer Science.
Of the 19 hours, only 7 hours were CS classes. Even of the 2 CS classes I took, one was a project based class, and thus my semester was very paper and presentation heavy. By the end of the semester, I had completed a 40 minute, a 20 minute, a 10 minute and a 5 minute presentation on various technical topics, and written a 21 page, a 10 page, two six page and several short papers on both technical and ethical topics. The fall 2006 semester, I took 5 upper level CS courses, three of which were hard. This semester was more difficult, not because any of the classes were actually difficult, but the sheer volume of work required.
I am happy with how the semester turned out overall. There are a couple classes I wished I had done a little better early on, but in the end, the grades don’t really matter.
What I am not happy with was what I put my body through during the semester. The semester is 16 weeks long, and for about 13 weeks my body was abused. A typical week for me included 8 sandwiches with chips, two frozen pizzas, two meals out and one home cooked meal, bottle of wine and lots of coffee. Most of the semester I didn’t work out at all, and when I did, it was no more than a single workout in a weeks time.
Now how I treated my body during the semester is actually much better than most people treat their bodies every day. But my body has come to expect certain things. Exercise is high on the list, as is vegetables. I don’t like vegetables, but I normally consumed 7 to 10 servings a week, and about four weeks into the semester I was worried that a complete lack of fiber in my diet was going to cause long term damage. Fiber and vitamin supplements were added to my diet, and as soon as school started letting up, I was back to working out.
School starts back up next week, four days a week, so my workouts and diet will be similar to the spring. Hopefully I can come up with a meal and workout plan that is a little more healthy this semester.