Last night I climbed Y mountain with Steve and Warren, old friends from the Capitol house last year, and Steve’s new roommate Dan. It was awesome! More on that later.
However, we left around midnight and didn’t get back around five. I slept for four hours, went to a Quark writing meeting, then did laundry and slept until dinner with my sisters and brother-in-laws. Ugh. Disgusting.
I feel so bad because I have so much stuff that I need to do. Arabic homework. History test. MESA test. MESA paper. Poli Sci readings. Humanities study guides. None of these is really that hard (except the history test–I’m not sure what to expect there), but they are time consuming. Time that I didn’t make for myself this past week, so it’s starting to crunch up.
Also, I feel really bad because I didn’t hardly write at all this week. I got stuck on chapter 6 for Phoenix and that really intimidated me. I guess I just kept putting it off, until finally I just sat down and wrestled with it until it seemed acceptable. And as for Hero, I haven’t written in that story for nearly a week.
I don’t know what’s wrong. I don’t even really know what I’ve been doing that’s taken up all this time. It kind of sucks, to be honest.
Well, this next week is going to be different. Once I’ve got the tests and papers behind me (which should be by Monday or Tuesday), I’ll have more time to write and do other things. I just have to sit down and force myself to get it out. No more excuses.
Sorry if this post is rambling, but that’s kind of the state I’m in. I’ll write later (probably tomorrow) about the following things:
- The hike last night to the top of Y mountain (the TOP of the mountain–it was awesome!).
- Thoughts and frustrations with Hero in Exile, specifically Tristen’s character and the show-don’t-tell philosophy.
- A really cool idea that came to me Thursday about creating a far future sci fi universe compatible with Mormon cosmology without crossing genre lines from mainstream to LDS sci fi. This is one really cool idea, and I am excited to share it and get your thoughts on it.
In the meantime, I’m going to just go to sleep now and hope that I can prepare my Sunday school lesson in the morning. That, and do my Arabic / study for my tests tomorrow. Ugh.
