I'm sleepy and want to go back to bed,
It's not that I didn't get enough sleep....it's just too cold to funciton.
49 degrees fahrenheit this morning...that's 9C.
Too cold, too cold.......
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
-W. Clement Stone
Some days optimism is hard, isn't it?
Working, studying...just living. Sometimes we're tempted to say things like "this is too hard" or "there's no point."
This week, I'm making an effort to stay positive. Yesterday was a fantastic day, and most of it came from somewhere inside my brain.
Perspective.
I'll keep encouraging myself so good things keep coming.
I was really worried about what would happen if I withdrew from my Victorian Literature class.
But, looking at my transcript and my major and core requirements, it looks like I'm fine. I'll need to pick up a class in period literature next semester but, aside from that, all I need is a second semester of Spanish and I'm all set to go!
o(^▽^)o
Now, all I have to do is convince JET that I'm not a creep megane salaryman stalking freak.
(＃⌒∇⌒＃)ゞ
Peace comes to you at the strangest times, doesn't it?Sitting here at my desk, looking out the window to see mountains that, day by day, are covered in more snow, I feel at peace.
I'm worried about the application to JET, worried about school and graduating without having to take a class this winter, but somehow I still feel okay.
Maybe it's the large cup of coffee I'm drinking.
Maybe it's good conversation early in the morning.
Whatever it is, I am filled with a sense of being "okay."
"The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives."
--Armistead Maupin
I'm currently finalizing my online JET application. It took me about an hour to fill out my job history because I had to hunt down addresses for things. Now I'm stuck on these two sections:
33. Honors, Awards, etc Please list any honors, awards, scholarships, offices held and achievements gained. Also, list dates received. (3000-character limit)
34. Extra-Curricular Activities Please list any extra-curricular/volunteer activities and interests/hobbies. Also, list dates of involvement in each activity, club or team. (3000-character limit)
I.....don't have any awards or honors, nor do I have extracurricular activities. I work, then I go home and sleep. So question 22 is right out. But, I wonder, for question 34 if they just want me to go ahead an list unaffiliated interests if I don't have any clubs or organizations I belong to.
*sigh*
I'll have to make sure my essay doesn't suck. Please let them ignore the fact that I've accomplished nothing. Please let them just see that I am proficient in my language and a generally nice person who's been to Japan before and will hopefully not be a burdento them.
Also my work history. Look at my company dedication. What loyalty! Surely that's why my ability to socialize with my species is crap.
*double sigh*
I have no confidence. (_ _。)
Lots to do today. I spent all of yesterday relaxing, so now I have to kick up my productivity and get schoolwork, JET application, and housework done today. I've made a list, so hopefully that will keep me on task.
My first order of business is to read a book for school. I will do this while takinga nice, relaxing bath to fight the chill of the rain. It's 40F out today, which is 4C. And it's raining.
It reminds me of the day I spent at Hiroshima Dome, drenched in rain, freezing, but having a fabulous time.
Now to work! To work!
I'm still too poor to buy groceries, but I've got some salmon in the fridge for tonight. I'm looking forward to a nice salmon wrap for dinner and some salmon and fried rice for breakfast tomorrow.
Recently, because I haven't had the variety of product in my fridge that I'm used to, I've been falling back on old favorites, like honey toast.
Mmm. Nothing makes a morning like honey toast and lavendar tea.
The polar bear at the Denver Zoo
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We got a D+ on our presentation. I've never received a D+ on anything I'd put work into before. It's infuriating.
It's insulting. ヾ(▼ﾍ▼；)
Now, because of the hideous grades on the group work, I'll have to withdraw from the class. This means tacking an extra class on next semester to make up the credits, since I needed credits to graduate.
Grrrr!
Val came over tonight to keep me company in my ire. We ate pasta with sausage and watched the cast commentary of Fellowship of the Ring for the millionth time.
It's still just as funny.
Now I'm going to relax and sleep in in the morning.