It's hard balancing all this crap that I have to do for school. I didn't realize it would be this much, but my god I literally have piles of things I have to work on. I'm so ready to graduate.... but then what?
What in the world will I do? Even though graduation seems so far away, it's really not all that far, which is frightening. I really have to get my shit together this year!
I started working out again, which is excellent. Been trying to go in the mornings so that I can get it over with. Having a normal sleeping schedule really isn't my thing, but I'm working on it.
I've been reading the House of Mirth for school. It's an interesting book, not something I'd read on my own but I like it. There is a line in the story that I really like and I'm not sure why, but it's ingrained in my brain. Ha, that rhymed.
"You are an artist and I happen to be the bit of color you are using today." - Laurence Seldon.
This weekend I'm going to see a RENT, a community play my friend is in. It should be interesting. I really don't like musicals, but I promised I'd go. HOW AM I GOING TO HAVE A SOCIAL LIFE AND GET ALL THIS WORK DONE? I have to write a short story before next weekend so I can go to San Antonio and see Erica.
Also, random, but I've been planning spring break and I think I'm going to go to South Carolina to visit Jose! If he will let me, ha.
Now I am off to the gym!
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Week 3: READ
So, I'm still getting used to school. And my sleeping schedule. It's all kinds of messed up. I feel like this semester by the time I get into the groove of things it will be over.
I've read 2 novels since I last posted. Well, actually let me be clear, I've read two novellas. I enjoyed both greatly. Daisy Miller and The Castle of Otranto. I forgot how much I love reading and talking about stories and books and themes and all of that stuff. What I don't miss is reading with a time constraint and writing papers and group projects. I don't think I'll understand that value of those.
Things I've done this week.
Cleaned.
Read.
Read.
Saved an adorable lost puppy.
Picked up Ross from the airport.
Read.
School.
Assignments.
Tomb Raider.
Vodka.
Read.
School.
Did I mention reading? Because I did more of that.
And tonight I hung out with my girls and got some drinks. This is the first time that allllll of us could actually get together. We hung out for a good 4 hours. Talked about everything. Glad I have those special girls to bond with. :)
Well, I need to get myself ready for bed. Thank goodness tomorrow is the start of my weekend! But unfortunately it will be spent... well you know... reading.
I've read 2 novels since I last posted. Well, actually let me be clear, I've read two novellas. I enjoyed both greatly. Daisy Miller and The Castle of Otranto. I forgot how much I love reading and talking about stories and books and themes and all of that stuff. What I don't miss is reading with a time constraint and writing papers and group projects. I don't think I'll understand that value of those.
Things I've done this week.
Cleaned.
Read.
Read.
Saved an adorable lost puppy.
Picked up Ross from the airport.
Read.
School.
Assignments.
Tomb Raider.
Vodka.
Read.
School.
Did I mention reading? Because I did more of that.
And tonight I hung out with my girls and got some drinks. This is the first time that allllll of us could actually get together. We hung out for a good 4 hours. Talked about everything. Glad I have those special girls to bond with. :)
Well, I need to get myself ready for bed. Thank goodness tomorrow is the start of my weekend! But unfortunately it will be spent... well you know... reading.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Week 2: Long week.
Well, I'm feeling much better now. No more cold.
School has begun. I'm taking four classes this semester. All English. I have Romantic Literature, Literary Criticism, advanced fiction writing and finally American literature. I'm really only interested in the last two, but the other ones seem interesting. Even though this semester is going to kill me, I'm looking forward to it. I've read a few short stories for my fiction writing class. The book is called Stay Awake, by Dan Chaon. When I first started reading, it was probably about 12 or 1 in the morning. I didn't realize that the title meant that when you read these short stories, you will be kept awake. Either from the eerie factor, or because it's just an engrossing book. I'm actually excited to talk about it during class.
Let's see. Mostly school took over this week. Nothing too exciting has happened since my last post. I'm just trying to get acclimated to the new semester as well as trying to readjust my sleeping schedule. Boy, that's fun.
Today I had work at 6 in the morning. I wasn't even needed (even my manager asked why I was there) but I worked for a few hours, on no sleep. I stayed up all night. Partly from being a little freaked by the book, but also because I'm dumb and stay up when I shouldn't. I got off work early and rushed to my bed. Thought I'd take a quick nap before my class at 3. Almost slept through it. Thank goodness I woke up 30 minutes before and RACED to school. Only showed up 10 minutes late. Better late than never right?
Tomorrow will be another long day. I have to take Ross to the airport, since he's going on a skiing trip. Poor guy hurt his back today, though. Hopefully he'll still have a good time, and hopefully he'll stay safe. After I take him to the airport I have to go straight to work and then when I'm off, I'll probably start reading a novel for school. That I'm supposed to finish by next class.
And so it begins.
School has begun. I'm taking four classes this semester. All English. I have Romantic Literature, Literary Criticism, advanced fiction writing and finally American literature. I'm really only interested in the last two, but the other ones seem interesting. Even though this semester is going to kill me, I'm looking forward to it. I've read a few short stories for my fiction writing class. The book is called Stay Awake, by Dan Chaon. When I first started reading, it was probably about 12 or 1 in the morning. I didn't realize that the title meant that when you read these short stories, you will be kept awake. Either from the eerie factor, or because it's just an engrossing book. I'm actually excited to talk about it during class.
Let's see. Mostly school took over this week. Nothing too exciting has happened since my last post. I'm just trying to get acclimated to the new semester as well as trying to readjust my sleeping schedule. Boy, that's fun.
Today I had work at 6 in the morning. I wasn't even needed (even my manager asked why I was there) but I worked for a few hours, on no sleep. I stayed up all night. Partly from being a little freaked by the book, but also because I'm dumb and stay up when I shouldn't. I got off work early and rushed to my bed. Thought I'd take a quick nap before my class at 3. Almost slept through it. Thank goodness I woke up 30 minutes before and RACED to school. Only showed up 10 minutes late. Better late than never right?
Tomorrow will be another long day. I have to take Ross to the airport, since he's going on a skiing trip. Poor guy hurt his back today, though. Hopefully he'll still have a good time, and hopefully he'll stay safe. After I take him to the airport I have to go straight to work and then when I'm off, I'll probably start reading a novel for school. That I'm supposed to finish by next class.
And so it begins.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Week 1: New beginnings
Hey, what do you know? It's the new year. 2013. Didn't think we would make it after December 21st. Glad we did. ;)
Let's be real. I've missed blogging and blogging has missed me.
It may be from the drugs (cold medicine) or from being insanely bored and unable to sleep due to my horrible head cold, but I want to write continuously again. But I'm changing it up this year. Instead of writing every day, I plan to write ever Wednesday. WRITIN' WEDNESDAY. Don't you just love the sound of that? WW. Perfect.
It's strange to look back at my other post, and also very embarrassing. I've grown a lot, and I think it's time to start fresh, so I'll probably delete (maybe) the other posts after moving them into a folder. I still want to keep them, but my god. I will never post another BLAH post in my life. That is just unacceptable, and as someone who is now an English Major, I need to step it up. Right? I want to be able to look back on this and remember ever little detail. That's what it's for. Not to remember the shitty day I had, or the uneventful time spent. I want to remember the little things. Each and every little detail of my week, or about other people, pop culture, world events... whatever. I want it logged. Here's to 51 weeks. :)
There have been a few memorable moments that have happened since the beginning of the new year. Well, for one, I got an amazing new computer! My first PC in a long, long, long time. Pretty ecstatic that I have it. It makes writing so much nicer; it's so big and open rather than the cramped version I have on my laptop.
I went on a date. We went to Main Event. I won pool once. I beat him in lasertag through a technicality and I got three hole in ones. That's really all I'm going to say about that.
I've gotten in a fight with one of my friends over something ridiculously silly and petty, but my stubbornness wont allow myself to correct it, and neither will hers. Makes for a perfect combination of bitchiness and unresolved problems. Perfect. I know things will work themselves out eventually.
Also, get this. I'm sick! You knew that already, but I love that even though I've only been sick once since my surgery in June, I'm sick now. Most of my other blogs revolve around me being sick and I'm not even kidding. Maybe I'll keep them up just so you call scroll through them and see.But really, this time it's not that bad. I think I got it from being in the cold for too long without a coat. Oops. I know better now. That surgery really did do wonders, though.
Well, I should probably try and go to sleep. Even though I REALLY hate sleeping when I have a runny nose. It's the worst.
See ya next week.
Katelan
Let's be real. I've missed blogging and blogging has missed me.
It may be from the drugs (cold medicine) or from being insanely bored and unable to sleep due to my horrible head cold, but I want to write continuously again. But I'm changing it up this year. Instead of writing every day, I plan to write ever Wednesday. WRITIN' WEDNESDAY. Don't you just love the sound of that? WW. Perfect.
It's strange to look back at my other post, and also very embarrassing. I've grown a lot, and I think it's time to start fresh, so I'll probably delete (maybe) the other posts after moving them into a folder. I still want to keep them, but my god. I will never post another BLAH post in my life. That is just unacceptable, and as someone who is now an English Major, I need to step it up. Right? I want to be able to look back on this and remember ever little detail. That's what it's for. Not to remember the shitty day I had, or the uneventful time spent. I want to remember the little things. Each and every little detail of my week, or about other people, pop culture, world events... whatever. I want it logged. Here's to 51 weeks. :)
There have been a few memorable moments that have happened since the beginning of the new year. Well, for one, I got an amazing new computer! My first PC in a long, long, long time. Pretty ecstatic that I have it. It makes writing so much nicer; it's so big and open rather than the cramped version I have on my laptop.
I went on a date. We went to Main Event. I won pool once. I beat him in lasertag through a technicality and I got three hole in ones. That's really all I'm going to say about that.
I've gotten in a fight with one of my friends over something ridiculously silly and petty, but my stubbornness wont allow myself to correct it, and neither will hers. Makes for a perfect combination of bitchiness and unresolved problems. Perfect. I know things will work themselves out eventually.
Also, get this. I'm sick! You knew that already, but I love that even though I've only been sick once since my surgery in June, I'm sick now. Most of my other blogs revolve around me being sick and I'm not even kidding. Maybe I'll keep them up just so you call scroll through them and see.But really, this time it's not that bad. I think I got it from being in the cold for too long without a coat. Oops. I know better now. That surgery really did do wonders, though.
Well, I should probably try and go to sleep. Even though I REALLY hate sleeping when I have a runny nose. It's the worst.
See ya next week.
Katelan
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