Busy, busy, busy

Classes have started, deadlines have been set, caffiene has been drunk, and books have been piled.

It was quite a Day for me. I started out pretty good, woke up to my alarm at 6:50am, grabbed a rolled up poster and shoved the end into the "snooze" button (I am on a loft and my alarm is a bit too far away from me in a bookshelf). I then climbed down and got ready for my day. I was on time for class and was scarfing down some bannana bread for breakfast. The professor hadn't shown up yet, and I came upon my class waiting in the hall - so I used my handy dandy office **Key** to get into the classroom. Ahhh the power of the **key**.

German class lasted a good 2 hours and I headed up to my office and plopped all my books onto my desk. I had some forms that were due soon to waive any fees paid by the Graduate Teaching Assistant position. I ended up going to Deputy Hall and handing in what I could.

I then had lunch with some friends from classes last year and went up to my next class at noon. This class was a wonderful opportunity to give and take suggestions and problems between the new GA's. It was a great session and afterwards I felt ready for the next day coming up.

Office hours were spent organizing my files in my desk for each individual student.

After that, I ran back to my dorm at 4pm and ran into a friend living on my floor wanting to eat at 5pm. So, I took an hour to sit and unwind in my room, headed back out for dinner at Wally's and then came back to my room. I then spent from 6pm until 9pm working on my lesson plan for tomorrow. I *believe* I have a plan I am satisfied with, but I think I need to let myself relax a little - otherwise this may stress me out.

At 9pm I had an Oak RA meeting where we discussed "RA Shtuff". We had a good time and I laughed when some of my fellow male RA's explained a game that I hadn't heard of before. It involves a dollar bill and you have to breathe in to keep it on your mouth and then pass it on to the next person. /shrug. I just backed up a bit and laughed. Told him to go find a $100 bill before I'd play ;-)

After the meeting at 11pm, I walked into a resident trap where they wanted me to go to Perkins. I agreed I needed a break so we got into her car and four of us had late late breakfast. I had 3 pancakes and a big glass of milk. I'm soooooo fulllll right now.

So, here I am. Sitting at my computer, back hurting, legs propped up, and typing away. Time to tear off my "How Funky is your Monkey" socks and climb back into bed.