The past four days of Jendom:

Sunday:
3056 Report and 3301 Report; end wakefulness approx. 2:30 am

Monday:
Class, 9-12. Research 12-2:30. Work on 3180 HW with group 2:30-4:45. Pick up lab report 5:00. Newslettering 5:00-7:00. 3056 Report and 3301 Report 7-10. Mini small group 10-11. 3056 and 3301 until 3 am.

Tuesday:
3301 report 7am-9:30. Machine shop safety class 9:30-11. Research 11-1:30. Class and lab (turn in 3301 report) 1:30-6. Technique 6-8. MRDC computer lab for 3056 report 8:30-10; 12-3am. Not done, but go to sleep.

Wednesday:
Miss alarm, wake up at 8am with unfinished report due in 4 hours. Skip 2 classes (give friend HW to turn in in one) to work on 3056 report. Print Report 11:15. Walk to MRDC 11:48. Turn in 3056 report 11:55. 3056 Lab 12-2. Home to shower, bake a cake, and ponder life 2:15-4:30. Technique and Chapter, 5pm-3am. Sleep at 4am.

Life is doing the 100 yard dash while I'm playing in the sand of the long jump. I knew this semester was going to be hard academically, but sheesh. Good thing? I'm not frustrated with the material, not mad at having to do the work; it's a part of learning how to be a mechanical engineer. And that's a good sign, because if I was supposed to be a Public Policy major, I don't think I would still be enjoying my life. I still want to save the planet though, in my spare time. Ha. Ha. :)

I've gotten to like this feeling of floating, not really knowing what's going to come out of your mouth since your brain is only half functioning due to lack of sleep. Kind of like being drunk without the throwing up or being horny. Or something.

The only sad part about the crazy busy life that is 3056 and 3301 is that there's no foreseeable end in sight; there's nothing tangible yet to look forward to, a break, a vacation. And that's the depressing part. That's the part that could make someone not want to care about doing well.

I'm sprinting the 26 mile marathon here.