10/13/2006: "[Library] One more week of responsibility"

I don't have any more classes today, and "the Japanese Guy" doesn't have classes either, so I'm supposed to go over to talk later tonight, do the language thing, then have dinner. Since we're both free, it naturally struck me that it'd be a better use of time to go over early instead of sitting in a library for 3 hours for no reason. Alas.. he's not picking up his phone, so my "awesome plan" has been thwarted. Darn.

Turns out that sleep didn't really help my mood much. Same stuff, different day. I'm making progress in the book I need to read, though I still need to start (and hopefully finish) my paper tomorrow and prepare for my Japanese language test next week. I feel busy. Too busy. Blah. At this point, though, I'm hitting the upper limit of devotion, where basically you decide to "let the pieces fall as they may". Last semester, the night before a midterm I hadn't studied for, I spent 4 hours making a pixel-perfect copy of a video-game character out of 1" paper squares and tape (it's still in my window, actually). I haven't gone that far yet, but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to keep strong and be a good student through the coming week.

As an aside, I got an A on that midterm that I blew off studying for in the Spring.

I finally heard from the girl in the UK. She's willing to put me up for awhile over Winter break if I can arrange a trip out there. It's remarkably tempting to do it, to get away for a week or so this Winter and run around another country, and to visit with people. But to go to the UK would be to accept that I won't be going to Japan for awhile. All facts point to that I should go, and I want to, but it seems so much easier to stall than to commit and make a decision. Fortunately, I still have time to sit on it.

I'm going to call "Japanese Guy" again in a bit and, when he doesn't pick up, go back to reading this book I need to have read by Tuesday.

Another fun day in a fun week. I'm hoping next week picks up or, more realistically, the week after. Can't be too picky, you know.


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