My life (over the past 4 weeks) in a nutshell
Work's been increasingly draining but at the same time, I think I'm learning the ropes and the art of neglect - ie, prioritizing and not stressing myself out into completing every single peice of work on the day I receive it. By doing so, I'm breathing a little more now.
Sleep as become a luxury ever since school began. There is no longer "too much sleep" or "this is too early to go to bed" - when you have to be up by 5.30am every weekday morning. Last Thursday, I slept at 8.45pm and was still tired by Friday afternoon. I took a nap at 6.40pm on Friday and planned to wake up to meet Bern and
idiavalo for an after-dinner catch-up session. I didn't realize how exhausted I was for I woke up on Saturday morning at 2.30am instead. Sleep has certainly become a priceless luxury with the onset of work.
I have been doing my best to ensure that work has not become my whole life. I have been filling every non-working waking hour with reading. Ironically, it began the week before I started teaching and intensified considerably as work started piling up. It's probably an attempt to balance out work and creating an outlet from work. Thus far, I have completed Jeffery Archer's fantastic three-book-series and (Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President?) and and E.B. White's classic, Charlotte's Web. I'm currently reading my first Robert Ludlum book - The Matarese Circle. This will be followed by The Matarese Countdown and John Grogan's new book, Marley and Me. Other than my weekly treats to good food, this happens to be where all my hard-earned money is going to; reading is a pretty expensive hobby I must admit.
When a once-close friend of mine told me in passing that he is now attached, I naturally asked, "to whom??" and his reply was, "kaypo" - this was a sad sign that we're drifting apart and that he no longer cares for the level of friendship we once shared. It took me a while to accept it. Yes it hurts. I nevertheless have come to terms with the fact that there's a time and place for every good thing and what we once shared now belongs to the past.
I've been having consistently disturbing dreams for the past few weeks - hauntings from my past. I used to have them but they stopped for a while.. when I figured I had gotten over my traumatic past. I wonder why they're back to bother me. I used to wake up feeling confused, lost and often in tears. Now, I am able to handle them better - sometimes by laughing them off and going back to sleep without giving it much thought. I do hope this is simply a passing phase and that I am now strong enough to face those demons head-on.
So this is pretty much my life for the past month in a nutshell....
Anyone care for some catching up over a weekend?
:)
Sleep as become a luxury ever since school began. There is no longer "too much sleep" or "this is too early to go to bed" - when you have to be up by 5.30am every weekday morning. Last Thursday, I slept at 8.45pm and was still tired by Friday afternoon. I took a nap at 6.40pm on Friday and planned to wake up to meet Bern and
idiavalo for an after-dinner catch-up session. I didn't realize how exhausted I was for I woke up on Saturday morning at 2.30am instead. Sleep has certainly become a priceless luxury with the onset of work.
I have been doing my best to ensure that work has not become my whole life. I have been filling every non-working waking hour with reading. Ironically, it began the week before I started teaching and intensified considerably as work started piling up. It's probably an attempt to balance out work and creating an outlet from work. Thus far, I have completed Jeffery Archer's fantastic three-book-series and (Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell the President?) and and E.B. White's classic, Charlotte's Web. I'm currently reading my first Robert Ludlum book - The Matarese Circle. This will be followed by The Matarese Countdown and John Grogan's new book, Marley and Me. Other than my weekly treats to good food, this happens to be where all my hard-earned money is going to; reading is a pretty expensive hobby I must admit.
When a once-close friend of mine told me in passing that he is now attached, I naturally asked, "to whom??" and his reply was, "kaypo" - this was a sad sign that we're drifting apart and that he no longer cares for the level of friendship we once shared. It took me a while to accept it. Yes it hurts. I nevertheless have come to terms with the fact that there's a time and place for every good thing and what we once shared now belongs to the past.
I've been having consistently disturbing dreams for the past few weeks - hauntings from my past. I used to have them but they stopped for a while.. when I figured I had gotten over my traumatic past. I wonder why they're back to bother me. I used to wake up feeling confused, lost and often in tears. Now, I am able to handle them better - sometimes by laughing them off and going back to sleep without giving it much thought. I do hope this is simply a passing phase and that I am now strong enough to face those demons head-on.
So this is pretty much my life for the past month in a nutshell....
Anyone care for some catching up over a weekend?
:)