Things I’ve learned...

Things I’ve learned in the MSA program
(that’s not necessarily related to Accounting)

1) The important part of achieving a goal is sacrificing things that you love to do but the important part of loving the things that you do is to truly appreciate doing it when you can.

2) It’s hard to complain to other people in the same boat. They will understand too well.

3) It’s hard to complain to other people NOT in the same boat. They will not understand at all.

4) The true understanding of human kindness is when you’re in a hotel in Paris at four in the morning and the person on the front desk is willing to let you use the computer so you don’t have to pay for internet while posting to a class discussion board.

5) It’s not the end of the world if you need to ask for help. There are some things that can’t be figured out by yourself.

6) Don’t assume you know what you’re doing. You’re likely to be wrong.

7) Laughter is the best way to deal with a tough class.

8) Grape juice and a laptop don’t mix well together.

9) Three insomniac nights working on a paper can really affect the appetite.

10) When you’re at your lowest point, the only thing you can do is pick yourself up and start over.

11) Sometimes the things you hated most at the beginning of the course, isn’t so bad once you get to the end.

64. Dunbar's 'weekly summary' (4/5)

The weeks are coming down!

This was our last week of new material on corporation distributions (Just sounds fun, doesn't it?) and this week is review of the semester. A week off for Thanksgiving and then... finals!

I'll be spending a good amount of time trying to figure out what I'll be doing once these classes are over and another amount of time trying to survive til that time comes.

But until then, my contribution to the weekly summary:

SECOND CAREER FOR DUNBAR? THINK I WILL STICK WITH TAX.

MRY> maybe.... I get lonely in my cubical at work
ZWI> we still owe you the salon doors
MRY> lol! right! you do!
MRY> and the western music
ZWI> i didn't promise the latter
MRY> but they kinda go hand in hand
ZWI> no no - you charter somebody else for that
MRY> how can one go through saloon doors with out the bwah bwah dah
WEB > not me :)
ZWI> you can sing right?
WEB > only choral music
MRY> maybe we can get Dunbar to do it
WEB > that's a good idea
WEB > she can dance too :)
MRY> showgirl at the saloon. I like it

64. Dunbar's 'weekly summary' (3/5)

A week of a lot of painful thinking and a stuffed up nose doesn't exactly encourage a sense of humor. I didn't think I had anything good enough to contribute to the weekly summary.

And, when I thought about it, I didn't care.

Completing a goal would have been nice, but I realized I had to concentrate on the school assignment and not on some goal on a list. In the end, it's not the finished goal that's important but what's learned in the attempt. (Cue the violin music)

On that note, I DID have several things mentioned on the summary so I'm good until the next week! There's even a mention of the bunny costume!


DUNBAR: I didn't put out a solution because I was worried that students would just look at what was done last year without thinking about it. This project requires a lot of painful thinking.

Student comment: And I agree with Prof. Dunbar. Thinking is painful.

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In the immortal words of Douglas Adams: "This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

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LOVE THOSE AWAY MESSAGES:

Auto Response from Student" (7:43:09 PM): No matter what you may think, D- I am NOT going to wear a bunny costume while doing tax work

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SHR: I did manage to complete what I could of the quiz (coffee is the greatest invention on earth).
WBR: No problem, we did not discuss much. Yes, I agree with the coffee. I drink it twice as much during a semester, which may not be very good for health, but it keeps me going :)

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I'm a little spiny with the caffeine and cold medicine currently cycling through my system at the present moment to a point where I think this question has a personal vendetta against me. I'll have to look this over later to thoroughly understand this problem.

The weight is lifted

There was a lot happening this week so there wasn't much time to actually sit down and breathe.

I'm taking two classes for my MSA this semester and they each had one large and time consuming project. It was my luck that they had to be due on the SAME DAY.

It was also my luck that they were due during the time when I'm busiest at work.

And I developed a cold due to neglecting the body while trying to work on all these projects at the same time (no sleep, all junky fast food, etc).

But I am done. All assignments were handed in last night and the weekend is coming up.

And I shall sleep.... oh the joy of sleeping.

64. Dunbar's 'weekly summary' (2/5)

Partnerships are hard.

And I don't mean the romantical union between two people (though that in itself is a hardship that many people have to endure. Like sand in socks or eating yellow cake).

I mean doing tax for business partnerships. Ack! If it wasn't for this need to "graduate", I'd be running for the hills right now.

So this week was a balance of trying to be amusing and trying NOT to sound dumb. The dumbness overcame and I was stuck with the professor trying to explain to me the BASICS of selling assets and receiving gains. This is stuff learned back in grade school! Needless to say, I spent a good time banging my head against the table, and banging my head against the wall, and against the laptop...

Headache is sure to come. I'd need to kill it with beer.

As for the weekly summary, it just popped up about an hour ago and disappointment was close. I was going through the list thinking I wasn't going to be on this week and then there goes my 101 list!! And then... right at the end-

And the best belly laugh of the week:

A student had the following away message:

***In the corner for giving a bad answer…***

DUNBAR (9:53:34 PM): You can come out of the corner now. All is forgiven.
SHR (9:54:14 PM): phew! I was getting hungry
SHR(9:54:26 PM): and I missed work
SHR(9:54:33 PM): ............. yeah..
SHR(9:56:20 PM): and you can explain to my boss why I had to stay in the corner all day cause my professor forgot about me!
DUNBAR (9:56:50 PM): can you hear me laughing?
SHR(9:57:23 PM): wait... one sec....
SHR(9:57:29 PM): yes! I think I can!
DUNBAR: sounds scary
SHR(9:57:48 PM): lol

She was saving the best for last!

Yes! I still got it!