Mmmkay...

I'll be back soon (hopefully). No promises. I first need to create a schedule so I can effectively get all my homework done while still being able to survive work and going to classes and hanging out with my boyfriend. So there is a possibility I don't update very often. I'm not entirely sure what that case will be as of yet, but when I've figured it all out, I'll send information your way.

On the other side of things, health has been a big issue of mine lately and it's starting to wear on me. I'm not the type to purposefully procrastinate, but it happens a lot because I can't focus easily thanks to my idiopathichypersomnia. I also have problems, thanks to this medical issue, remembering what I just read or even remembering what I've done in the day. As I tell others, I can tell you what I had for dinner on an obscure day a month ago, but I can't tell you what I had for lunch yesterday without thinking really, really hard. That's why I'm so frightened of this semester when it comes to Media Law. It's not a subject I'm extremely interested in and it's a subject I have to study over and over again in order to get it in my brain on a good day. Most of my days aren't that good, which means extra pounding to the like 10th degree. Plus, I'm always up late studying because I can't focus, which leads to lack of sleep, which leads to me getting sick like I did this weekend, which leads to more procrastination that was not intentional, which leads to me stressing out and rushing to get everything done, which leads to more late nights. I think you see the cycle. In any case, I'm making myself a schedule and I'm going or at least going to try my hardest to stick to this schedule so that I can have a successful semester.

For now, my goal is to get all my homework for my "main" classes (Choir, Law, Layout and Design, and Asian Philosophy) done over the weekend. This is basically just Law and Philosophy for right now. Layout and Design won't have homework/projects until the second half of the semester. Law is basically reading and filling out a study guide. Philosophy is basically reading and understanding terms and concepts before coming to class. Both have quizzes in the class. Law's don't hurt your grade, but the average of those quiz scores can replace your lowest test score and they're open-note quizzes, so why pass up a great opportunity? Philosophy's quiz scores can hurt your grade, but if you do bad on a quiz and go talk to him about the class on your own time, he'll give full credit for up to two of your lowest quiz scores. So it's very important to do this work, not only for the tests/papers, but also so I don't have to backtrack and visit my professors for "extra" credit or screw myself over and not have the luxury of replacing a low test grade or even not having to worry about the final. So my weekend will consist of reading/writing for Law and Philosophy, which will allow for me to use my week to work on Photojournalism and relax after work instead of rushing to get things done within a 3-4 hour time frame (assuming I finally sleep at a normal time).

I've already screwed myself over for this week since I got sick this weekend and was unable to do my homework for the week. So I'll be playing "catch up" all week. This means that tomorrow after work, I'll be reading and filling out the study guide for Wednesday's Law class. Then Wednesday will be my make or break day where I'm going to be working from the time I'm out of class (around 2) until bedtime (hopefully midnight) to get all the work for this week done plus at least half the reading for Photojournalism. So this will be a long reading for Friday's Law class, reading for two terms in Philosophy, and at least a chapter in Photojournalism. Seems easy, but it's deceptively long (blame the Law. 2 pages of reading can magically become 100 questions [don't ask]). Hopefully I'll be able to crack down and focus and be done early enough to see my boyfriend and hang out for a while (cross your fingers, please).

I've been losing weight lately. I'm down to 108 lbs the last I checked (last week, I think). It's kind of a scary thought since I eat like a pig and should technically be gaining weight. So I'm going to up my calorie intake and attempt to eat even more so that I can at least stabilize at 108 or possibly gain weight. I'm not asking to be 130 lbs, which is my supposed ideal, but so I'm not underweight or close to it would be quite nice.

So my goals before I can start back here are: making a schedule, increasing my calorie intake, exercising (although I weigh little, I'm severely out of shape), sticking to the schedule, and just trying to maintain a healthy, happy lifestyle.

Cheesy, yes. But we'll see what happens when I make the schedule. I think this is more than enough information for now, so I'm off to read some terms for Asian Philosophy before sleep! G'night!