Well, I Retract My Former Statement...
TODAY it's like pea soup outside. Yesterday it was more like a bean porridge.
I'm generally kind of a fan of fog, but two solid days of living in a giant, wet cloud has begun to wear thin. Gray days do not improve gray moods, oddly enough.
My part-time gig was cancelled today, and there's plenty of productive stuff I could be doing right now, but I choose to take advantage of the extra hours by reading (and coughing) and napping (and coughing) and maybe finishing off the Anne of Green Gables: The Continuation DVD I became thoroughly annoyed with last night (while coughing, of course).
So there's a gal who was a former classmate of mine who lingered around after my Super Bowl party the other night to chat until the late night hours. She makes me grin, because she's feeling kind of frustrated by the program and is ready to leave but is unsure of what else to do with her life, and just basically sounds exactly like I did about three months ago. Right down to her complaints about the elitist nature of academia. I feel awful for her, of course, because I know how painfully gut-wrenching and soul-shaking a situation that can be. But in truth it is extremely mollifying to see someone else who is bright and capable and who thought this was where she was meant to be now have such tremendous doubts. Like, maybe I'm not such a fruitcake after all!
Anyway, I'm going to go cuddle up with a book and a blanket. Nice to have an unexpected day off once in a while, even if I am only barely working...
I'm generally kind of a fan of fog, but two solid days of living in a giant, wet cloud has begun to wear thin. Gray days do not improve gray moods, oddly enough.
My part-time gig was cancelled today, and there's plenty of productive stuff I could be doing right now, but I choose to take advantage of the extra hours by reading (and coughing) and napping (and coughing) and maybe finishing off the Anne of Green Gables: The Continuation DVD I became thoroughly annoyed with last night (while coughing, of course).
So there's a gal who was a former classmate of mine who lingered around after my Super Bowl party the other night to chat until the late night hours. She makes me grin, because she's feeling kind of frustrated by the program and is ready to leave but is unsure of what else to do with her life, and just basically sounds exactly like I did about three months ago. Right down to her complaints about the elitist nature of academia. I feel awful for her, of course, because I know how painfully gut-wrenching and soul-shaking a situation that can be. But in truth it is extremely mollifying to see someone else who is bright and capable and who thought this was where she was meant to be now have such tremendous doubts. Like, maybe I'm not such a fruitcake after all!
Anyway, I'm going to go cuddle up with a book and a blanket. Nice to have an unexpected day off once in a while, even if I am only barely working...