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October 23, 2004
The Loss of a Weekend
I was up this morning at 8 a.m., practically unheard of for me. I had to be downstairs at Birte and Tomomi's place for a group meeting at 9:30, and I knew I needed a little time to warm up before meeting the challenges of the small group. Lucky for me, I had a big breakfast of granola and yogurt, because we ended up spending 5 hours in the meeting, going over every detail of our draft, arguing about the structure of the paper, and reaching very few conclusions.
By the time I got back upstairs, I was mentally drained. I had taken on a bunch of assignments for the next section of our project, but rather than do any preliminary work, I instead ate some lunch (if you can call a meal at 3 p.m. "lunch"), did the dishes, and took a nap.
This evening, I made a bean salad and took it to Renaud's birthday party over at the campus housing. It was a delightful night, but most of my classmates had spent last night partying, so tonight's shindig was largely over by 11 p.m. I took the bus back to Kungsmarksvagen with Tomomi, Birte, and Birte's sister, who is visiting with her family.
Now I'm back in my pajamas, looking forward to a full night of sleep. Tomorrow morning I'll start again on my project work, then I'll have an evening study session with my classmates at campus, and then Birte and I will have a mini-group session afterwards. I swear, when this year is over, I will have had enough "group work" to last my entire life.
