Today an acquaintance whom I haven't seen in a few months asked me how my summer was. I said, it was okay. What did I do during it? Not a lot, just sort of chilled. Did I go anywhere? No, not really. Oh. Right.
But that's kind of exactly the way I wanted summer to be. From September until May things are so crazy that taking a few months to do not a whole lot are really necessary for my mental well-being.
Case in point: it's September (surprise!), there's been exactly one week of classes and I'm already busy as hell. The way my program works is I study for a big test for six months, write it, and then I can start on a dissertation. The six months started at the beginning of the month, and it's a grueling schedule. I promised myself that I would take off one day a week, that being Sunday (not because of any religious regions, but because I'm usually hungover from Saturday's festivities).
So with my day off I decided to help out some friends and play a softball tournament. All day. From 10 am to 5 pm. And with all of us lying somewhere on the stereotypical nerd spectrum, we didn't do so great. But we had fun.
With my evening I am going to head out to meet up with some friends for beer and tacos at this hipster place to soak up what's left of patio season.
But that's kind of exactly the way I wanted summer to be. From September until May things are so crazy that taking a few months to do not a whole lot are really necessary for my mental well-being.
Case in point: it's September (surprise!), there's been exactly one week of classes and I'm already busy as hell. The way my program works is I study for a big test for six months, write it, and then I can start on a dissertation. The six months started at the beginning of the month, and it's a grueling schedule. I promised myself that I would take off one day a week, that being Sunday (not because of any religious regions, but because I'm usually hungover from Saturday's festivities).
So with my day off I decided to help out some friends and play a softball tournament. All day. From 10 am to 5 pm. And with all of us lying somewhere on the stereotypical nerd spectrum, we didn't do so great. But we had fun.
With my evening I am going to head out to meet up with some friends for beer and tacos at this hipster place to soak up what's left of patio season.
saillesong:
yea it was so dam hot here this summer I didn't get out much. I feel like summer slipped through my fingers this year. 