Greetings from the bottom of the heap.

Wow, I am almost through week two of fall semester and my head has yet to explode. Bear in mind that I did say almost...
One of my other classes has a required research paper that is to be submitted by 5pm today, Friday September 3rd. Naturally I am frightened. My employment in child care has not, as of yet, required that I complete research papers. Having been out of school for 20 plus years means I am woefully inept when it comes to writing research papers. Hence my enrollment in ENGL1117. The kicker is-in ENGL1117, the research paper is at the end of the semester. Now you might understand my fear. MLA format is required and I don't recall Mrs. Krause ever expounding on that subject back in High School AP English. Ok, she may have, but was I listening? Signs point to no. To me MLA is Maple Lake/Annandale. I feel like a deer in the headlights. This is not the end of the world. I need to calm myself and look up samples of the different writing formats, after all, I am going to be doing this quite often. 
I have also decided that I dislike, no, loathe reading articles on my computer. Alas, poor forests, I will put a large dent in your numbers. And people say digital is better, my eyes say nay! Paper is the way to go, besides, I enjoy a little highltighter action, too.
Add to the list church duties, child care-yesterday there were nine children in my house, six classes, a garden, chickens and a Labor Day weekend trip "up Nort" with my 3 kids and I am buried. Everyone makes their own choices and these are mine. I can't say I've made the best choices but they're mine and I am ok with them. 
One can only hope the work load gets lighter or perhaps I will learn to budget my time more effectively. Or, I could just learn to say NO when I have the chance. Regardless, I choose to be content.