I haven’t really blogged in awhile, because honestly, there isn’t much blog-worthy material in my life right now. A typical day looks like this:
7:15 am – Alarm rings
7:33 am – Stumble out of bed
8:00 am – Head out the door
8:30 am – Arrive at school
7:00 pm – Go for run (admittedly not every day, although I have been working out 4/5 times a week. And the days I don't work out, well, I just work until 8.)
8:00 pm – Wait for bus
8:45 pm – Arrive home, “cook” dinner
9:15 pm – Shower
9:45 pm – Hop in bed, read a few chapters, and pass out
Exciting, eh? Doesn’t leave much time for fun…
Funny to think I back in late September I was bemoaning the fact that I had nothing to do. I was utterly bored and had no idea what to do with myself. But throw in 2 classes that I am taking, 1 that I am TA-ing (55 students means A LOT of time spent grading homework), old research, new research, and the ability to actually work out again (my knee is getting better, although I am still not 100%) – and I have no time for anything else.
On the bright side, that means no time to *think*. Things cross my mind, I get upset momentarily, and then something more pressing comes my way and the bad thoughts are pushed into the corners of my brain. Denial probably isn’t the ultimate answer to all my problems, but it is better than thinking about how I just wish Laura would call me, or email, or even just comment on facebook, about how Boston is moving back to Seattle in 2-1/2 weeks, about how KC is moving to Denmark in 2 months…
But despite spending seriously 2 billion hours at school a week, I do have a few tales to tell. I just need to find time to actually put the pen to the paper (or fingers to the keyboard). Maybe I should add “Write blog post” to my nifty color-coordinated “To Do” excel workbook. Have I ever mentioned how much I love excel?!?!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Wanted: Time to Breathe
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5 comments:
I am baffled and envious that you organize via Excel. That is incredible to me.
Isn't life's little roller coaster fun? Exhilarating... suspenseful... nauseating. :)
Just wanted you to know that I am also obsessed with Excel. I do everything in it!!! I even make gloriously colorful reports for work with it.
Anyways, glad that you've just been away because you're so busy, and not because something terrible was going on! Hang in there :)
I heart excel. You should see the spreadsheet I had for the wedding. It was AWESOME!!
Hang in there, enjoy the whole "no time to think" a bit longer, and yes! Update that to-do list to include "blog today" every couple days. :)
I'm so confused...I thought defending your thesis meant you were all done with school...?!?
our days, pretty much exactly the same, minus the run thing, i haven't made any sort of commitment to the gym in months, how do you get motivated? i need help.
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