kamianya

My life is ridiculously busy right now. I'm spending all my free time reading, writing summaries of the readings, or writing lesson plans, soon to add grading homework to the list. I had to drop the one RPG I was planning on taking part in this year. I can't do the costume designing I was hoping too. Half those readings are for a class I'm not enjoying, and the readings are hell. I'm going to have two 20 page papers, when I've never written a paper longer than 12 pages, and also a take home final that will be about 15 pages. I'm only sleeping so-so, I'm dealing with meds and allergy testing and waiting for all my furniture to arrive so I can build it when my desk finally comes in...

...and it's all worth it. I'm learning so much. I'm possibly less stressed than I've been in ages, despite being busier than I can ever remember. Last night, after archeology (the class I have to take that I'm not particularly loving), 7 of the 8 of us went out to dinner together after, since the class ends at 7:05. And one of those people, the other linguistic anthropologist among us, brought her boyfriend, so the number went back up to eight.
There's this kinda amazing feeling of "we're all in this together", where everyone seems totally willing to give advice, or to commiserate together, or just to chat. I'm sharing my office with another of the first year TAs (there are only three of us, out of about twelve, I believe), and a second year. They're both archeology. Yet we still get along great.

And it's time to run off to class.
I miss all of you in the Brandeis/Boston/Worcester area...but I'm glad to be where I am.