Unfortunately, it isn’t in Halo 2 or Far Cry multiplayer. No, Management is getting ready for her fall semester and with the baby on the way I’m going to find myself studying right along with her in case the baby comes during finals. Her school recommended that she not sign up for classes this fall but the trouble is that we are using financial aid to help defer the cost and if she skips a semester we need to begin repaying the loan in full and have to re-apply all over again. Not ideal, so she’ll be taking classes.

This isn’t a precedent as I pitched in during one of her classes where still life drawing and graphic design were strict unwritten prerequisites. The drawing assignments were sprung a week after add/drop so faced with her tears I pulled out my art supplies from high school and we spent the semester working on her skills (all those years of art classes eventually came in handy!). It was a rough semester but her drawing was greatly improved, we got to spend time together being creative, and she pulled an A in the course. This fall might be a similar situation.

Rounding into finals I might end up needing to assemble her papers and take an active role getting her ready for her exams so I figure I should keep at least an eye on the syllabus so I’m not caught clueless. She is looking at taking Narrative Storytelling–creative writing is my guess–and Music Appreciation, two classes I know I can pitch in with, at least more than I could with one of her architecture classes. Spring semester should be smoother going as Gabriella will be a couple months old and during midterms and finals both parents offered to take her so that Management can study and I’ll be there functioning as academic cheerleader and assistant.