October already?

I don't know what happened. All of the sudden, it's 45 days until I return to the US. It seems like such a blur in all reality...

This week has been strange - I've been sleeping, a lot. Inexplicably also, in my opinion. Today was the second day in a row I was unable to get up in time for my first class, and that led to a subsequent justification for taking the whole day off. Well...it's probably just because my sleeping schedule is completely whacked at the moment - I've been staying up until 1, 2 in the morning...plus 8 - 10 hours = wake up anywhere from 9 to noon. Hmmph. Perhaps tonight I'll try going to bed at, say, 11? Ironically tomorrow I have a light day, no class until 2 pm...

Not that I really think it matters, the classes here are nothing like Northeastern. There, I'd be inclined to go mainly because I knew that a substantial part of a term grade was based on actual participation. Here, it seems to be that course grades are based on one's ability to re-hash learned material. I suppose the one exception to this, and figuratively, the course I feel I'm doing best in, is my history class - that course requires two papers: no tests, no exams, not even that much reading.

I do know that I have some substantial catching up to do...I got my 2nd intro to logic test back, the grade was a spectacular 27%! (oh shit.) In my defense, I was really sick - I had the flu when I should have been studying, not to mention any emotional / mental chaos at the time...I did file the paperwork requesting 'compassionate consideration' for that test, maybe I'll get to take it again, or even better, just have the final exam count higher - because I am studied in the material...the last test was an 85% (which at UoA is an A-).

Also, I realized this week that I've done virtually nil on my senior dissertation...oops.

This weekend though most of my close friends are skipping town for another ski trip; of those left, one is busy with an orchestra concert and the other is in a precarious position equal to mine (well, maybe not...), and I don't know about the others. If I - upon finishing this - start working this afternoon, do a little tomorrow either before or after my two classes, and then go all out Saturday and Sunday, I should be able to handle a little drinking fun...

So on that note, time to delve into the wonderful world of Intro to Logic. Oh yeah, and laundry.