Yikes. (life update)
So I might have three exams on the same day in two weeks...that's exciting. I realized this on Tuesday and immediately I started panicking. It doesn't help that on I had several moments over the weekend where all the math homework that I had to do started getting to me. By Tuesday, I was exhausted, done with people and desperately in need of a recharge. Unfortunately, Tuesday was the craziest day of the week for me and after my classes I went straight to OLV to help with the Mardi Gras Dinner that Catholic Retrievers was volunteering at. It was a lot of fun and I'm glad I went, but I don't think that I was as mentally present as I could have been. I mostly spent my time interacting with children, which is probably good because I'm not sure I had much capacity to be social that night.
Wednesday and Thursday were better, I guess. It's been a weird week and although there were fun parts and times that I enjoyed, but most of the week felt really monotonous and I just felt empty throughout most of it. I'm not really sure why I felt this way, but I think that on a scale of 1-10, I only ever really hit a 7 or 8 this week and even then only for a hour or so at a time. I was a mess of stress on Saturday night because I wanted to get housing for next year locked down (that should be set now though!) and while I was productive on Sunday, I still didn't feel super great.
Anyway, I'm determined to end the monotony. I'm going to try my best to make my self feel both the highs and lows of daily college life. This semester is flying by and although my classes aren't nearly as stressful, there something missing this semester which is making me enjoy it a lot less. I still love what I'm doing though. I was working on my Assembly project earlier today and just getting part of it working was so exciting to me. It's just so different than any language I coded in before and I'm happy to be finally starting to get the hang of it. 302 is also quickly becoming one of the best math classes I've taken. Dr. Shen is really great and the material is super interesting as well. Learning basic topology this semester makes me excited to take that class in the fall. I'm also lucky to have a bunch of friends in that class and that make homework and study sessions a lot of fun. TAing is also going well this semester and I'm excited to continue to get to know the students in my section. So yeah, there are some good things that are happening this semester.
A couple things to wrap up this post. First, another song recommedation (I really like doing this). This week's song is "How Would You Feel (Paean)" by Ed Sheeran. I've like some Ed Sheeran songs in the past, but this song is the first one of his I've heard and not been able to stop listening to. It's so sweet I think I have cavities from listening to it so much. It reminds me of "Thinking Out Loud" but for some reason I like it so much more. It's just adorable and I love the guitar solo in it. I'd definitely recommend giving it a listen and I'll link to it below. Also, I had the opportunity to be on my friend Alyssa's Survivor podcast recently. It was one of my favorite parts of the semester so far and we had a great time discussing non-Survivor viewers' opinions on the latest cast. I imagine it will bore most of you but I'll link it below as well in case you are interested. Doing this podcast has made me think about how much fun it would be to have my own podcast, so there's a non-zero chance that will be happening at some point in the near future. We'll see...
How Would You Feel:
Survivor Scholars Podcast:
Until next time.
-E.
Wednesday and Thursday were better, I guess. It's been a weird week and although there were fun parts and times that I enjoyed, but most of the week felt really monotonous and I just felt empty throughout most of it. I'm not really sure why I felt this way, but I think that on a scale of 1-10, I only ever really hit a 7 or 8 this week and even then only for a hour or so at a time. I was a mess of stress on Saturday night because I wanted to get housing for next year locked down (that should be set now though!) and while I was productive on Sunday, I still didn't feel super great.
Anyway, I'm determined to end the monotony. I'm going to try my best to make my self feel both the highs and lows of daily college life. This semester is flying by and although my classes aren't nearly as stressful, there something missing this semester which is making me enjoy it a lot less. I still love what I'm doing though. I was working on my Assembly project earlier today and just getting part of it working was so exciting to me. It's just so different than any language I coded in before and I'm happy to be finally starting to get the hang of it. 302 is also quickly becoming one of the best math classes I've taken. Dr. Shen is really great and the material is super interesting as well. Learning basic topology this semester makes me excited to take that class in the fall. I'm also lucky to have a bunch of friends in that class and that make homework and study sessions a lot of fun. TAing is also going well this semester and I'm excited to continue to get to know the students in my section. So yeah, there are some good things that are happening this semester.
A couple things to wrap up this post. First, another song recommedation (I really like doing this). This week's song is "How Would You Feel (Paean)" by Ed Sheeran. I've like some Ed Sheeran songs in the past, but this song is the first one of his I've heard and not been able to stop listening to. It's so sweet I think I have cavities from listening to it so much. It reminds me of "Thinking Out Loud" but for some reason I like it so much more. It's just adorable and I love the guitar solo in it. I'd definitely recommend giving it a listen and I'll link to it below. Also, I had the opportunity to be on my friend Alyssa's Survivor podcast recently. It was one of my favorite parts of the semester so far and we had a great time discussing non-Survivor viewers' opinions on the latest cast. I imagine it will bore most of you but I'll link it below as well in case you are interested. Doing this podcast has made me think about how much fun it would be to have my own podcast, so there's a non-zero chance that will be happening at some point in the near future. We'll see...
How Would You Feel:
Until next time.
-E.
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