Just Keeps Going, and Going, and Going...

Four shots of espresso, a half-hour "nap," and knowing that I am only THREE days away from an awesome-tacular weekend in Berkeley is what is keeping me going. Not even the Energizer Bunny can run on empty, but apparently, I can.

I stayed up all night writing three papers - all due today! They all kind of really sucked (I didn't even have time to proofread), but I am hoping to redeem myself during the second round of midterm-paper-writing coming up again in a few short weeks.

Now I have hundreds of pages of backed up reading and several practice midterms to take in preparation for the 40%-of-my-grade midterm in judicial politics tomorrow. I suddenly remembered during my Paris class today that AS Lecture Notes sent me an email a few weeks ago to inform me that archived notes from the last time judicial politics was offered (several years ago) was available for purchase, so I headed straight to their officer in the Old Student Center the moment my professor finished lecturing on Bastille Day and the beginnings of the French Revolution.

As I was walking toward AS Lecture Notes, I thought to myself, "YES! MY DOODLING-DURING-CLASS-AND-THEN-LEAVING-AN-HOUR-AND-A-HALF-EARLY-EVERY-TIME ASS WAS SAVEEEEEEED!!"

When I arrived at the counter, I told the person inside that I wanted the archived notes. He shuffled around to find an order form and said, "Okay, they will be ready at 10 am on Friday."

"Friday?! Umm... my midterm for this class is TOMORROW. Is there anyway I can get them... earlier?"

"Oh. Wow. Okay, hold on - let me see what I can do."

I really appreciated how the guy genuinely seemed to have tried to get me my notes earlier because the other two girls working at the office just gave me this "I-can't-believe-you-waited-until-the-day-before-your-midterm-to-come-ask-for-lecture-notes-and-now-you-expect-me-to-help-your-procrastinating-bad-student-ass-out? NO FUCKING WAY!" look when they heard me beg and plead for the archived notes. Grr.

The guy tried his best, but I still was not able to get an earlier pickup time. I will not even be here on Friday to pick them up!

Now I have to study hard for the midterm on my own. Ahhh.

I had not read for my history section or my environmental law class and I was so exhausted by 4 pm that I decided to take a nap instead of going to section because I would not have been able to make it through the night otherwise.

Since my freshly laundered sheets (long story, no time to tell, but let's just say it involved two HUGE, VERY UGLY bugs) were still tangled up in the pile of laundry in my hamper and I did not have time to fuss with making my bed again, I grabbed my pillow and took my nap at my desk.

My lovely roommate who knew that I had stayed up all night writing my papers suddenly decided that the moment my head hit the pillow for my thirty-minute nap before class was the perfect moment to start making phone calls to her friends. Multiple calls. Talking very loudly. INSIDE OUR ROOM.

So that as my "nap."

I kind of hope I can just knock out after my midterm tomorrow night and sleep until I have to leave at 4:45 am on Friday morning to catch my 6:30 am flight.

I am scared to take any more "naps" or to close my eyes for an extended period of time from now until after my midterm tomorrow because I might not wake up in time to study. Then I would be screwed, big time.

My bed is still not made anyway. So no place to sleep even if I wanted to! What better motivation to not sleep could there be, eh?

But for now... back to attacking my books with an assortment of colorful highlighters!