22 Cheshvan/9 November, 2009

[bearshorty]

This was a long and tiring day. I actually woke up by myself at 6:30 and felt I had the energy for the day. I knew I still had eight papers to finish and I might not have to time to give them back but I thought I could do all that and still make it to a medieval lecture at 5pm on main campus. I got to school around 7:30 and graded three or four papers by 9 something and prepared for my class when one of my students showed up for office hours. It was actually during office hours that I started feeling really tired. Ever since I had vertigo or whatever that was year and a half ago, when I get really tired I feel a slight lack of balance like the ground is not steady under my feet and I can just collapse at any moment. I generally learned to ignore that feeling when I teach and just get on with it but it is a bit hard, I feel like I just have to be on all the time. But, of course, I just went teaching. I gave each class three sample paragraphs and by accident I chose good ones, some even with great grammar teaching moments. I thought as usual the first class went better than the second. I still wasn’t done with five papers from the first sections so I made those students show up at 4:30. I basically got it done in the afternoon with my head literally lying on my arm because I felt if I held my head up by itself I might fall down of something. I was just very tired from the trip, flying and grading and I recognized that as my tiredness response. I also recognized that I won’t be able to go to the lecture because I won’t be able to concentrate or stand for much longer really. And much as I wanted to go even if just to be social, I just knew I should go home and rest. At least I finished grading. (Well I still have to do two papers as soon as those students actually email them to me.) I was just happy I got done as much as I could.

I couldn’t go to sleep right way when I home, it was too early so I distracted myself by lying down on the couch and watching TV. Papa and I watched “Battlestar Galactica” It was the mutiny storyline with was very well done. Nicely action packed with great character moments. It was an interesting send off to Gaeta and it had great moments from Adama, Roslin, Tigh, Baltar, Starbuck, practically all the main cast. And the second half was able to sustain it. Overall, I’m really enjoying season 4.

House S5E7 It was a good, solid House episode. The best parts of course were House, Wilson and Cuddy at a conference. We got House/Cuddy backstory and Cuddy met him on her third day of college in a bookstore, hee. (I met Bear on the second day of college orientation at a bookstore). House dressed in Blackadder outfit was fun. House/Wilson moments were also great. House actually not only cared enough to save Wilson’s career from Wilson’s own guilt over euthanasia but also managed to make Wilson feel good about himself. He was just a caring friend for once even if to do that he had to drug Wilson and take away his pants. Cuddy dating Lucas feels like such an “obstacle.” It would have been enough for Cuddy just say that she needs someone to rely on because she has a child now, and that would be a natural obstacle. Throwing a boyfriend in for the sake of drama just feels silly. The patient of the week and all hospital drama was OK but I mostly didn’t care too much about it. Next week – Taub is back!