Breathe Breathe Breathe

I'm kind of having a mini panic attack thinking about all the stuff I have to do.

Today a woman came into the bathroom stall next to me and let out the loudest series of farts. I didn't see her face and I was embarrassed for her.

Today I got a slip from the post office. I got a letter from China. I wonder who it's from.

Today when I was riding the bus home I realized I smelled like Korean food. It permeated my clothes, my hair, my bags. Once we stopped the lady next to me got up and moved to another seat. I felt like the really smelly homeless guy who rides the shuttle bus at UCLA.

Today I got a call back for a job I applied for. It's in Beijing. Either that or Boston. I used to have an up and ready-to-go mentality when it came to going back and working in China. For some reason it seems harder now. I don't know why. Maybe I'm getting older and have lost some of that flexibility. Maybe I just like LA too much. I don't get myself sometimes.

Hibernation Continues

This just means every time I take Nina outside she's going to want to eat the worms lying around.

Goodnight, World

This week was one of the longest and most tiring ever. I probably got a combined 25 hours of sleep, coupled with tons of grading and mounds of reading that needed to get done in basically, one night. I had to tell myself being tired was psychological at times. 25 hours is so little for me! I really wonder how I did it in college when 5, 6 hours a night was the norm. It didn't help that I've been plagued with allergies and nasal congestion this entire week. I had to resort to a Red Bull. Blech! I usually try to stay away from that stuff.
I thought it was funny when I ran into my counselor and the first thing he said was, "Have you been eating? You look so thin," to which I responded, "No, I've just been feeling under the weather. Do I look that bad?" His answer was classic: "No, you just look more model-esque now." I'll take a compliment, even if it is a backhanded one.

Sleep, you are beautiful. I can always count on you to make me happy. Tomorrow, I will conquer the world. But tonight, I will charge my batteries.