I was up at 5:00 this morning, which isn’t that unusual. My eyes just pop open at that time, end of story. The weird thing is that I might be getting a handle on this school thing. It hasn’t been horrible, and I really love the whole experience; but I always feel as if I’m running a few steps behind. I constructed this excruciatingly meticulous calendar in iCal, and I’m constantly surprised by assignments that I forgot or something new that a professor updated in the middle of the night. So this week, I acknowledge that I can’t take Saturday and/or Sunday off, completely. I have to be on the job every day. If I really want a clean house, I have to hustle. If I don’t want to be up the night before a deadline writing a paper, I have to stay on top of the reading. So I feel better right now. I had my coffee, the laundry is going, and I’m already 1.5 articles into a 4-article paper that’s due on Thursday. Boo. Yah.
I got some grades this week, and that makes me happy. People keep telling me “Grades don’t really matter in grad school,” and I keep thinking, “Who are you freaks??” Seriously, I understand that if you’re not trying to get into a PhD program, it’s only the licensure that matters. But I am; so I care, a lot.
Didn’t actually get any knitting done this week. I’ve only been knitting in class, and I’m trying to change that. This week, I was just tired and worn down, so I didn’t even knit there. It is Socktober, so I stopped in at my LYS and picked up some bright crimson sock yarn. And I have some pretty Regia from the week before. I’ve decided that I’ll stop in at the store every week to buy enough yarn for at least one pair of socks until it really starts to seem imprudent to do so. We’re not there yet.
Oh, and after not wanting to constantly be plugged in all the time for so many years, I’ve become one of those people who wanders around, looking for free wi-fi. It would be funny, if it didn’t feel so much like an addiction.
And that’s all. I’m trying to manage my hopes and my expectations, my time and my disappointments. So far, so good.
G.
PS – Finally saw Paranormal Activity yesterday. Yikes! I can’t say it was exactly scary, but it was incredibly, freaking disturbing. (shudder) I won’t be watching that again, anytime soon.
