"There's nothing here to take for granted, with each breath that we take"

So much to do, and not enough time to do it. Know the feeling?

Yeah, classes have hit me hard this past week, and next week will be the same. I have quite a bit due within the next 7 days, that I don't even know where to start. I'm really glad I'm going to be going home this weekend, but it doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to get a huge break or anything. While I'm home I'm going to be working on my 8 page rough draft for English, or my full lab report due in Chemistry, or that pesky 20 minute oral group presentation I have due in GT1000. At least I think I did well on my Calc test I had on Tuesday, I think that's what I worried about the most out of everything.

So, in all this anxiety, I couldn't even sleep last night. I just laid in bed thinking about all the stuff I needed to do, rolling around and failed miserably at trying to rest. I finally forced myself out of bed around 11, because I was too tired to move, and went off to English class. That's probably the most boring and useless class I'm taking right now. Yep, even behind my introduction courses to the major I want to change out of. We have a class on the information age, and my professor blabs about topics everyone in the class clearly is bored of hearing about. It's fine that she has a passion for the subject, and all that jazz, but we just listen for an hour and a half to her talking about some reading we were supposed to read, and then half the class wakes up and everyone leaves. The paper we have due within the next few weeks (with the rough draft due next Wednesday) is going to be a blast.. I have to research our readings enough to make a suitable 8 page essay! Woo!

Besides schooling though, things have been alright I guess. I'm really happy with how Jordan and I are doing, and every time we talk I feel so much better. She's a sweetheart, and I'm so glad she's my girlfriend. Besides that though, the stress is getting to me, and I've been getting frustrated with some people pretty easily. I can't wait for Thanksgiving, it'll be nice to see the entire family and relax for 4 days. That's pretty much when my massive pile of work comes to an end, I can't wait. Just a week and a half left!

It's also been kind of depressing talking with some friends here about football, everyone is bummed out about our loss last week to UNC, considering it crushed any chance of us getting to the ACC Championship. We were so close! Ah well, we're going to have a great team in upcoming years, I'm happy we already have a strong start under our new coach. We already have as many wins as we did the last 5 years under our old coach Chan Gailey.

Today I've kind of been in an odd music listening mood, I've been listening to a bunch of different artists on shuffle, but I guess the artist that sticks out for the day would be one of my all time favorites, Sum 41. I can't get enough of them today, and on that note I should probably go back to doing homework. Here's a lyric to think about though from good ol' Sum 41:

"When will my problems disappear
Am I just going crazy from the fear
Oh my, oh my I'm going far past the brink
This pressure's like a weight but I still can't think straight
Perfection is my direction
Even if that's all I had
It's not like I need no correction
I just know that life's not so bad
I've met my destinations
What's life to complain about
With all these aggravations
Building till the seams fall out
I'm running my mouth dry"

-My Direction - Sum 41

The lyrics apply some to my situation, but I just felt like putting some lyrics up. I honestly for once in my life am having difficulty finding a song to describe how I'm feeling right now. I'll update later if anything else comes up!