its about the simple things in life...

I have been one giant ball of stress this past week, and yesterday was exceptionally awful. My Campaigns class is proving to be a ton of work, and I've been doing an average of 10 hours of homework each week lately. I was dreaming about it last night and suddenly woke up at 3:45am freaking out about a little mistake I made. Cue the exhaustion.

Anyway, Joanna over at Smitten (one of my beloved Glamour blogs) wants everyone to stop and think about their 5 Simple Pleasures, and I think that now would be a good time for me take a moment to breathe and think about what makes me calm.

My 5 Simple Pleasures

1. Snuggling on the couch with a big blankie and watching a movie

2. Going for a walk

3. A nice, long, hot shower

4. Spooning!

5. Drinking a yummy chai tea latte

What are some of your simple pleasures?

3 about me

1. I seriously need to start working out. My lazy butt needs to get off of the couch and at least go for a freaking walk once in awhile because this new pudge isn't going to take care of itself. The Boyfriend and I played tennis twice, but our little workout plan has come to quite the halt. We've been talking about going for a walk the past few nights, but the couch and television have won us over every time.

2. The past few days have been a bit rough for me; I've been feeling depressed and tired, but I'm attributing it all to stress. I started classes last week and my workload this semester is going to be unreal. On top of that, I suck at time management and I'm having a tough time getting back into the swing of things. Work is also proving to be stressful because its requiring a lot of learning and it's been more difficult than I anticipated. On top of that, I had an interview for an internship and have another one later in the week. How on earth can I handle this all at once? That's a typical problem for me: taking on more than I can handle and being unable to admit that it's too much.

3. I need to find opportunities to be creative. I need to get out my camera more often, I need to write or read in my free time, and I need to get out my drawing pad for more than just one sketch every few months. My mother wants me to paint a picture for her living room, but I feel so uninspired and unfamiliar to being creative that I'm afraid to do it! With my busy schedule, hopefully I can find time to get a little artsy here and there.

worry myself to death

I'm exhausted, both physically and mentally. The past 48 hours have been some of the most emotionally draining that I've ever experienced.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm a worrier. I get stressed about everything and tend to maybe blow things out of proportion. This worry makes sleeping very difficult, and two sleepless nights makes for a very tired me. Yesterday, while I was driving home from work, I blasted the music in my car just to try and drown out my own thoughts. Perhaps I should try meditating...

Other things on my mind:

1) I'm extremely poor. Like, I dunno how I'm going to pay for books next week.

2) It is far too cold today to be August. Bah humbug.

3) The Farmers Market today was delightful! I got some hot peppers for the Boyfriend and some green beans, too.

4) I think I'm going to go see Post Grad with a friend tonight. Looks good! Here's the trailer:

(photo from here)