Aug 27, 2007 14:16
so i'm sitting in what will eventually be the room i share with the other graduate TAs, snacking on some carrots and generally killing time before a meeting with my 101 professor so we can go over who's teaching which section and, i hope, what exactly it is we're expected to do. this is all pretty terrifying - grad school starts tomorrow, and i have little to no cognizance of this. i really feel like i've been watching someone else live my life for the past two weeks, and it's as if they've slipped out and handed me the reins with no guidance whatsoever as to where i was going or what my path was. i suppose working two consecutive 75-hour weeks will do that to you, but man. man am i completely unprepared for all of this.
i don't know. i'm 1000% overwhelmed by just about everything and i feel a bad, bad turn coming on. i'm doing what i can to stay out of it, but the daily goings-on of my life are not helping me any in this regard. you could say that i'm not handling this well and not be too terribly wrong. but eh, i'll make it. don't really have a choice, now, do i?
i did, however, get a 10% TA discount at the bookstore. that was nice. i also got a new watch yesterday - the story of how i lost my old one is fairly amusing, but not one i feel needs telling now. maybe later.
we'll see.