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I felt the sudden compulsion to write a quick post, whether it is to distract me from my task at hand or an actual heartfelt plea for a break I can’t be certain. My second day of school was roughly equivalent to the first. I hated stats as I always have. My teacher is very quiet and this will make it even harder to understand him once we move onto real material. My second class like on my first day was quite enjoyable. I had computer networking. The teacher has been at the school for quite some time and I’m glad to see he hasn’t lost his passion as so many teachers I’ve come across have. He has a few strict rules that I don’t completely agree with, but I’m willing to make some exceptions to the norm for a good teacher. 

On another note, I had hoped to be more productive this weekend. I seem to find myself in a rut. The one good bit of news is that I started to stop drinking caffeinated beverages again. I don’t know if this is a blessing or a curse. I do feel that I accomplish more while I drink them, but I can’t ignore the terrible headaches that I get when I stop. I think moderation will be the key. I wasted my whole day on Saturday just lounging around the house. I definitely see looking back that this was a terrible mistake. I was much more productive today. I played tennis in the morning, grabbed lunch with my brother and a friend, and returned a clients laptop. I’ve done a bit of light coding which I hope to accomplish more of in the next half hour to hour before bed. I have found it quite difficult to will myself to do the things I need to do recently and this not only bothers me, but also bodes unwell for the start of the new quarter. I have to figure out what is preventing me from just being like I used to. I think there are several factors that maybe playing parts in this behavior including my current drop in income from starting school along with a slippery economic climate, and a recent desire to be social. Those that know me well, know that I am not a social person, but recently I enjoy interacting with other people. I can’t explain why this desire is there, but everytime I’m around someone that I don’t know very well I have had a compulsion to know more about them or just to talk with them for the sake of talking. I hope this isn’t a sign of my nerdiness getting the best of me.

As a side note, to keep myself stable during these strange economic times, I have decided to revert to something I did while working at Starbucks. I found that by eating lunch from a grocery store I was able to cut the cost to only $3-4 a day. I think it is time again to turn to this practice as I do not like my current situation. As well as my desire to acquire a new server since I ran out of storage space this weekend also adds a new bit of pressure on me. We’ll see if I can make a serious difference in my spending habits this week. It’s strange to have so much that you want to do, and yet to be completely unmotivated to do any of it. Something has to change.