Friday, October 3, 2003
{my “day off”}
6:30 A.M. – Hit snooze
6:39 A.M. – Hit snooze
6:48 A.M. – Attempt to bounce cheerfully out of bed. At least manage to get out of bed and into full upright position.
6:49 A.M. – Time to get ready
7:20 A.M. – Crap. I don’t know where I’m going this morning. Get online to find directions.
7:40 A.M. – Grab a granola bar and hit the road.
8:00 A.M. – Escorted to journalism class by a CHS student. I don’t think I’ve ever been the racial minority before.
8:05 A.M. – Spend almost two hours assisting journalism class with newspaper
10:00 A.M. – Home. Check email, schedule appointments to meet with professors for a class project.
11:00 A.M. – Is it only eleven? I’m wiped. Naptime.
12:00 noon – Hit snooze
12:09 P.M. – Dang it. Reluctantly roll out of bed. Check email. Change away message – “I don’t wanna do homework!”
12:20 P.M. – Lunch
1:00 P.M. – Time to hit the libraries
1:30 P.M. – Search Reading Room for materials related to history research paper
2:30 P.M. – Read journalism education resources; take notes for writing summaries
3:00 P.M. – Read history article; search library for history paper materials
3:45 P.M. – Laugh as I walk down the library steps, which are serving as a makeshift stage for an ambitious actor
3:47 P.M. – Take a breather as I walk to my car; this is college life.
3:50 P.M. – Graham calls; accept assignment for newspaper story
4:15 P.M. – Final library stop of the day
4:20 P.M. – Read yet another history chapter
4:50 P.M. – Reward myself with carmel apple cider and purchase coffee creamer at Target
5:15 P.M. – Check email; learn that I need to spend tomorrow in Monroeville, AL. Must do homework.
5:30 P.M. – Eat dinner, watch Friends
6:30 P.M. – Write papers
7:30 P.M. – Write papers while watching second half of Miss Match
8:00 P.M. – Write papers
10:00 P.M. – Print papers
10:15 P.M. – Reward self by reading latest Entertainment Weekly on front porch; realize that even my leisure time is consumed with work. Such is life in the media. Swoon over Josh Lucas photo.
10:45 P.M. – Discuss innie, outtie, and in-betweenie belly buttons with Alisa.
10:50 P.M. – Get ready for bed
11:00 P.M. – Bore you with this entry
11:45 P.M. – Set alarm clock for 8 A.M. – I get to SLEEP IN tomorrow. And then drive.
Yes, yesterday’s post was infinitely better. But now do you realize why I can’t write daily?