It's October. How amazing is that? Whereas just a couple of months ago, I was lamenting the passing of the months, now I cannot wait for December to come. The coming of December means the end of the semester, the end of stress (for a few weeks) and the rise of slumber, of snow, and of something else. We'll say cross-stitching, hot tea, and good movies.

However, I still have several weeks to go before we can get there. Most notably, the third week of this month, which promises to be devastating to my psyche. Next week could do the same, but I'm not too sure of that at this point.

I have several big question marks looming over this month. Can I do sufficiently well on my papers and exams to give myself a strong buffer against the stresses and challenges of November and December? Can I do all of these things and study for the Biology GRE exam? It is possible for me to get well enough ahead to give myself the time I need for the GRE?

I'm going to have to get ahead. There are really only two classes in which I can do that, History and Genetics. Once I take the genetics test, I'm going to pretty much spend the entire weekend to come on genetics, finishing everything in that class for the rest of the month, so that I can have time to study for the GRE. I'm also going to spend these next two weeks reading ahead in History, starting tomorrow.

My family is leaving on Saturday, which is kind of hard to believe. I'm going to be at home by myself for the following week, which means much cooking, much homework getting done, and uninhibited sexual passion. Ok, so not really the last one, but it'll kind of be nice to be totally alone for a few days.

I have not had a mental health day this semester. I just realized that. The problem is that mental health is so nearly impossible to schedule. Plus, missing class at this level is almost a death sentence. I've missed two, a P-Chem one to finish a history paper, and a French one for the Jeopardy test, and I'm sufficiently behind to where I want to cry. Actually, I'm not, but missing that P-Chem class probably fucked up my test.

I've edited my composition for today once already. By the way, it's twice the desired length. I don't care. The more the merrier, right? I'll do it again after biochemistry this morning.

My major complaints right now: my back is absolutely killing me. I have this shooting pain from beneath my neck all the way down to my buttocks on the left side of my back. I can only carry my massively heavy backpack with one arm. I am freakishly tired. I wish I could do it like other people who only need like 5 hours of sleep. If I get less than 7, I am a wasteland. I'm going to have to cut hundreds of pieces of paper this week, which is not yay.

Well, I had better get back to actually doing something, which for the next 20 minutes, means surfing the web, then making my changes to my composition and editing it again.