Oh so many things.

Really. There are a lot of things to do. Sure doesn’t feel like it, but it’s true. That’s because most of these things that I have to do don’t have a hard deadline. At least not for the time being. It’s either something that I have to do at my own pace (that is, it doesn’t require a submission of any sort or is a self-imposed thing) or the deadline is so far away that it feels that way too.

I’m getting things done. Very slowly, but I am. I do however get the feeling that I’m sliding down the muddy old slope and will be overtaken by work before too long. The usual school work balance (that is, inter-subject balance) has been complicated by the various things that I’ve undertaken in the recent months. It’s not necessarily a greater amount of work, just more complicated.

On the lighter side of things, Mass Effect 2 has been proving to be quite the enjoyable experience. The quests, for one thing, certainly show that the developers put more care and attention into them. I also like how the characters seem to be better written, regardless of how the story is compared to the first game. The choices I get to make also few less obvious (that’s a good thing) and more important. It doesn’t feel like, Hey, this is the bad option and that’s the good one, and if you save this guy you get to hear about him later. Definitely also feels like a much more interesting bunch of folks I’ve got with me. At least they actually seem like they can’t get along, which was the feeling it always should’ve had.

Of course, it’s still early days. But I’m having a good time so far. It’s surely a nice distraction from work.

It’s also been nice to hear from a few friends. I have plans to meet them this couple of weeks, but I get the nagging feeling that I’m going to have to be a disappointment once or twice. Always happens. But I’ll do what I can. And onwards to the midweek.

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Oh so busy.

I went shopping today. I also had a meeting in the morning.

The outcome of the meeting was that we have some work to do.

Shopping, on the other hand, was surprisingly productive. I got a couple of presents, some cards to send out and Mass Effect 2, which was almost as much as I could’ve hoped for. My friend was I think equally as successful as I was. Except that we’re both the poorer for it.

I thought about quite a few things along the way. I think I know how I want my current project to feel, for instance, a thing that was eluding me for quite a bit of time. I also have to sort out a couple of things in my life, and though it’s only got more confusing, I think we have to attack the confusion for any semblance of truth to emerge.

I have not had enough sleep, thus explaining why I sound like a drunkard.

I have so many things to do this week. I have readings, mainly. Many readings. I have a project to sort out. And I have a number of other chores. How will I write? I suppose this is where I get tested. And perhaps it would be fair to say that I’d expected this challenge to come a little bit earlier. Nevertheless, hello, pleased to meet you, Challenge. Let us try to overcome one another. I will win. Just saying. Play fair.

Tomorrow’s a pretty long day. But I’m less concerned about that and more concerned about the things outside of the lessons. The work’s really not in the lessons themselves, is it?

Time to get prepped for tomorrow.

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