| Whining, TMI, and the Need for a Nap |
[Oct. 2nd, 2008|11:26 am] |
So... tired... must... sleep.
I have finally hit something of a rhythm with my school/work/parenting/life schedule that is working out for me generally speaking. That rhythm, as it turns out, doesn't leave much time for hanging out, writing, updating this, or even sleeping... but it is working out. You see, when things get hectic and overburdened, I just default to a very procedural lifestyle. Everything gets much more rigidly structured and I just start acting by rote. I schedule myself to be up by 6am most days, so that I can do a bit of homework before I start my day; about half of the time, I choose to get up at 7 instead (more on that shortly). I'm at work or school by 8 (depending on the day), while at work, I try to squeeze in a bit of homework or something when there are few students and, since I'm not teaching any classes this semester, that works out to a solid half hour or 45 minutes of homework in a 5 hour shift. This allows for last minute studying if there is a test, or a last minute push for pending assignments and projects; often very necessary.
After work, I jet over to (or back over to) UofM-D to handle another class or two. On most days, this means class until 6, although on Wednesdays it means class until 9, due to an Astronomy lab. After class, it is back home to make dinner, help the kids with their homework, and try to spend some time with them before I start to do my school work. I typically try to hit bed by 12, although as often as not by the time I unwind start trying to sleep it is around 1am. Nearly every night I wake up for no apparent reason between 2 and 3am (it skews earlier the earlier I go to bed), so I go and work on homework for another hour or so. If I spend more than two or three hours on it, I adjust my wake-up to 7am, otherwise I leave it at 6.
Now, if you are doing the math, this means that I do not have much time for homework during the week. The weekend typically is where I make up that time in studying and finishing homework and projects. Of course, this is where the distractions come in, and I have some awesome distractions. Last weekend was ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rbradakis's birthday party and a SMOS dinner, the weekend before that was the Tour de Troit, a Penguicon meeting, and friends; before that there were weekends of birthdays, parties, meetings, and SMOS dinners nearly every weekend... and weekends going forward aren't looking any less distracting. This weekend [3-5 Oct] is Conclave at the Crown Plaza near the airport (astute observers might note that this is the location of next year's Penguicon convention, too) which Ger and I will be attending (and even more cool, get to hang with the always hilarious daddy_guido and dek9). Next weekend [11 Oct] we have the Tour de Livingston (featuring the newly shirted TEAM ALPACA!) followed by a birthday party. I get a relatively light weekend in the middle, there, because on [18 Oct] I have only a Penguicon ConCom meeting. Things kick back off as the month ends, though, with both Bill Putt's and the Stilyagi Halloween parties on [25 Oct], then another to attend the next weekend after trick-or-treating on Halloween itself with the kids [31 Oct-1Nov]. All of this, as always, can be found on my calendar.
A moderately busy month. So what can't-miss stuff do you have going on this month? What should I be attending that I forgot (or never heard) about?
Back to the grind, but when I get a moment I desperately want to delve into some lengthier pieces; one on politics, one on the upcoming conventions (ConFusion and Penguicon). |
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tired
pleased
bouncy
awake
accomplished
contemplative