catching up

Cold. Sleep deprivation. Headache. Two labs tomorrow. Quiz including chapter I have yet to read on Thursday. No time. Whine, moan, bitch.
Three serving bowl of oatmeal with a two spoons of brown sugar. Mug of hot green tea. Starting to catch up. Feeling like I'm actually starting (the key word) to get the hang of this school thing again. Optimism.
So yeah, I'm generally content, if rather stressed. Hopefully soon I'll reach that optimum balance of moderate stress that makes me feel like I'm doing something with my life and periods of guilt-free relaxation that remind me that life is so worth doing something with. As well as just letting be.
But... Today is not yet that day. Hopefully by Monday it will be.
Seriously, though? As much as I enjoy M.A.S., I'm so glad tea ceremony started again. It's such a wonderful detox for me. (Also, Szatrowski-sensei apparently loves castella (ooh, that peach castella looks good...) and was really happy with the matcha castella I bought her...)
So, now to decide when to go to bed and get up, as I have lots of preparation to do for tomorrow's labs.

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BIRTHDAY INVITATION

YOU ARE INVITED TO NASTASSJA'S 22ND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

When: Sunday, September 23rd from 2 to 8 pm. If you can't make it for the whole time, I'd love it if you'd at least drop by. You can come early or stay late if you want, but if you come early you must be prepared to help me clean my room before everyone arrives. :-P

What: For the time being, it'll just be a hanging out thing, but I'd bring as much as you can afford up to $20 in case we decide to go out to eat or to a movie. If we don't, I'll probably pick up a pizza or two from Papa Murphy's. I might also drag us to the park, so maybe bring a light jacket. If you have any good ideas for movies to watch that you want to bring, let me know, since I'll have the ultimate decision, being my birthday and all. ;)

Where: 3430 40th Ave. S. / Minneapolis, MN 55406. Don't bother calling for directions, since I don't drive. ^^; Anyways, that's what mapquest is for.

Don't worry about presents, as we're all either poor college students or paying off student loans. (If for some stupid reason you decide you have to get me something, I do have a wish list at the top of my journal that you can get some ideas from.) Finally, I'd appreciate it if you could R.S.V.P. in a comment to this journal entry.