Overwhelmed? Why yes. Yes I am.

Well, it is 12:45 on a Tuesday night, and I am sorry to say that I have about 3 hours worth of homework ahead of me, if not more. And even if I do work for the next three hours, I will still be completely behind schedule. So why am I procrastinating, you may ask? Well, one reason is that I am a freshman in college, and that is what we do. Another reason is that I haven't had any time to myself today. I was in bed by 2 am last night, woke up at 8, went to the library for 45 minutes and was far too tired to be productive, went to sleep for 45 minutes at 10, went to Spanish at 11, ate lunch at 12, went to Shakespeare at 1 (which I didn't have time to do the reading for... and still won't have time to do it by Thursday), left for work at 2:35 (15 minutes after getting out of Shakespeare), got back to school at 4:20 in time to grab some homework and run to a meeting about tutoring (thankfully that took an hour less than had been anticipated because the guest speaker could not make it), got dinner at 5, sat in my room on my computer trying to rest for a moment, went to Perfect Pie rehearsal at 6:40, left at 10:20, and have been attempting to read Arthur Brooke's The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet for the last few hours.

Unfortunately my Thursday is going to be identical to today, except not only do I have a Spanish essay due and a Shakespeare quiz that day, I have a 6-8 page Shakespeare paper due on Friday. I've been hoping to get my Shakespeare paper finished by tomorrow, so that I would not have to work with it too much during my non-existent free time on Thursday. Unfortunately, things are not going as planned. I do have a good reason to try to get it finished as soon as possible, and that is that a friend of mine who knows a lot about Shakespeare has said he will take a look at it. Hopefully all will do well. For now I must get back to reading. I still have 20 pages of Romeus and Juliet, 27 chapters of Exodus, a Spanish paper to write, and hopefully a Shakespeare paper to start.

Come Friday, I will be a very happy girl. Until then.... f***.

Theatre Things

I thought it was about time to give another update about life at college. Everything is going very well, and I am extremely busy! Lately I have been attempting to work my way into the theatre department, and I have finally succeeded.

I am currently in the rehearsal process for a "lunchbox" (at lunch on a given day, you can buy a ticket, get a sandwich, and sit down to watch a short performance). It is a lot of fun, and I am performing a long monologue called "Mrs. Sorkin." Rehearsals are going well, and now my man concern is memorizing my lines.

Today I am going to meet with the Stage Manager of Perfect Pie, a play that is being directed by a student for his senior project, to begin as her Assistant Stage Manager, or ASM. Tomorrow will be my first full rehearsal with the show. Needless to say, I am very excited for this wonderful opportunity!

This weekend I get to see my parents and my dog, Maddie, as they are coming to visit for Family Weekend. We are going to go see Our Town, which opened last night, and I was able to usher for. We will be cheering on my roommate who has been performing beautifully.

Altogether, things are going very well. I'm going to be very busy with classes, homework, work, lunchbox rehearsals, and 3 hour Perfect Pie rehearsals, but I'm looking forward to every minute of it (well... maybe not the homework)!

AGW

Yom Kippur

Well, Yom Kippur is almost over, and I have to say, I'm VERY excited to eat. It's been a long day, but I'm glad I fasted this year. I didn't go to services today, but I went last night. Maybe next year.

Anyway, shana tova everybody! Have a happy new year and keep that slate clean!