Burying Patterns in Your Chest

I am so damn tired. Seriously, I felt like I haven't been fully awake since Sunday, and I haven't even really done anything extra since then: Same work schedule, same school schedule, same sleep schedule. Maybe, I'll get to bed early tonight, maybe.

So, I think that my Plato paper is starting to gain some kind of form in my mind, or at least I think I know how I am going to structure the paper. I've done all of the research, and just need to get started. I have tons of material, so I don't think length will be a problem, just cohesion. And it's due December 4th, so it has a bit more of a sense of urgency than my Imagination paper. Other than that I am pretty much coasting until the end of the semester: my Imagination paper is done, I have an A in my Logic class, and I just need to keep my homework grades consistent through the end of December. Oh, and they do things pretty strange here...they don't offer "dead week" or "dead days" like at UNT, but the last mandatory assignment is always due a week and a half before finals week even begins. I am not sure if that means that they can teach new stuff, just not assign homework, or if they really dedicate a week and a half to review. Either way, my last day of class is December 4th, and my one and only final is December 16th. So I have like 12 days of break before my final...so strange. I will probably just wear myself out working during that time to make up for the three weeks of vacation that I will be taking. And both of my papers will be due by the 4th of December...so except for my Logic final, school will be done for me that on the 4th. And first day of instruction next semester is January 14th.

So it's getting cold here in Mass., and I think cold to stay. The highs have been in the mid-40s for about 5 days now, and I think that it is only supposed to get colder after this weekend. And that's fine with me, I love the cold weather. But what isn't fine with me is that my top button came off my brand new wool coat. I was in the grocery store today, unbuttoning it so that I could move better and not be so hot, and the damn thing just came undone. I have only been wearing that coat for like 4 days now...pisses me off. So, I purchased a sewing kit along with my groceries and am going to try and sew this button back on tonight. Don't get me wrong, buttons have definitely made my life better, but some time they piss me off to no end. And as many of you know, I don't get angry easily, but for some reason, a broken or unraveled button just sets me off. So, gotta get that button back on or things will get pretty drafty for me.

Another strange thing about living up here: after daylight savings time the sun sets around 4:30. It's so odd...I got off work today around 5 and the sun was completely down. I think that might be part of why I am so lethargic; my body thinks that it is later than it is. Which of course introduces a strange problem about my body knowing or thinking something other than my brain. Or at the very least, sending cues to my brain to go to sleep.

Speaking of which, time to make a pot of coffee and battle my body in the name of higher education.

--Philip