Long Week

I've made a few cosmetic changes around here to reflect my whole new sunken ship theme. Mostly because I do feel a bit like I'm adrift on a plank in a troubled ocean and under attack by sea serpents (I figured the metaphor works well here, as my blog is about a famous boat). Why? Grad school is crazy nuts, that's why!

The past two weeks, I've... well, let's just say its been busy as hell, and I'm ready for a much needed rest over spring break.

Here's the good news:

1. I recently delivered my first full lecture to a class this week, and the only improvements my advisor suggested were that I don't use the overhead projector to hand-write notes and that I drink my water out of a cup instead of a bottle (which is distracting, apparently). In other words, she thought I did an awesome job. This meant a lot to me, coming from her.

2. I totally nailed my stats test today. Well, at least I hope so. I felt really good about it, andI normally don't have a feeling one way or the other about a test (even when I end up nailing them anyway). Well, we will see.

I recently got the 1970's version of The Hills Have Eyes, and I'm excited to watch it before I see the remake sometime this next week.

Oh, did I mention that I'm doing absolutely NOTHING at all for my spring break? It's going to be glorious! I can't wait to get started on all of my nothing! Huzzah!

In the meantime, I hope I can catch up on sleep and get a little reading done. My insomnia has been really bad the past few weeks, and it's cutting in to my work day as I have a harder and harder time getting out of bed in the morning.

A lot of it is that once I get my mind to calm down enough to get to sleep, I just don't want to wake up. I find myself adrift in an ocean of senselessness, where I don't have to think or speak or feel or dream.

Oh, to be a sea serpent silently swimming that sea of solace in serene solitude...