I decided that life is a lot more enjoyable when you don't have a billion different commitments beating down on you every second of the day. It's impossible to truly enjoy something and be in the moment when all I can think about is the next thing I have to do. It's actually quite exhausting. I can't remember when life stopped being fun and started being nothing but work, but I have a sneaking suspicion it was probably somewhere around the time I stopped playing with Breyer horses and Barbie. I'm beginning to see a pattern this semester: about every 2 weeks I have to sit down and refocus everything. My goals for training, my study habits, my social life (or lack thereof), work, lab...I think my next 2 week round is coming in the next day or two. Looking forward to it! Today I also got really, really, really homesick for my friend Dave and decided I hate Germany. Last semester he was my, "go to guy" for everything - and I mean everything - and not having th...
I like geography best because mountains & rivers know the secret: Pay no attention to boundaries.