Wow, has
this been an incredibly busy and exhausting week. Good, but my body is definitely having some
issues keeping up with my schedule now. Friday
night I went to see the band and had a great time. Wonderful friends and good music; doesn’t get
much better than that. My friends Greg,
Ed, and Sue came, along with two of Sue’s friends, Autumn and Kirsten. It was so good to have them there to support
my Glenndini and to just have a good time. :-)
Yesterday,
I went to get my Oz tattoo. It is
totally ozsome!! Brian Corley at Unique
Ink in Greensburg absolutely rocked it and got it right. I have an appointment on Halloween to get a
tattoo in memory of Puck. I am getting something small on my wrist. His name and maybe a heart or paw print.
Nothing too extravagant, but another way to always have my buddy with me each
and every day. I still miss him like
crazy, and every time I think about him I get teary. I miss my Puckaroo
something fierce, for sure.
After the
tattoo, I went to run errands; the first stop was Barnes & Noble, and I
ended up wandering through the store looking at everything. Then, I took my choices to the coffee shop,
had a Pumpkin Spice latte (skim milk, no
whip) while I looked through them and made final decisions. I went to Kohl’s, Target, and Wal-mart to
look for clothes and get groceries. At
some point in Barnes and Noble, I realized that I needed to just take some
time, be by myself, and do something other than school or PhD work. I was in what I call a “burn out coma”; they
occur when the realization of the amount of work that must be completed is so
overwhelming that your brain and body just shuts down for several hours. I needed to separate myself for a bit and
take care of some other things so that I could spend today focusing on my work
again.
That
separation meant that today was all work and no play, though. Since I didn’t get to bed until around 5:30
this morning, I didn’t wake up until 11:00 woke me up to say good-bye before he
left for his show this afternoon. I ate
breakfast, watched a little TV, and got to work. I finished my replies to discussion posts for
PhD work, updated my teacher website, did lesson plans and answer keys for the
week, read some for PhD work, and then had to take a bit of a nap because I was
head bobbing at the desk. During the
Steelers game, I reworked my internship proposal so that it could be
resubmitted for this week’s assignment.
Of course, I had to stop a few times to eat, take Cira out, clean the
tattoo, etc., but it really has been a work-filled day. I am slow going at it though, and that is so
frustrating! I hate that it takes me so
long to accomplish things. I know that I
am doing my best and want to put my best into everything, but sometimes I feel like
I am the slowest person on earth when it comes to work.
Well, it is
time to go to bed and try to get some sleep. It will be a long day tomorrow, but
I may be able to get a nap in when I get home before I hit the books
again. I will be out of town for a PhD
Colloquium from Wednesday late until Sunday evening, so I want to be as
productive as possible tomorrow and Tuesday.
Wish me luck!
Until tomorrow.
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