01/20/2007: "2 weeks down, 14 to go."

My sage idea of taking "a whole boat-load of classes!!!!" is turning out to be a little less sage. Doing a rush of five straight hours of classes, running from one building to the next is definitely not turning out to be one of my better ideas. Fortunately, it's only two days a week, though I'm still tired almost all the time now.

What's sad is that this is all still just the opening classes and I haven't even had a full week yet.

I still think I'm doing the right thing, and I'll be able to make it through my classes with decent grades, but two days a week I come back in looking and feeling like hell. Once all the reading and papers kick in, I'm sure my complaining will reach a new, joyous height. In the mean time, I really need to start sleeping more. Alas, the dreaded 6 foot window which lets the joyous sun in has other plans. One could suggest something about me going to bed at a sane hour.. but that's not really going to happen, now is it? Of course not. I've also somehow developed the weird habit where I fall asleep right away once I go to bed, then wake up 30 minutes later and can't get back to sleep. Definitely strange.

Regardless, I'm getting used to a 6~ hour sleeping schedule again. I become mean and sleep deprived somewhere around the early evening, but that's not so bad! All my classes are done by then, and I don't do my homework until 8-10PM, which is around when I get a second wind.

Other than sleep, I've been attempting to live at least a slightly healthier lifestyle. No real good reason (no weight or health issues, I just feel like I kinda.. should). Less junk food, orange juice and grape juice over soda, going to the gym 3 times a week, all that fun stuff. Not really sure if I can say if it's working out or not, as I don't really have any goals, nor any problems I'm trying to fix. But it's not so bad, I suppose.

I should get back to reading. Right now I'm reading "The Woman in the Dunes" (Abe, Kobo). Not such a bad book, actually pretty interesting, though I'm still not exactly sure what the whole point of it is or what it's supposed to be saying about Post-War Japan.

Anyway, I'm off for now. Going to be up for awhile longer, go to bed, then battle the sun again in the morning.


Jason

On Sunday, January 21st, Kat said:

i can empathize right now- i mean really empathize. i feel your pain-in the sese that i'm feeling as exhausted for school reasons too and also haven't even done a full week and only had opening classes.
Yay-where's May?
i seriously idn't mean to do that as a rhyme-it just happened