Time Will Turn and Tell
I know, Sunday came and went and I didn't put up a post. My weekend didn't really go as planned, and I didn't have time to put one together yesterday.
We have three full weeks left of classes (with one hanging monday). It's nice to finally have the end in sight, but with everything left to do, it feels so far away. For the major, in order to graduate, we have to fill out a "Practicum Book", where we have to do specific tasks a certain number of times, and management or a professor has to sign us off for it. It's general horse-related things like cleaning stalls, applying poultices, cleaning equipment, etc. None of it is terribly difficult, it's just time-consuming given how much we have to do, and I transferred in, so I have half the time to do everything. I have about 1/3 of the book left, and I am trying to do at least a few more things every day. I made myself a little calendar and wrote a couple things in every day, and if I stick to it I will have most of the last full week free to work on my thesis presentation. The presentation is another thing stressing me out. It has to be a 15 minute (exactly) presentation on one study I used to write my paper. I have been trying to plan it out, but the people around me are taking up so much of my time, I don't get to work on important things.
My biggest stressor comes from the people around me. Everyone is under a lot of pressure given it's the end of the semester and half of us are graduating, but I have been trying to stay out of it. I don't like being involved in drama, especially when I have more important things to be doing. Unfortunately, they all know where I live, and find me to throw me in the middle of their petty problems. All they have to do is knock, and my roommates let them in, regardless of what I say. They have kept me up way too late every night this weekend. It's exhuasting. I have chronic insomnia already, and I am getting older. I can't fully function on just three hours of sleep every night. Not anymore. Plus, I definitely caught a cold. It's been building up for the last couple of days. As much as I want to spend time with them and enjoy the last few weeks, I also need to get work done so that I can actually graduate. I have tried being around them and working on things, but they can get very obnoxious and loud, and will help themselves to my laptop to close out of what I am doing so that I can give them my full attention. It's aggravating. Just because you don't care about your own grades doesn't mean I don't care about mine. This is hopefully my last semester for my last piece of paper. I don't want to screw it up now.
I haven't had a chance to game or really watch anything this week, so I'll skip those sections this time around.
April 17-23 is Penguin Random House's #ProjectReadathon Million Minutes campaign! I am so excited and going to do my best to read at least 20 minutes per day. Here is the description of the event: "From April 17 - 23, the week leading up to UNESCO’s World Book Day, you have an opportunity to #ReadWell and to help young readers in local communities throughout North America. All you have to do is read. Browse and read the free, timed excerpts from our books and authors on this site - from Biography and Memoir, to Health and Wellness, and from Sci-fi & Fantasy, to Young Adult and the Classics - triggering book donations from Penguin Random House to Save the Children, up to 300,000 books." You don't ned to sign up for anything, you just pull up the page, click on a book that looks interesting to you, and start reading! You can sort by genre and average read time (anywhere from 5 minutes to over an hour). If you are interested in participating or want to know more, you can check it out here!
Hope everyone had a great weekend, and a happy Easter if you celebrated!
We have three full weeks left of classes (with one hanging monday). It's nice to finally have the end in sight, but with everything left to do, it feels so far away. For the major, in order to graduate, we have to fill out a "Practicum Book", where we have to do specific tasks a certain number of times, and management or a professor has to sign us off for it. It's general horse-related things like cleaning stalls, applying poultices, cleaning equipment, etc. None of it is terribly difficult, it's just time-consuming given how much we have to do, and I transferred in, so I have half the time to do everything. I have about 1/3 of the book left, and I am trying to do at least a few more things every day. I made myself a little calendar and wrote a couple things in every day, and if I stick to it I will have most of the last full week free to work on my thesis presentation. The presentation is another thing stressing me out. It has to be a 15 minute (exactly) presentation on one study I used to write my paper. I have been trying to plan it out, but the people around me are taking up so much of my time, I don't get to work on important things.
My biggest stressor comes from the people around me. Everyone is under a lot of pressure given it's the end of the semester and half of us are graduating, but I have been trying to stay out of it. I don't like being involved in drama, especially when I have more important things to be doing. Unfortunately, they all know where I live, and find me to throw me in the middle of their petty problems. All they have to do is knock, and my roommates let them in, regardless of what I say. They have kept me up way too late every night this weekend. It's exhuasting. I have chronic insomnia already, and I am getting older. I can't fully function on just three hours of sleep every night. Not anymore. Plus, I definitely caught a cold. It's been building up for the last couple of days. As much as I want to spend time with them and enjoy the last few weeks, I also need to get work done so that I can actually graduate. I have tried being around them and working on things, but they can get very obnoxious and loud, and will help themselves to my laptop to close out of what I am doing so that I can give them my full attention. It's aggravating. Just because you don't care about your own grades doesn't mean I don't care about mine. This is hopefully my last semester for my last piece of paper. I don't want to screw it up now.
I haven't had a chance to game or really watch anything this week, so I'll skip those sections this time around.
April 17-23 is Penguin Random House's #ProjectReadathon Million Minutes campaign! I am so excited and going to do my best to read at least 20 minutes per day. Here is the description of the event: "From April 17 - 23, the week leading up to UNESCO’s World Book Day, you have an opportunity to #ReadWell and to help young readers in local communities throughout North America. All you have to do is read. Browse and read the free, timed excerpts from our books and authors on this site - from Biography and Memoir, to Health and Wellness, and from Sci-fi & Fantasy, to Young Adult and the Classics - triggering book donations from Penguin Random House to Save the Children, up to 300,000 books." You don't ned to sign up for anything, you just pull up the page, click on a book that looks interesting to you, and start reading! You can sort by genre and average read time (anywhere from 5 minutes to over an hour). If you are interested in participating or want to know more, you can check it out here!
Hope everyone had a great weekend, and a happy Easter if you celebrated!