-Me, 3 Weeks Ago
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| OKAY EVERYONE. I'm going home today please don't contact me unless it in an EMERGENCY. I need to get out of Memphis and RELAX. I am SICK. I am DYING. I need 14 iced coffees and 3 small dogs PRONTO. Make those coffees as big as you can order them. TRENTI. I need TRENTI coffees. And don't forget the puppies. -Me, as of Thursday |
So, uh, school's been great!
Oh, who am I kidding-- I'm a ball of stress, nasal congestion, and caffeine.
I don't want to be dramatic. It's been nice. On the plus side: this fall I have pet several cute dogs. I aced my first (albeit really easy) exam. I've taken freshman under my wing (new dumplings!) and watched several movies after-hours at honors. I've decorated my dorm room so nicely it could go in a magazine (if it weren't so messy... whoops) and I've still got more to put up. I'm surrounded by a lot of positivity and fun.
Buuuuuuuut on the down side, with all that positivity comes a lot of negativity. A lot of my friends are going through a lot so I'm just in the middle of a lot of things with a lot of heads on my shoulder. I'm super, super, super, super, super busy with honors and really need to work on my time management. I never want to look at another invoice again ever.
I've had to take a few steps back this semester. As much as I love my club and my friends, it does consume my life. I'm going through a pretty bad case of burnout right now so I took a very long weekend to come home, hang out, and try to lower my stress levels before flu season hits. I mentioned this to dad earlier-- being sick in a dorm sucks.
It's really easy to go into a semester with a ton of enthusiasm and motivation (DON'T LET YOUR DREAMS JUST BE DREAMS) and it's just as easy to lose it all (my dreams are hidden by college bureaucracy and piles of schoolwork) over-stressing about it. I'm trying to take a few steps back and keep it within context (ex. "You won't remember this failed event in 10 years" or "Things that are stressing you out now will not even be an issue in 6 months") but I'm such a worry-wart, it's hard.
So, of course, to ignore all my stress, I'm planning my trips. Pilsen, Czech Republic, is definitely happening now. That'll be 3 weeks in Europe that I'm just super pumped for. Then-- you know what? JAPAN. I won't even be in the United States anymore! For a whole year, I'll get to go to festivals, study a language that's super fun, tour a beautiful country, and take part in a cultural that is literally almost the opposite of my own.
But then that makes me stressed, too. Deadlines for these trips aren't event until MARCH but I'm already letting them freak me out. What's that saying? Don't miss the forest for the trees, right? I feel like it's something like that.
All-in-all, I feel like the average college student. Stressed out, in a civil partnership with my coffee maker, and ever-hopeful for the future. It's not even time for mid-terms yet!
But now, time for pictures!
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| Slidefest: Memphis. Oh my gosh. I was so excited for this. A giant, 1,000 foot water slide. You know what? It sucked. >:( |
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| ME AND BRI! |
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| The whole fam together!! BBQ was delicious! |
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| For my yoga class, I have to take pictures of myself doing yoga "asanas." Shown above is the... I forgot the Sanskrit name, but it's the tree pose. I almost fell over. (Actually, I think I did after the picture. Look how tilted I am!) |
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| A scarf I'm knitting for a friend. It's a bit longer now. I forgot how much I like knitting. |
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| The dumplings figured out how to get smash bros on our upstairs projector. We're streaming every friday to raise money for st. jude! |
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| Was sent this by mom. Cat pictures, dog pictures, lizard pictures-- anything helps me get through the school days. |
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| Me and some of the crew-- right is Connor and left, slightly blurry, is Jake. Doing that Panda Express wait. (For those who don't know, UoM got a Panda Express. The only thing more outrageous than the line to get some is the prices-- who has that many dining dollars to spend??) |
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| I'm going to get back with y'all about how great this is-- I'm really, really, really, really excited. |
