my life as it is

At last.  The moment has arrived.  It is so nice to be able to sleep in and not worry about anything.  I wish life was always like this.

The last few days of the semester were excruciating painful.  I racked up many hours of sleep debt.  Still, I haven’t pulled an all-nighter yet.  I filled up an entire blue book, front and back, for my last final.  If only juvenile delinquency didn’t exist, then I wouldn’t have to endure right hand pains for the kids.  When they called time, my right pinky was entirely gray.  Flipping through the pages of the blue book, I saw my handwriting slowly evolve (or simplify?)  from a mature college student to an uncontrollable kindergartner.  Yeah, my hand pretty much died.

Nevertheless, I’m glad I didn’t withdraw from Berkeley.  When I got really sick last month, I didn’t make it to most of my classes.  And when you miss one lecture, you miss a lot.  At least that’s the case for my classes.  So I stared at the page for more than half an hour before deciding against it.  I figured that with three weeks left, it was worth the drive to keep going.

I finally got my ears pierced after that final. It’s been almost two years since I first thought about it.  It was really a decision from a whim of now or never, since I was leaving for Taiwan in a few days.  I’m glad I went through with it that day, even though I was running on two hours of sleep from the night before and felt really lightheaded from not eating anything before the exam.  The pain wasn’t bad at all.  I think I thought it was going to be really painful and prepped myself for it.  I’m totally going back.  And I’m probably going to be chided for it.

I’m leaving for Taiwan tomorrow night.  If you will be there, please let me know!  I’d love to meet up.  (09) 8163-9419.  Good for 5/26 to 6/21.

I should get packing.  Have a wonderful summer!