It's inevitable.
I'm Feeling: 
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Friday night, after I posted, I stuck around on campus for the rest of the day with Michelle and Harry. We went to Northwest for dinner and met up with Mikey and my cousin Marc who was up visiting. Mikey made sure to swipe a couple cereal boxes from the dining hall for me. My brother is so thoughtful. XD After that, we went ice skating, and Harry wowed us all with his natural talent! He'd been skating once before, and was already doing things that Michelle and I couldn't on the ice. It was amazing. And then Michelle's brother Mikey showed up with his friends - decked out in shorts, a long-sleeve tee and a bright red plaid lumberjack hat. He whipped onto the ice like gangbusters. He has practically no clue what he's doing. It was probably one of the most hilarious things I'd witnessed all semester!
Greg came up to visit this weekend, too. It went by way too fast, as usual. After I put him to work he helped me around the house a bit and we went shopping, I cooked the most amazing pan of Italian sausage, peppers and potatoes that I've ever accomplished so far. :) Afterwards, we went across the street to Harry's place because Clark, Tom and Shawn were visiting, and played poker for no money again, lol. Maureen and Michelle's roommate Anna came along too, and it was SO MUCH FUN. And I was winning the whole time, until the very last hand, when Greg went all in and took it from me!! A few drinks later, it was back to our place for pizza and Mario Party 3 on N64. What a wonderfully nerdy night. :D
Sunday, Greg cooked breakfast (AND LEFT ME WITH THE DISHES. This will not happen again, sir. :-P), and then we watched Sweeney Todd because he'd never seen it before. All too soon, it was time for him to go home. :( But, on the bright side, I only have to wait one week to see him again instead of the usual 2, because his cousin Chris' wedding is this weekend. Commence to freaking out because I still don't know what I'm going to wear...
Ugh, the freaking out. No matter how hard I try to suppress it, it seems to be inevitable with me. I suck at controlling or hiding my emotions. Last night I'm surprised I didn't freak out when I realized that on top of my schoolwork and extra-curriculars, I have to come home for the next 2 or 3 weekends in a row. That time that I'll be spending traveling is time that I usually set aside to get something, anything, done, and I know that I get almost nothing done at home. Needless to say, that's a worry. And much as I don't like dropping things (I have this awful phobia of letting people down and them...strongly disliking me after that), I think I have to. :(
Today I got a LOT done on the CommPACT project, and I still felt like I was behind for some reason. It dawned on me that I hadn't made a WebCT post for one of my classes that was due 4 days ago! I must have tensed myself up so much last night just thinking that this broke my stress threshold for a minute, and I started to hyperventilate and shake, as if one silly post would ruin my entire grade for a 1 credit class. I should have slapped myself. Instead, I called a few girls in my cohort in an effort to have a clear-headed direction in which to go.
I feel like kind of an idiot for freaking, but I knew it was because of the night before. And I knew I needed to take a break before doing anything else when my hands were shaking reaching for things around my desk. On the positive side, the stress didn't completely get the best of me, because a) it passed and b) I didn't cry. And we'll also point out that I've gone over a month of grad school so far without stressing out. I am improving!! Things are looking up.
And now, I'm watching Dancing With the Stars. And I am ending this night on a relaxing note, dammit. ;)
recumbent
Friday night, after I posted, I stuck around on campus for the rest of the day with Michelle and Harry. We went to Northwest for dinner and met up with Mikey and my cousin Marc who was up visiting. Mikey made sure to swipe a couple cereal boxes from the dining hall for me. My brother is so thoughtful. XD After that, we went ice skating, and Harry wowed us all with his natural talent! He'd been skating once before, and was already doing things that Michelle and I couldn't on the ice. It was amazing. And then Michelle's brother Mikey showed up with his friends - decked out in shorts, a long-sleeve tee and a bright red plaid lumberjack hat. He whipped onto the ice like gangbusters. He has practically no clue what he's doing. It was probably one of the most hilarious things I'd witnessed all semester!
Greg came up to visit this weekend, too. It went by way too fast, as usual. After I put him to work he helped me around the house a bit and we went shopping, I cooked the most amazing pan of Italian sausage, peppers and potatoes that I've ever accomplished so far. :) Afterwards, we went across the street to Harry's place because Clark, Tom and Shawn were visiting, and played poker for no money again, lol. Maureen and Michelle's roommate Anna came along too, and it was SO MUCH FUN. And I was winning the whole time, until the very last hand, when Greg went all in and took it from me!! A few drinks later, it was back to our place for pizza and Mario Party 3 on N64. What a wonderfully nerdy night. :D
Sunday, Greg cooked breakfast (AND LEFT ME WITH THE DISHES. This will not happen again, sir. :-P), and then we watched Sweeney Todd because he'd never seen it before. All too soon, it was time for him to go home. :( But, on the bright side, I only have to wait one week to see him again instead of the usual 2, because his cousin Chris' wedding is this weekend. Commence to freaking out because I still don't know what I'm going to wear...
Ugh, the freaking out. No matter how hard I try to suppress it, it seems to be inevitable with me. I suck at controlling or hiding my emotions. Last night I'm surprised I didn't freak out when I realized that on top of my schoolwork and extra-curriculars, I have to come home for the next 2 or 3 weekends in a row. That time that I'll be spending traveling is time that I usually set aside to get something, anything, done, and I know that I get almost nothing done at home. Needless to say, that's a worry. And much as I don't like dropping things (I have this awful phobia of letting people down and them...strongly disliking me after that), I think I have to. :(
Today I got a LOT done on the CommPACT project, and I still felt like I was behind for some reason. It dawned on me that I hadn't made a WebCT post for one of my classes that was due 4 days ago! I must have tensed myself up so much last night just thinking that this broke my stress threshold for a minute, and I started to hyperventilate and shake, as if one silly post would ruin my entire grade for a 1 credit class. I should have slapped myself. Instead, I called a few girls in my cohort in an effort to have a clear-headed direction in which to go.
I feel like kind of an idiot for freaking, but I knew it was because of the night before. And I knew I needed to take a break before doing anything else when my hands were shaking reaching for things around my desk. On the positive side, the stress didn't completely get the best of me, because a) it passed and b) I didn't cry. And we'll also point out that I've gone over a month of grad school so far without stressing out. I am improving!! Things are looking up.
And now, I'm watching Dancing With the Stars. And I am ending this night on a relaxing note, dammit. ;)