Who the heck has time to blog?

I wish I could tell you some interesting things about my life . The problem is... my life is totally consumed by school.

The Breakdown:
I'm in a physical classroom about 26 hours each week, depending on conferences and such.
I spend about 30 hours a week studying outside of class (though sometimes its as high as 40) .
I only sleep about 46 hours a week (just over 6 hours a night).
Commute is only about an hour a day... so that leaves... what... 8 hours of personal time each day?
The first two personal hours are in the morning: breakfast, bathing, and ironing, etc. One for lunch and one for dinner.
That leaves four hours a day of truly free time... which I'll generally spend running errands or going to the bank or church or something. Sometimes I spend them doing *extra* unscheduled school work (such as taking tests or picking patients for the next day). As much as I can, I save that time up for the weekend so I can have a little fun. Or I'll use them to sleep in a little. Which means I'm killing myself every weekday just to get ahead.

I'm very tired. Not entirely unhappy, I feel extremely productive and in control of my life. I just regret not being able to spend more time in contemplation or pursuing artistic dreams. I regret not being able to read a book for pleasure. I regret not exercising (even though I often break 10000 steps on the pedometer). I guess I could make choices that would allow me to do more of those things... but I know if I chase too many rabbits I'll end up catching none.

Hm. This is an unusually whiney blog, isn't it? Oops.

I'll have to start humming that Taize song some more.  ¶ 20:26

I've been missing old friends lately.
I'm not lonely at NSU. I've met some cool people and I've got some buddies. I just miss those of you I've not seen in forever! There are so many people on my buddy list that I've not seen half in over a year. (I'm really thankful that a few of you guys really pursue a friendship with me, such that distance and work doesn't keep me from knowing what's going on in your lives. I'm bad about keeping in touch. Nobody to blame but myself.)

I skimmed a few of the blogs of people I knew back at UH. Its really weird... they're just going on with their lives as before. I wish I'd gotten to know many of them better while I was still there. People like Dathan and Jared. And Katie was a great friend... I wonder how Notre Dame is treating her?

School keeps me busy as usual. But its a good kind of busy. The kind that means something. Read I am a Nursing Student for more frequent updates than this place.

What artsy thing am I doing these days? Designing shirts for the Student Nurses Association, and vainly trying to learn to knit. I ran out of beads, so it was time for something new. Hopefully I'll figure out how to make a scarf soon. It's really pretty pathetic looking at the moment.  ¶ 16:22