Me at 3 p.m.: Okay, if I want to upload these materials tomorrow, I should start preparing them today...
Me at 5 p.m.: But I don't wanna prepare for class right now!
Me at 11 p.m.: Okay, I guess I'll just plan this today...
Me at 2 a.m.: *has done like 80% of the work* But I'm not done yet! *falls asleep*

Isolation and lack of schedule are doing strange things to my brain. I'm seriously considering allowing my circadian rythm to switch to 30 hour days until things return to normal. Should I do this?

Pros:

- My body and brain often just want to sleep for ten hours at a time instead of eight and then stay awake longer. That's how I end up in this ( Read more... )

So I'm going on vacation with my parents again. Northern Greece, probably. For now we're in Warsaw. I don't like this city. It always gives me this awful almost-claustrophobic feeling, even outdoors, and in hot weather it's even worse. At least we're leaving tomorrow ( Read more... )

Second day of conference and I've barely managed to talk to anyone. It's not even that nobody ever speaks to me. They say hi and ask me something, but before I can answer they're not listening any more. Whenever I try to join a conversation, everyone just stops talking and wanders off in different directions. Or they just don't notice me at all. ( Read more... )

Yesterday we went to the labs in Paris and after that I wandered off to do some sightseeing. Then I "accidentally" missed the last train back to Sevres. It was an interesting experience. Full story later, because I need to get some sleep some time. I'm surprised I didn't fall asleep at the lectures today.

After many weeks of Professor T. insisting on proofreading it over and over again and then not having the time to actually do it ( Read more... )

Sometimes, when I work on something interesting, I don't even notice how tired I am. For a while. Eventually, I realise I need a break. But I keep going for a few more days because this is not the right moment to stop. And when I finally get a break, I end up sleeping til noon and not doing anything for a few days, even though I was going to do all ( Read more... )

On the train home from Warsaw, I spent almost five hours happily talking to some strangers. I almost wish we'd exchanged phone numbers at some point, except I know we'd never get around to calling each other anyway. Still, it was nice ( Read more... )

I wonder if anyone would notice if I didn't come to work tomorrow.

Have you ever been told to sit quietly in the corner with some paper and crayons and not bother the grown-ups? After travelling halfway across the continent just to talk to someone?I'm trying to work. Really. But it's hard to focus when I know that I could do all this stuff at home and when I finally get to talk to the people I came here to talk to ( Read more... )