What is this sorcery?!
I can honestly say that since I've started classes at University College Cork I have done minimal work...at least compared to work back home. Last semester at Wheaton was one of the more stressful semesters I have had yet. Having exams, lab reports or some kind of homework assignment due every week I would say going into Christmas break after fall semester, I was the definition of burnt out and the ability to escape it with Ireland was freeing.
But the time has come now for me to get my rear in gear and get down to business to defeat my assignments. That's probably why I decided to post now...I'M PROCRASTINATING. I have already written two essays, am currently writing one essay and have one more due. Let's not forget about exams in May! OH HAPPY DAY! It's really not all that bad, it's just been hard getting back into that 'schoolwork' mindset. Although I realize that I am in Ireland to study, junior year abroad has certainly been so much more for me. I have had the ability to travel in a foreign country and have come to love Ireland. But I digress.....
So writing all these essays has certainly left me re-evaluating my mental state. Frustration abound.
And I have had every emotion and feeling whilst pouring my heart and soul onto my computer. Shall I describe to you all the stages I have been through these past few weeks? I think I shall......
First stage: DENIAL
Second stage: REALITY SETS IN
Followed by Third stage: PANIC
Fourth stage: HELPLESS PANIC
*HELP ME*
Fifth stage: CRYING
Fifth stage Part 2: CRYING SOME MORE
Fifth stage Part 3: ETERNAL CRYING
Sixth stage: TEMPER TANTRUM
Seventh stage: RE-EVALUATE CHILDISH BEHAVIOR
Eighth stage: GET DOWN TO BUSINESS
Ninth stage: TYPE FURIOUSLY
Tenth stage: DISTRACTION BY THE INTERNET
Eleventh stage: REALIZING THREE HOURS WERE WASTED ON FACEBOOK
Twelfth stage: READING THE CRAP THAT I HAVE WRITTEN
Thirteenth stage: TURNING DOWN SOCIAL EVENTS
Fourteenth stage: DREAMS OF DRINKING
Fifteenth stage: GIVING UP FOLLOWED BY EXCUSES
Shortly followed by Sixteenth stage: PURE ANGER
and Seventeenth stage: INSANITY
Eighteenth stage: FINALIZING THE ESSAY
Nineteenth stage: ACTUALLY FEELING GOOD ABOUT ESSAY
Twentieth stage: SUBMITTING ESSAY
Almost always followed by sweet, SWEET JUBILATION
All in all I was quite 'Happy' to be rid of the damn assignments
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So that is what I have been doing with my life as of late. A cyclical, emotional and downright unreal state of being. Although I must confess, amongst the tears, the rage and the reading I have slipped and watched the ENTIRE three series of the BBC show "Sherlock". IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THIS SHOW YET, DROP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND WAAATTCCHHH ITTTT. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!!!
^reason enough to watch^
As a sidebar though, even after I'm through with my essays, I still have to pack and mentally prepare myself for my trip to Portugal in early April as I will be studying ecology there for a week! *Insert heavy breathing*
Wish me luck and safe travels!
Until the next post,
~B