Lately, I am up until 3 or 4 in the morning reading my emails that arrive at the rate of 40 messages per hour. I relish taking a nap during the day, and I generally do not know where I am or where I should be going. I wonder if they have pills for this. Maybe a cream?
Anyway, I am officially addicted to online shopping. Now I don’t want to name names, but the initials are ebay. It started out so innocently. It was an earnest attempt by a time starved student to find some work clothes for my summer internship. Well, needless to say, I have been extremely successful and now I’ve got luggage, a coat, some shoes… it’s madness! It is so much easier and cheaper, and I’m not giving it up!
I was again caught unaware that Mother’s Day was approaching swiftly. Luckily I was prepared and could simply put a package in the mail, but I do find it unnerving that things I used to track and plan for with diligence, no longer come easy. It seems odd to have changed perspective so completely.
Time in business school is tracked in 3-6 hour increments. I was invited to a barbeque, before the temperature dropped back down to 40, and I had a decision making process that came off as an algorithm and I wonder if I’ve completely lost it. Barbeque. Want to go? If yes, is it close to your house? If no, how long will it take to get there? 45 minutes there and 45 minutes back. WHOA! Nope, can’t do it. You are over the 3 hour event limit. Please try again.
I’ve decided to stop cooking, since frankly, I see no point. I’ve been subsisting on fruit, cereal, and free meals from different events. I’ve finally learned to embrace my “Inner slob”. I live alone. Why worry myself trying to clean dishes and do laundry? I briefly considered buying “disposable clothes” from a dollar store and never doing laundry again, but that plan didn’t work with my newfound ebay obsession. We’re brainstorming…
I am glad to see that you are blogging still, I am gearing up for the application season, the time has flown on my end, I cannot believe its crunch time. I cam inagine what you are experiencing. Please keep it up, it is good to hear and I look forward to Super Saturday which is around the corner.
Posted by: EK at May 4, 2005 12:50 PMI appreciate the honest picture that you provide about grad school. Some blogs on other website's (I will not bash the other websites publically) portray business school as a walk in the park. Keep up the good work and hopefully we will chat when I visit Chicago during their diversity weekend in the fall.
Posted by: Michael at May 9, 2005 08:30 PM