Caitlyn Boyd
November 6, 1996
Hey y'all- what's up? I am just a little bundle of stress right now so if
this doesn't make sense- I'm sorry. I am really tired because today(Wed.)
was my Anatomy Lab test. I think I did okay- I knew all the muscles but
two nerves confused me. At least i think they were nerves. But I was up
until 4am. and then I got up at 6:30am to study some more. I have had
worse nights and subsquently bad days but it still sucks when it
happens. By all this sleep deprivation, I have discovered an interesting
sleep pattern that I have. I have to sleep less than 4 hours or more
than 6, anything in between, and I feel like i am going to die all day. My
roommate says this is because if you sleep in between 4-6 hours, you are
awake enough to know that you are exhausted but if you sleep 4 or less
hours, you are such a zombie that you don't notice how tired you are.
Last year, my current roommate and I were in almost all the same classes
and before tests, we always went to bed at 2am and got up at 6am. This
became so prevalent that we have a name for this sleep pattern before
tests- it's the 2 to 6. We are kind of strange as you can see.
Most of the reason why I am stressed has to do with my Contemporary
Issues class. We are in presentation groups and we have to turn in a 10
page paper next Tuesday. Well, there are 4 people in my group which means
we only have to write two and a half pages each- this is not something to
get excited about. There is this girl in my group who is a
freshman(froshie) and obviously is way into this class. She said that she
would compile the four papers into one- fine with me, less that I have to
do. She wanted to have all the papers a week in advance so this past
Tuesday. Well I had the anatomy exam and other stuff due before so I told
her that I couldn't have it to her on Tuesday but she would have when she
woke up on Thursday. She absolutely flipped out about that. I just
couldn't do it- you know what I mean. I had so many more things to do
that were more important. She told me that everyone is busy. This sort of
pissed me off. She is a froshie- she has no idea what college is like.
She is in all intro. classes and it just doesn't compare. Maybe I am
making too much out of this but when she said that, I knew that I would
not even attempt to have the paper before Thursday. So here it is, 1am on
Thursday and after I post i will start to write my paper. It looks like
it will be another night of no sleep. I hate doing it but I have no other
choice. I have to do all of this. Though, thank goodness, I can go to bed
on Thursday at a normal time.
I am a little sad because
Paul is going away on Friday for a day or two. I
know this sounds so babyish but I am going to be sad. Ever since we have
been dating, he has spent his summers at school and I only live 30 min.
away so I saw him all the time. And if I didn't see him, we talked on the
phone at least twice. I don't think I will be able to talk to him when he
is gone so I feel a little apprehensive about him leaving. I probably
look like a huge baby now so I will stop whining.
I am sorry that this post is short, but I really am starting to get
stressed so I better go. Talk to y'all soon.
Caitlyn:)
cxboyd@maila.wm.edu
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