My Worst Nightmare

Before I get into how my first class was... I just want to give a big shout out to our dog walker! I *love* this company and if you live in Baltimore and are in search of a kick ass dog-walking service that doesn't charge an obscene amount of money, check out Walk the Dog.

Yesterday was the first official walk for P and E and I was a little worried. I mean, can you imagine being a dog and having a complete stranger walk into your house and take you? I left a really long and dorky note apologizing for the mess and random missing furniture explaining that we're doing home renovations. I'm not sure why I felt compelled to explain the state of our house. I worry what strangers think, apparently.

Anywho - I came home yesterday to see that the dog walker, Molly, left US a note and it was so cute. Molly is one of the owners of the company and we met with her originally to go over their schedule. She's awesome and here is what she wrote:
Hi [The Mr and Mrs Twink]-
So... I think I'm in love! P and E are darling! I took them for a once around the block (to get acquainted) and then we went to the park. They both only did #1s. There was an accident (1s and 2s) on the kitchen floor that I cleaned up, but I have no idea who was responsible for that - P & E aren't talking. Ha Ha. I gave them each a treat and freshened up their H2O. Thank you for your excellent note! Super! I left it here so you can reuse it next week.
Thanks so much!
Molly

Molly won't be our normal dog walker which is why I left the long note outlining everything in the house. But seriously - how cute is she? AND (!!) she complimented my note.

Now onto my worst nightmare. The first day of class. I'm one of the oldest students in the class (the oldest being a retired nurse) and one of the coolest. Ha! But seriously - the classroom was setup strangely in that there weren't desks. It was like one giant conference table that everyone sat around and the professor gave her presentation in the front. My neck is STILL sore from having to keep it turned for 2.5 hours. AND we were literally sitting chair pressed to chair. I couldn't move!

For the rest of this bitch post, I'll just list out why this class was my worst nightmare:
1. The professor's English is AWFUL. I know that sounds messed up but I have a hard time following someone if I can't understand them. This shocks most people since my mother is korean and many people have a hard time understanding her and yet I can understand her just fine. My mom is my threshold for understanding those who's English is their second language. I tried very hard to follow this professor (she's chinese) but there were a few times where I was like, "What did she just say?" Crap.
2. We have a GROUP project that counts for 35% of our grade! Ack! I hate group work. Hate it hate it hate it. I knew I'd have this eventually during the program but not for my first class. Sheesh. And I know nobody. Who knows what their work ethic is? My criteria, I've decided, is to group with people who have full-time jobs and work experience outside of an internship.
3. We have to do two presentations. ACK! What's worst than a group project? Having to present something!! I loathe this. Even so - its quite intense. We have to present our project and then an article related to the course (as well as set up discussions on the online forum). Shoot me now.
4. I FARTED in class. Seriously. Why me? It wasn't a smelly one or a loud one. It was the one where you've been holding it forever and then is just sneaks out. I think I was stretching. I am really hoping the guy next to me either didn't hear it or thought it was my cell phone buzzing. Either way, I'm pretty sure I can scratch him from wanting to group up with me.

This sucks.