In Which My Blog Misses Choir
October 2, 2014
This week was much shorter than usual due to the presence of Rosh Hashana. This meant that the start of my week was fairly hectic work wise. In addition, my blog went down while I was on retreat and I was struggling to bring it back up. To combination of exhaustion and technical frustrating led me to miss Choral Society on Monday night and spend a few hours on server administration instead, finally bringing my blog back up and starting to get back to my writing routine.
Homework seemed to be going a little better, although there was still constant deadline pressure and not nearly enough time to get everything done.
At this point, I started to get sick. The next day I woke up and something definitely wasn’t quite right. My body was drained, my eyes blurry and my nose and throat a mess. I struggled through the day, regretting the time spent practicing piano and not sleeping. Finally, when it came time for Glee Club rehearsal I just couldn’t do it anymore. After an hour I let Tony the section leader know that I wasn’t up to the rest and went to my room to pack my bags for my flight early the next day to Chicago. Given the state I was in, I did really pay much attention to the packing and would pay for it later, but gladly, at 9.30PM I was fast asleep.
Monday – Day 210
March 1, 2013
Monday was as per usual. Very intense with few breaks. Physics recitation in the morning, which went excellently for once, I really understood the problem set! Next up was a meeting with my CIS551 (Security Team), unfortunately, Swaraj, the Indian guy who was meant to arrive, never showed, having slept through his alarm. Amalia, sitting across from me, was just as unimpressed as I was. Next up was a meeting with a student of mine, who was having some troubles in the course, luckily enough, it was largely due to a run of bad luck and one or two silly mistakes on the assignments. Very easily repairable.
Networking and Security were the same as always, nothing particularly fascinating from either. Following that I had a little time before my recitation to prepare and today’s activity was decided on as a brief introductory play and then more group activities. I also received feedback from my students today, and while they appreciated the effort and energy I put in, a few also had useful constructive criticisms that I will hopefully take well into account.
I was a bit too late to rehearsal today, which was unfortunate, as since the Spring Show, I’ve really been enjoying them again! A quick break in between for dinner, then choral society. Unfortunately Steph was no longer able to make it due to group meetings for her management class, but fortunately we decided to keep our Monday night chat tradition alive. Thea, a friend from Perth, thankfully was still there and I enjoy our chats when walking back.