09/21/2006: "My, time keeps flying by. Has it already been a month?"

More days go on and another week goes on by. All told, it wasn't all that bad of a week, actually, but I'm exhausted for some reason or another. I should be getting enough sleep, though I'm not sure if I'm eating enough. I blame it on being in the sun all the time and biking to and from school, but I'm just not hungry (though the situation means I should eat more). Regardless, I try to eat when I can to make up for it.

Ended up getting totally confused in Japanese class mid-week and stopped by to see my teacher to clear things up. She's really helpful and nice, and fortunately it turned out that the problem wasn't that I'm behind or anything, mostly a matter of the book using phrases I've never heard of before. Not sure how to counter this, but it put my mind at ease, and I guess it just means I need to try to derive more meaning from the written conversations in the book. Hmm.. I've also written a quick paper for one of my classes, done homework, read literature, got my term-paper topic approved, lined up some interviews for that (or at least got people to agree to hear me out for my proposal).. and that's about it. I think I may be getting sick now, or at least coming down with something. Since I got home, I feel hot (feverish) and achey all over. To combat this, I've been going about taking in 4x the suggested vitamin C (36oz of orange juice + some candies.. yeah!), which seems to help in warding off these things.

I'm at a bit of an impasse right now. To do my term-paper, I need to buy a book (I rather need to book as a reference, and I can't borrow or find it in the city). Also, since someone stepped on my bike helmet earlier this week, there's some damage to it and I should probably replace it (just to be on the safe side). I'm on a budget right now, so I need to make a choice. Most likely, the helmet's fine (especially if I don't plan on landing on the back of my head), and I rather need the book. I'm also opposed to hitting my head on concrete, though. It seems mightily painful, and I imagine that the piece of the helmet that broke off was probably there for a reason.

Can't worry about these things now. I'm going to go to bed, sleep, wake up, and hopefully study in the morning for my test. Even better if I'm not sick in the morning.


Jason