Stress, sem, and migraine = not the best week.

Well, all I can say is that I'm SO glad it's Thursday. Honestly, my week started off terribly, and I was kind of concerned that it wouldn't get better.

Let's see. My sem proposal is due this week. It's a rough draft of my final paper, only I write it BEFORE I conduct the experiment. So I have to hypothesize the results and discussion. My partner and I decided to go first, but it gave us so much less time. It turns out that you have to turn in the paper 5 days before you presenet it to the class, which means TOMORROW. However, due to difficulty meeting up and the migraine I had last night, we got a short extension. I requested that it be due Friday at midnight rather than class time, since I am sure I could have it done (and done well) by then. We were given until Sunday at noon :) That means I get to sleep tonight! Though I do plan on working on sem most of the night anyway...

I set aside 6 hours to work on sem last night, but had a small migraine all day. I ended up feeling terribly sick (thanks migraine) and went to bed at 8. I set a few different alarms--one at 8 since I worked at 9, and one at 6, in case I felt like working on sem. I fully expected that I would wake up sometime, like 4 or 5, but I slept until my alarm went off. I wrote a few pages of sem this morning--it's going really well. I spent the last week reading about 20 articles and picking out stuff that I want to include in my paper. I'm about halfway done with my sources, and I have six full pages. I anticipated having about 8 pages when I was done, but now I think it'll be more like 11. It's kind of exciting, really. I get bored doing all the reading and stuff in sem, but I seriously enjoy writing papers for my psych classes.

I think the worst part about Ripon right now is the people stress. I know it sounds bad. But honestly, classes don't stress me out that badly--I enjoy going to class, and working on homework is a nice distraction from drama. I'm disappointed that people aren't more mature. As seniors in college, I would expect more from some people. Regardless, what will be will be. And there have been many positive parts to this week--I've been able to talk to my mom, dad, AND sister. I've had good talks with many of the younger Thetas. And also, I've gotten hugs from 5+ people in the last two days. I feel pretty loved, not gonna lie (that one is for you, Mom).

I think the week is slowly getting better. And this weather is FANTASTIC. This is the kind of weather that makes people fall in LOVE with fall. I would love nothing more than to walk around outside for hours. Unfortunately, it looks like I should eat dinner...and then work on sem some more!