The past two or so months have been crazy and an unfortunate exhibition of my extreme procrastination skills. As my ex-boss, the secretary of the languages department here at Truman said perfectly this morning, I work best under pressure. I can tell myself that I'll get something done early, but I almost never do. It doesn't need to be done within the next twenty-four hours, then odds are I'll put it off. I get it done, but it's never early. Never late, but never early, either.
But now, it seems, I can finally breathe. I've been so incredibly stressed recently, which only made my procrastination worse. I won't get into the depths of all of this, but I am happy to report that I finally got what I needed to done. I've applied to grad school, to TAPIF, I'm caught up in my French capstone project, and I'm sure the relief will seep in once I actually have a chance to relax.
The seventh of this month, I realized, was not only the birthday of one of my dearest friends, Kate, but was also the fourth anniversary of the day I received my acceptance letter from Truman. How fitting, I felt, that I should finish all of my grad school applications on that very day, the anniversary of when everything changed for me. I hope and pray that I'll get accepted into at least one of these schools and/or to TAPIF. Now there's nothing I can do but try to relax just a little.
In other news, Dr. Lobert took the suggestion I made last year and decided to do the play Dormez, je le veux this semester which is, as some of you may recall, was my very first play in which I played the lead role of Justine the servant/hypnotist. Though we have an entirely different cast, I have once again been cast the role of Justine. It's like a way to go back and see how far I've come in the past four years. I'm rather excited, though it's strange not having Lauren and the other original cast members. The current cast, however, is fabulous.
Noodles, children. Enjoy your gravy.
