Buckling Down

"Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face." -Albert Camus

This is going to be a very character building month, full of deadlines and new tasks and unknown experiences. I'm taking statistics. Statistics. I'm still not sure if I think that was a good idea for this first quarter, given my recent history with the quantitative section of the GREs. I signed up for it mainly because it fit neatly into my schedule (and I'll need to take it eventually).

Plus: Less reading, get it out of the way early. Might have a relatively small homework impact.

Minus: It's statistics. Lots of math stuff that I don't remember at all, and will have to relearn.

Plus: I did pretty well when I took economics last year.

Minus: I did not do very well at all when I took the GRE last year.

The first class is tomorrow morning. I've already read the introductory chapter, and I'll be a step ahead because I managed to get the necessary statistics software installed this weekend, when a lot of people missed their appointments (and thus will be stuck installing software during class instead of listening to the lecture).

I wonder... by the end of the month will I have a few more grey hairs? More wrinkles on my forehead and around my eyes? Well, on the upside at least I chose this path! I am the master of my fate! (Or should I say, "master of my face"?)