Graduate School . . .

Well I started Graduate School at UCF this semester finally after hemming and hawing for the last 6 years.  It took me 5 years to decide what masters program to do, and then another year to figure out how to properly get into the masters program.  I should have started a long time ago, but I did not want to do Comp Engr as my major, but I couldn't figure out what else to do instead.  The stupid thing is UCF pays for all my classes because I'm an employee, so I've been sitting on ass wasting time.  So I'm working on a Computer Engineering Masters with a focus on Computer Networks and Computer Security.  IF (big IF literally) I can maintain 2 classes per semester I should be able to get it done in about 3~4 years.  Otherwise it could take 6~8 years to complete.  So far these two initial graduate level classes are a lot harder than undergrad was, not really because of the subject matter, but because of the level of work they are constantly assigning us.  For example the one class has us doing a project that is almost identical to our senior design project but we have 1 semester to do it in instead of 2.  Of course having been out of school for 6 years now I've forgotten how to properly study so it's taken some time to get back into things.  I have my first midterm in what has been 7 years now this Wed, which I'm not looking forward to at all.  Both classes are open note open book which means they're going to be HARD.  I don't think I'll do too bad on this one, the the midterm for the other class I'm pretty sure is going to rape me.  My only hope for that class is that I've gotten 100% on every homework so far and those are 50% of our grades.