18 in 6

I started my master's this summer. I took 12 hours in 10 weeks! Crazy! I took another 6 this fall semester. That was also a little crazy when dealing with a full-time job and 2 little ones at home. That's a grand total of 18 hours in 6 months! The original plan was to take another 6 in the fall and then one more psycho summer of 12 hours and be done. However, baby #3 has thrown quite a curve ball into "the plan." I've decided to take one course this summer just to keep myself going but not two in order to *hopefully* allow some mental time to prepare myself for three kids. Baby is due during finals week so I may be finishing the course after baby arrives. I hope not, but chances of baby coming late aren't likely if previous baby is a factor.

I will NOT be taking any classes this summer! Complete enjoyment of my family and learning to manage life with three little ones is my only priority.

I maintained a 4.0 this summer and was really hoping to keep it up throughout my studies. However, one of my classes this semester I let "slide" a bit. It really was hard to keep up with online discussions for two classes on top of all the other stuff I had to deal with both in the classes and in my regular life. I received a B+ on 2/3 of my quizzes. 40% of my grade is a B+ average. My thoughts have been that this for sure has done me in for achieving an A in the class. The only saving grace is my project and, if my calculations are correct, I have to receive at least an A- to pull off an A in the class. This professor is quite stingy on grading and quite picky as well. His wording on quizzes is tricky and, if I do say so myself, a bit unfair. Only having the one project has not allowed me anything to compare to and not knowing how he grades these has been quite nerve-wracking. A part of me has been worried that I missed some vital part or did something completely wrong and I failed it!

I've been religiously checking my email for over a week to see what I received on this project.

Confidence has not been my friend.

I still have no email from my professor with feedback on my project! Grades were due today!

I've been checking "my final grades" online and the earliest semester I can see grades for is Summer II 2010. Ugh!

Finally, I decided to also check my "unofficial" transcript online. I was quickly scrolling down it, assuming that it would not be posted yet, when I saw the two classes I was enrolled in this semester. A and A!!!

Seeing as how I still have not received my grade for the project, I'm not extremely confident that this is accurate. However, why would it show up online if he had not already submitted my grade??? But why would he have submitted my grade and not emailed me back my project???

Please, professor, email me my project feedback before the stress kills me!