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Name: meg
Birthday: 8/25/1981
Gender: Female
Interests: Christianity, social justice, running, reading, spanish, kids, movies, travel
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education/Research
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AIM:  goozies
Member Since:
10/20/2003
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| sometimes when you calculate the hours in a single day (24?) and what i'm trying to accomplish within the walls of those hours.. it doesn't seem to add up. you do the math:
work: arrive around 7:15 every morning (which means wake up around 515 if you calculate the shower AND the commute) and leave between 3:30 and 4:00 (usually with work to take home like lesson plans or grading papers)
exercise: currently training for a half marathon; hitting the gym 3-5 times per week (which would take less time if i could just jump outside and go for a run.. but let's not forget... i live in chiCAgo)
grad school: thankfully i'm coming up on the end of my first major research course, which has consumed hours of my time in AND out of class.. but that doesn't mean that classes stop. i spend about 4 hours every thursday sitting in class, plus work and studying on top of that
boyfriend: relationships are time-consuming. need i say more?
sleep: i usually require about 8 hours. generally i get about 6-7 hours (and every once in awhile i catch up by going to bed at 8 or 8:30. which i guess means i'm a grandma)
everything else: life tends to happen sometimes, too. like a little girl in my class had surgery so i spent about four hours last week tutoring her at home outside of school. and one of sean's friends held a massive thirtieth birthday party in tahoe last weekend for 10 couples.. so i had to go! and my car broke down so i'm spending way too much time figuring out the details of getting another one.
here's the question of the day: at what point during the week am i supposed to just "live" ? or is this what "living" is?
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| I just decided that there's not a more perfect setting than a dark apartment with a beautifully lit Christmas tree.
I just need to keep my cat from climbing up the middle of the tree...
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| Today is the first day off that I've had since Labor Day. I needed it. I've been a heap of exhaustion and stress since the beginning of the school year. At one point I was taking two grad classes at once and my life started spinning just a little out of control. For me at least. My library books were a month overdue, my bills weren't all paid on time, and the stress level was starting to take over. That's over, and so are classes on Saturdays. Now I can just focus on one class at a time, and how it helps my teaching.
My new favorite thing: sitting on the couch on a rainy afternoon with the curtains closed but the shades open just chilling out and reading a book with my cat curled up next to me sleeping. And the things I have to get done on this long weekend...
- Read 6 chapters in my textbook for class
- Grade all the papers my students turned in during the last 2 weeks
- Write lesson plans for next week
- Figure out some sort of running schedule
- Catch up on a Beth Moore bible study for my home group
- Clean out my car
- LAUNDRY
- Get in a little R & R before school starts again on Monday
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| lately i haven't been able to do anything. it's so cold outside it's impossible. i get home, change into my pajamas, and crawl into bed. monday night i went to sleep at 8:00 p.m. tuesday night i had a list of things to do, so i went through my list and gathered all the materials necessary to check everything off, and placed the pile on my bed so i could accomplish everything from underneath my new down comforter. tonight i actually made it to the gym and out to eat with my dad.. so at least i don't feel compeltely lazy. but here it's 9:00 and i'm about to go back to bed. i need to move someplace warm!
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| well... tomorrow it's back to the real world. i'm finally recovered from the surgery. funny, it feels like i had it 3 months ago instead of 2 weeks ago!
so what are your new year's resolutions? i have one secret one that i'm not revealing until 2008 (and no, i'm not running for president).. and my main resolution is to stay centered .. basically keeping God first. it's funny because i don't think it's something i can "accomplish".. it more a daily choice and lifestyle. so my resolution is to make that choice every day.
what about you?
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