A little bit of productivity?

I tried to be very productive today, and I think it actually went alright. I also tried to sleep in, which was an epic fail. I went to be early last night (11 pm!) but was woken up at 1:15 by obnoxious neighbors. It wasn't too bad, and they quieted down within 30 minutes or so. I set my alarm for noon, but my body decided it wanted to wake up at 8:30. I went back to sleep, but woke up again at 10:30 and decided I had to get up.

I chilled for a while, showered, ate lunch, etc. Then, I worked on my paper! It's about time that I actually did something. Granted, I haven't written anything, but I've been reading through my sources and taking notes. I read all of Weber's "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" which turned out to be 120+ pages. I'm not done reading through my sources--I read through 4 today, and have about 8 more to take notes on. But now that I've started, I'm finding it so much easier to keep working. Plus I have a really good idea of how I'm going to structure my paper, which makes the task of writing it seem much less daunting.

I talked to John for a while today, which was probably the highlight of my day. I hung out with Melisa, as usual. I also considered sending out some postcards, but am, once again, lacking motivation! And addresses. Maybe I would be more motivated to send out postcards to people if I knew their addresses ;)

My plans for the week are not any more exciting than usual. Classes will take up some time, as will working out. I WILL be spending more time on this paper, and hopefully finishing it soon so that I can work on my presentation which is also coming up! I'm not sure where Melisa and I will be going this weekend. We're looking at day trips to Ireland, but will probably save that for a day when the other girls aren't busy. I'm sure we'll find something to do--we're pretty good at that. Maybe another random bus ride? Neither of us were huge fans of the 3.5 hour bus ride, but it was worth it. We'll figure something out!

Also, it's really weird to think that I've been here for a while now. My time here is 1/3 of the way over with, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. While it is hard at times, I do want to enjoy this experience. I'm a little bit afraid that I'll miss doing something exciting, or seeing something great. But in all reality, there is SO much to see and do, all around the world. There is no way that I'll be able to fit in everything (not during this trip, at least) but I do plan on seeing as much as I can. I can't wait for my spring break!