Is your family fit?
Sarah asked me that this morning after I came back from running and stretching. I said no, we try to be, but most of the time we aren’t. We have our spurts. At the moment, it actually seems as though we are pretty fit, or getting there. Brendan’s been running since he got to London. Ian’s running to get in shape for Hawaii. And I’m running to get in shape for rowing, though I’m only on my fourth day, so my brothers are doing better than me. And my mom’s been walking since she got back from England. Even though it’s only been four days, I do feel like I’m getting a little more in shape. I wasn’t quite as out of breath as I have been after my run today. And my stretching is going well, reaching my feet and the floor, stretching further each day. And I’ve put in push-ups, sit-ups, and crunches. I still don’t like it though. It makes me feel good that I’m doing something, but it takes a lot of time and I don’t think I’ll ever be one of those people who just enjoys exercise or feels weird if they don’t exercise every day.
So anyway, I spent all day yesterday writing 11 pages of world events that have happened since 1990. I had planned on doing some outlines for old exam questions, but I was too tired. Today, I switched from IR to Econ. I’m reading through all my lecture handouts and notes, then tomorrow, I’ll read through my essays and maybe make a list of the people who tested hypotheses and models and their results. Examples and names are what they want here. They say they want original ideas, but I don’t know if that’s really the case. Maybe I’m being too cynical. But it seems like if you come up with your own idea, they just tell you it’s wrong. Of course, sometimes you state what an “expert” says and they still tell you it’s wrong. But I think it’s back to memorization for me, if I can remember how to do that. And keep it in my head for another year when I take the exams that actually mean something. That paragraph sounds like I’m in a bad mood. I’m really not. I’m getting stuff done, slowly, but surely, and I’ve already done more in preparation for these collections than I did last term, so I hope I’ll do better.
Then when my tutors finally contact me, it’s back to essay writing. My thesis proposal has to have some work done on it before I move back in too. And I can’t forget the FAFSA. And even though my exercise cuts into the little time I have, I’m determined to keep it up. Maybe I’ll be fit one day.