Is it madness or exhaustion? Probably some of both
I’m tired. I’m almost crazy tired, like how you feel after staying up all night. Stringing together words into coherent sentences is extremely challenging.
I have so much work to do. Tonight was easy. I only had four hours of work. As time goes on, I’ll probably become more efficient at churning out homework but for now it’s painstakingly slow.
Despite the amount and difficulty of the work, I’m enjoying myself immensely. With the exception of one class, I like my courses very much. The teachers are good at what they do. At the end of each class, the students say Thank You. How often does that happen? “Thank you sir for giving me work that kept me up until 2am. When can I have more?”
The discussions are really fun. I used to be a total wallflower in class but now I speak up as often as I can without sounding like an annoying little overachiever.
The best thing though is working with a group of students who want to be there. I’ve worked in teams before that did not care what the outcome of the project was or how quickly they could accomplish their goals. The amount of knowledge and motivation put forth by the students is inspiring.
The downside is that I get home at a decent time, but I hole up in the bedroom to read and study. Danny has his hobbies but I think he’s ready to get his wife back for more than an hour at a time.
The cats, however, are thrilled. They can sit on the bed with me for hours and nobody moves.
This weekend shouldn’t be too bad. I only have three homework assignments and no massive amount of reading; you know, easy.