Alex's Journal

Today I:

-Made $75 from my Circlet stories (...I could have gotten some of that that much earlier if I didn't futz about so much with contracts, but that is MY issue...)!
-Did my laundry!
-Figured out who I am voting for!
-Wished Simon a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! He is now old, like me!
-Went for a walk!
-Got my Yahoo! inbox down to 0 messages! (Now to work on my Google inbox...)

Note that NONE OF THESE THINGS are "studied for my comprehensive exams".

That is because I am PROCRASTINATORTRON.

*bows*

So, Patrick and I are... done most of the small bits of moving out. (Our lease is up at the end of May, and since neither of us is employed or living in Brampton at the moment, we are moving back in with our respective parents.) We still have the large things - the kitchen, the bedroom - but overall, in a little less than two weeks, we'll be out of there.

I have to admit that it is somewhat frustrating, but there isn't much to be done about it. Overall I think it's for the best (somewhere in the ether, Pat's dad is reading this and vehemently disagreeing!).

Jen took another one of my stories, bringing me up to 3 stories sold. She is lovely and puts up with my tempermental procrastinating ways a lot. <3 I have to find a post office to send the contract in...

Life at grandma's is going pretty much as you might expect. I am well-fed but I could do with less... er... strenuous offering of food. (I think the record for asking if I want seconds/dessert/snacks/etc. in one sitting is around seven, many one right after the other. I may need to start a tally sheet.)

School is pretty awesome. As I was explaining to my sister - very heavy on the science! Half of my week is taken up by various classes. My day looks something like this:

06:00 AM: Wake up. (Actually wake up. Snoozing is, at best, 10 minutes. For me, this is a small miracle.) Shower/dress/dry hair.
06:45 AM: Catch bus.
07:55 AM: Arrive at school.
08:15 AM: Class 1 starts. (MTuF - Regional Anatomy 1; W - Professional Development; Th - Massage Theory & Techniques 1)
10:45 AM: Lunch time! Yes, you saw that right. 10:45 AM. Still, for me that's a good time to eat breakfast, so...
11:45 AM: Class 2 starts. (MTu - Massage Theory & Techniques 1; W - Palpation 1; ThF - Anatomy & Physiology 1)
02:15 PM: Classes end for the day!
03:45 PM: Get back to my grandmother's.

Yeah, bit of a hike! But in the afternoons it's good for reading and in the morning I sleep. (It's even early enough that there isn't much noise, although by the time I hit the subway there isn't any seating. Oh well, it's only three [long] stops.)

In the nice weather, the hike from Davisville station to school is only a kilometre so I'm going to walk it as much as possible.

Anyway. The school itself is pretty intense - a number of people seem to be having difficulty already with Regional Anatomy (they pin this on the instructor, but... I like him, personally, so) and Anatomy and Physiology 1 is basically organic chemistry (with some inorganic chemistry thrown in) and cellular biology. We have to maintain a minimum of 70% in both the practical and written portions of all classes.

I'm not especially worried, but I am kind of glad to be at my grandmother's - the only (consistent) distraction is TV, which I'm not especially attuned to anyway, the internet (poached from neighbours) is spotty at best, and I get home early enough (and sleep late enough) that even so, I get a good 3 hours of study in.

Now, if only I could find a part-time job.