October Craziness

Lately I have been feeling a little overwhelmed.  Perhaps, feeling burned out.  Juggling between an internship, a full graduate course work, and a graduate assistantship with much more responsibilities is giving me no time for myself to do anything.  It’s like, I’m stuck in the world of higher education, and that’s it.

I already knew October was going to be a huge month for me.  I have several major higher ed finance projects due, a midterm to study for, and a conference to attend in which I’m co-presenting… am I whining?  I might be.  Compared to the full-time working mothers with a family to take care of, which is the norm in this field, my workload is nothing.  However, in my capacity, so much is happening before I leave for the conference in Austin.  I NEED MORE TIME!  I’m trying to keep up my positive spirit and sleeping before midnight (when I can), and staying excited about things.  Foremost, I am excited about going to Austin and having a chance to co-present for the first time.  Z will also meet me there to spend the weekend with me, which I find to be pretty romantic (hahaha!).  Oh, and my 25th birthday is during conference!  Party time is on (not really). 

I like that my workplace has a nice, peaceful courtyard area.  Usually it’s filled with guys smoking, but I got lucked out when I came outside.  I chilled for about half hour just looking at the garden, the sky and getting some fresh air.  Evening air is becoming quite nice and cool, in fact. I felt much better afterwards. Occasional break to outside is definitely something I need to do more often, especially since Wednesdays are killer days for me.  8am-7pm workday, ohhhhh yeah. I know my dad will just say, “suck it up; you’re young.”  I know, I know, dad. :)

My apologies for posting such a negative post after hibernation. I am feeling much better, though, after getting some late dinner and watching some TV shows.  Now back to researching.