Hard to Tell, pt. 1

Is Mike in Misery?

Well, Mike is in Missouri, so yes.

But I don't have much time to evaluate my actual state of mind. It's crunch time, folks. Here's a schedule of things I've been doing.

(starting Thursday, for some reason)

Thu 10/16 - Education debate in lab (which I got in trouble for), horrible discussion over The Female Complaint in CDI, Hockey Game in St. Louis with Matt and Joshua
Fri 10/17 - Steven and Katie visit from Kentucky
Sat 10/18 - My nephew's football game and niece's birthday in Moberly, MO.
Sun 10/19 - See The Faint in Columbia. Meet The Faint (cause I'm in the in-crowd now).
Mon 10/20 - Read Analyzing Narrative Reality
Tue 10/21 - Read Inside Toyland: Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality
Wed 10/22 - Finish Inside Toyland, write response, bullshit Freud in social theory, pumpkin carving party
Thu 10/23 - Embarrass myself and a few students in my TA Lab because of an asshole hobbit.
Fri 10/24 - Of Montreal show in St. Louis with William. Damn that shit is crazy. Achieve level 70 in World of Warcraft.
Sat 10/25 - Apple themed fall party at a professor's house.
Sun 10/26 - Grade 20 papers, conduct a lifestory interview, observe a natural lifestory telling, read Habermas' Toward a Rational Society
Mon 10/27 - Finish Habermas, write Habermas paper, read Analyzing Narrative Reality
Tue 10/28 - Finish Analyzing Narrative Reality, Read Alchemy of Race and Rights
Wed 10/29 - Finish Alchemy of Race and Rights, write response paper over Alchemy of Race and Rights.
Thu 10/30 - Collapse in a heap after class.
Fri 10/31 - Halloween Party
Sat 11/1-11/5 - Transcribe interviews, write paper paper over two life stories, grade 60 papers, VOTE, Ted Leo Concert, read my life away

I could keep going (or include more daily activities)....needless to say, I have little time for anything. I should be doing more. This is a crazy life. I've never had a schedule this planned out before. Some days I get up at six in the morning and work until midnight. Other days I lay on the couch watching TV literally all day. Either way, it's planned.

And planned with guilt embedded.

When people ask me how I'm doing, I can't really tell them I'm miserable because I have no time to be miserable....but maybe that is miserable. Hard to tell.

One thing I can say for this schedule. In mid-December, I drop everything and go home. I don't know if I'm more excited about seeing everyone or NOT having this schedule. Hard to tell.

-Mike