Running on empty / I HATE O CHEM!!!!!

It is the best of times; it is the worst of times.

This week hasn't been very fortuitous. The electric co. pangseh-ed us; I'm doing horrendously in O Chem (and when I say 'horrendously' I mean Horrendously: 1 SD below average, not like 1 mark from an A); it was rainy and freezing cold when we went wading in Jackson Park today, I missed the turn there twice cos I was terrified of getting on Lake Shore Drive, and my lab partner and I took so long identifying all the aquatic organisms we collected that I missed my Greek drill session (will have to make it up somehow); Wanyun's car died; and I think my sociophobia is increasing (how ironic).

I read an article somewhere about activity binging in college, i.e. taking on more than you can chew. The journalist's story was that he wanted to try a bit of everything, so much so that his activities often overlapped (#1 tell-tale sign of activity binging) and when his day was done, he was so stressed out from work that he played pool til 3am (now doesn't that sound familiar...) Not sure if that's exactly what I'm doing but it sure feels awful to be working til 2 most nights.

Efficiency efficiency. I will not go on MSN even when our Internet is up (right). Ok ok, maybe I'll just keep off eBay. AFTER I get our toaster and coffee maker ;)

Screw it all. It's really easy to moan about the bad stuff and forget the great stuff, e.g. my incredible housemates cooked me dinner, listened to me vent about my entirely sucky day, and brought me out for late night supper! So I'm warm and full and couldn't ask for better housemates right now :)

Anyway, maybe the college experience IS about getting overloaded, rushing deadlines and trying to squeeze in proper meals etc. I just pray that in the middle of all this madness there'll be time to stop and smell the coffee, appreciate the cool stuff I'm learning and all the relationships I'm building... to see God reflected in all His glory wherever and whenever I am.