October the 28th: Too much sewing @_@
I think it is becoming a tradition that I sew my Halloween outfits super close to the deadline. Like, still working with it the day before (the party I'm going to is a few days early) and certainly the day of, gah, got five ruffles to sew tomorrow, thank god I have a five hour gap between classes and the party tomorrow. Still, gaaaaaahhhhhhhh. Plus I need to finish my Japanese homework, it's fixing up some stuff I wrote before but since I used verbs from outside of class I don't know how to correct my conjugations plus I can't remember which sentences I need to add a new ending on that I just learned. Hoping that my morning class lets out early tomorrow so I'll have more time to look up the verbs and figure this all out (and that I haven't messed up too badly so far).
So, messed around in the darkroom a bit, ran around to get laundry money, met about study abroad, class, met with people from the Women's Center about a joint group with knitting club, took photographs, and then sewed like there was no tomorrow. The study abroad meeting went pretty well actually. I (finally!) found two schools in our system last night that do have photography programs, one in New Zealand (Christchurch, it sounds like we've sent photo students there before and it's a good match) and one in the UK (Sunderland). I need to do more research into both but, while NZ is the better fit I might have a better chance of getting into the UK school, better rate of exchange between our two schools and I'm looking at a bilateral exchange program (which means that I shouldn't be paying tons more than what my tuition+room+board already is here). The next step for me is to get some letters of recommendation and I'll start work on those next week.
And no work done on my paper today, not sure if I'll get any done tomorrow but I MUST get some done over the weekend. Gah, if only I didn't have to be in the lab on Sunday, it takes up just so much of my time. I keep thinking Man, just wait until the weekend, then you'll have free time. And then I realize no I don't and then I think, well, Thanksgiving break! No, I'll probably spend the whole time either traveling or with family. Winter break? Hopefully working. Spring break? Job hunting. Summer break? Working! Is this what being an adult is, looking at the next year of your life and seeing no real breaks? It's really damned depressing and I keep thinking now "Okay, I'm doing just too much" and then realize no wait, usually I've tried to balance out my plans each day and then other people decide that stuff HAS to be done on that day and I'm expected to scramble and follow their whims. It's bloody annoying, I'm trying to balance my life and I know it's give and take but I haven't gotten any give!
So, messed around in the darkroom a bit, ran around to get laundry money, met about study abroad, class, met with people from the Women's Center about a joint group with knitting club, took photographs, and then sewed like there was no tomorrow. The study abroad meeting went pretty well actually. I (finally!) found two schools in our system last night that do have photography programs, one in New Zealand (Christchurch, it sounds like we've sent photo students there before and it's a good match) and one in the UK (Sunderland). I need to do more research into both but, while NZ is the better fit I might have a better chance of getting into the UK school, better rate of exchange between our two schools and I'm looking at a bilateral exchange program (which means that I shouldn't be paying tons more than what my tuition+room+board already is here). The next step for me is to get some letters of recommendation and I'll start work on those next week.
And no work done on my paper today, not sure if I'll get any done tomorrow but I MUST get some done over the weekend. Gah, if only I didn't have to be in the lab on Sunday, it takes up just so much of my time. I keep thinking Man, just wait until the weekend, then you'll have free time. And then I realize no I don't and then I think, well, Thanksgiving break! No, I'll probably spend the whole time either traveling or with family. Winter break? Hopefully working. Spring break? Job hunting. Summer break? Working! Is this what being an adult is, looking at the next year of your life and seeing no real breaks? It's really damned depressing and I keep thinking now "Okay, I'm doing just too much" and then realize no wait, usually I've tried to balance out my plans each day and then other people decide that stuff HAS to be done on that day and I'm expected to scramble and follow their whims. It's bloody annoying, I'm trying to balance my life and I know it's give and take but I haven't gotten any give!