hello
Unlike everyone else i don't measure time in terms of years. The passing of the new year and my upcoming birthday don't really mean much to me. Don't get me wrong i like celebrating these things as much as the next guy (though every year the celebration gets smaller and more controlled: thus more enjoyable), but i refuse to make a big deal out of the fact that it's a new calendar year and i should have resolutions, or that i'm turning 22 and what do i hope to accomplish with this new feat. I'm just happy to continue living and enjoy doing what i like to do.
Last night Vernon asked me how could i be so sure about everything. My answer was two fold, though i only had time to explain to him the first part, which is that these things (the future) are in the back of my mind and they exist but are not being actively thought about. The second part that i would have explained but i owed Kristin a phone call back, was that as i've always been, i'm very much a realist about what i have in the now versus worrying about what to get or what i have to lose in the future. There's just too much that's important to enjoy in the present to focus on what *could* happen in the future.
I'm doing winterterm at hartford once again, however this time around i'm taking two courses, which today day 2 of the 7.5 hour days i'm already feeling the strain. The courses aren't bad at all, i just have to focus on them or i could easily not be prepared for the tests. At least there's only two weeks, and at this point, 8 days to go. I'm posting from the middle of my economics of transnational corp. after 3.5 hours of 1500-1700 history this afternoon. Not much time for wow in the window after class and bed, which these days i'm crashing around 11-1. depends on how much sleep i got the night before, which is really random. I really want the winterterm to end so that i can move on to my 4 programming classes next semester which will be both exciting and not so condensed. But i knew the nature of this term before i signed up, didn't i?
Kristin is student teaching and putting in 9 hour days in Avon CT. She gets home at 4, but i'm still in class until 830. Our limited amount of time together will be a big change, but it's really not a huge deal. She doesn't entirely agree, but i think once she's feeling better about being a teacher and not smashing kids musical soft clay pots, she'll calm down a bit. The spring wont be as taxing since i'll have some more free time, and not wanting to spend the time we have after class playing arena or doing massive amounts of reading/homework. Other than this new time schedule, we are doing great, constantly challenging each other and really enjoying each other's company. She's really someone who understands me at every turn, but also challenges me when it counts. I think if anything in the relationship had to improve it would be me doing what i don't want to do more for her, if that makes sense. In my head it does.
I just recieved the 6th comment this term on how small and great my laptop is. I feel bashful, especially in an economics class telling the story of how i got it for free when people inquire. But i really am thankful it's a tool i have, it has come in handy a multitude of times, and now i'm trying to use it to take notes as much as possible to reduce my paper output, which is already high from some of my professors.
Sorry for the tldr
Last night Vernon asked me how could i be so sure about everything. My answer was two fold, though i only had time to explain to him the first part, which is that these things (the future) are in the back of my mind and they exist but are not being actively thought about. The second part that i would have explained but i owed Kristin a phone call back, was that as i've always been, i'm very much a realist about what i have in the now versus worrying about what to get or what i have to lose in the future. There's just too much that's important to enjoy in the present to focus on what *could* happen in the future.
I'm doing winterterm at hartford once again, however this time around i'm taking two courses, which today day 2 of the 7.5 hour days i'm already feeling the strain. The courses aren't bad at all, i just have to focus on them or i could easily not be prepared for the tests. At least there's only two weeks, and at this point, 8 days to go. I'm posting from the middle of my economics of transnational corp. after 3.5 hours of 1500-1700 history this afternoon. Not much time for wow in the window after class and bed, which these days i'm crashing around 11-1. depends on how much sleep i got the night before, which is really random. I really want the winterterm to end so that i can move on to my 4 programming classes next semester which will be both exciting and not so condensed. But i knew the nature of this term before i signed up, didn't i?
Kristin is student teaching and putting in 9 hour days in Avon CT. She gets home at 4, but i'm still in class until 830. Our limited amount of time together will be a big change, but it's really not a huge deal. She doesn't entirely agree, but i think once she's feeling better about being a teacher and not smashing kids musical soft clay pots, she'll calm down a bit. The spring wont be as taxing since i'll have some more free time, and not wanting to spend the time we have after class playing arena or doing massive amounts of reading/homework. Other than this new time schedule, we are doing great, constantly challenging each other and really enjoying each other's company. She's really someone who understands me at every turn, but also challenges me when it counts. I think if anything in the relationship had to improve it would be me doing what i don't want to do more for her, if that makes sense. In my head it does.
I just recieved the 6th comment this term on how small and great my laptop is. I feel bashful, especially in an economics class telling the story of how i got it for free when people inquire. But i really am thankful it's a tool i have, it has come in handy a multitude of times, and now i'm trying to use it to take notes as much as possible to reduce my paper output, which is already high from some of my professors.
Sorry for the tldr