Homework for the Overactive Brain

Today's Quote--"Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me..."

Thursday, January 15, 2004

 

It was actually cold today! Well, alright, cold for socal, but I missed my little sweater! Yep, that nap really helped yesterday. Got some gifts from Pres. Ikeda...just like AnD, I need to write him a letter, for many reasons, not just the gifts. He really is the father of our school, and often I think of him as a second father as well. He certainly cares for us like his own children. Yes, must write. Must also write my article in Japanese for the Pearl. Herm. Trying to decide what I can write about, something interesting and unique about the program in Sapporo. Maybe I should read through my journal and see what comes up...any good ideas, and of course, I have to try and translate them into Japanese. Oy.

Lucky me, I feel so free, I don't have anything due until Tuesday at the moment, so I'm feeling rather slackish...like I wanna take another nap. (Like I haven't gotten enough sleep!) I feel bad, 'cause there are a lot of people already swamped with stuff...and I know soon I will be too. Especially if I can get that job...*sigh* No, my life is not all about money, but it's one of those problems in it that I've been trying to challenge, so my mind gets drawn there every once in a while. Hey, isn't it great we actually get a 3 day weekend? That never happens around here. Joys of a private college. Yeppers, but it's nice for us!

I think I might actually be heading towards my goal of figuring out my next step in life! I've signed up for the practice GRE and am in that psychology of education class. I'm doing that all important first step, research. Even if it's kinda round-about, I'm hoping I'll get some ideas of what seems to fit, and what doesn't. Maybe I'll just wrap all my ideas into one great job...a Education Psychology Researcher. Hee hee hee...there we go. I feel like a little kid, changing what I want to do every week, but I'm narrowing things down. Education Psychology Researcher. Criminal Psychologist. Teacher. Writer. Yeah, things are getting pared down.

Speaking of moving forward in life...I actually have a social event planned Monday! Yep me and ER are going to have dinner and a movie. Of course, we're both bubble children, I a soka bubble victim, him a SOCCO bubble victim. So, our dinner consists of meeting at the SUA cafeteria and the movie a DVD he owns that we're going to hunt down a TV to watch. So, yes, it's a rather lame excuse for a social event, but hey, at least we're attempting to move out of the bubbles...or, well, move around in the bubbles. Anyway, I'm excited...I haven't seen him in a few months, and we've never really just hung out outside of SOCCO, so hopefully we'll both have a good time.

So, despite my unease about returning, I think I might be okay. Now I just have to tend to some of my other relationships from Japan...*sigh* Maybe after that nap...

GL 3:47 PM