First day of school worries.

well, i have been waiting on the book for my first class to arrive. i checked the tracking number and it says my book was delivered to somewhere in Michigan two weeks ago. WTF?! this is not helpful because i live in Hawaii. i emailed the seller but i might have to bite the bullet and just buy another book and pay more for speedy shipping to get it here by next week and hope to get a refund from the screw-up people. luck for me, the first week's readings are all online. the teachers must have heard all sorts of sob stories in the past from students who can't get their books in time. so i am still up in the air about this.

 So anyway, it's my first day. so i logged on to my class page. (in my pajamas, of course. i think it's a rule for online schooling) and i downloaded my assignment lists and readings into the brand new 1.5 TB harddrive my boyfriend got me for our anniversary. i could have just read the pdf online but i'd like to have all the info in one place when it comes to studying time. When i was peeking at student forums weeks ago i read someone saying they go through a lot of ink and paper printing things out. this was surprising/scary to me because i hadn't thought there would be a need to print out anything, much less a lot of things! plus i dont have have a printer and really can't afford anything right now. But after looking at the format of the assignments, i don't think i have reason to worry. most of the homework assignments are not even meant to be turned in, and those that you do turn in are emailed. sure, you could print out your reading review questions and write the answers on the paper, or you could just edit the document and type the answers in and leave it in your computer. i take notes by hand when reading, but i could also just type notes into a word document and have a completely paperless existence. (besides the ten pounds textbooks) So I'll just assume that the people wasting all that ink are the same technophobes that print out their emails. why??

 about those reading notes. in my first class, veterinary pathology 117, the first lesson is about safety, and for good reason. but any imagined worries i had about working in a vet practice are now compounded by taking pages of notes on the various ways i could be harmed in a vet office... animals catching your jewelry, hair caught in fans and machines, electrical circuit overloads, chemicals spilling in your eyes, poisonous fumes, fires, robberies, cancerous fluids, animal bites and scratches, large animals crushing you, going deaf from barking dogs, getting flea dip in your eyes, getting rabies, ticks, fungal infections, parasites in your organs, cancer from x-ray radiation, liver disease from anesthesia gas, exploding gas canisters, stabbed with needles, dangerous chemo drugs... It's a death trap, man. *freak out*