Sunday, October 11, 2009

Wow, twice in as many days

So, I must admit that my last post was made under emotional duress. I did not sleep very well the previous two nights. My brain works in a funny way: I need at least 4 hours of sleep to have any effectiveness whatsoever, and Thursday night, that was all I got. I have a tendency to be crabby when I don't have at least six, so I was a little bitchy. The dog kept waking me, and I had coffee too late in the day.

Friday night was an absolute disaster sleeping, with only about 2 hours. Accumulation of deprivation is really bad. After a couple of days of sub-par sleep, I start losing control of my emotions, and I've said it before, I'm basically a Vulcan. I have to have a strong control of my emotions because if I don't, then it runs like wildfire. Had I not gotten a decent night's sleep last night, I would have been crazy today, in a psychopathic kind of way.

But anyways, now that that's all better, I can get back to work. I went to Grace Episcopal this morning, and thanks to the icy roads, it was disastrous driving (almost hit by psycho-lady), and there were literally more people who did all of the liturgical stuff for their service (mass?) than attendees.

Whatever. Anyways, the rest of today should be dedicated to further pursuits in the historical field, as I desperately try to get ahead before I'm working half time. If I don't have something by the time I hit full-time stride, I'm going to be screwed.

I made a list of five things to work on by the end of the year:

1. Work on my potty mouth (I'm going to get rid of 'shit' and 'fuck' from my vocab. It sounds nasty, and I don't like saying it).
2. Obviously, my graduate school work.
3. Eliminate credit card debt (only $500, but still...).
4. Raise savings to at least $1500 (may not be possible...we'll see)
5. Re-energize Latin/French. Four languages at one time is too much for me.

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