Procrastinating

I’m in class…supposed to be working on finishing my house plan…but I’m trying to keep myself entertained while doing anything else.

This probably shouldn’t be the case.  The drawing you see above is not even close to being finished.  I’ve got details to all 4 parts that you can see…and I still need to draw another 5 parts.  All by next Monday.

The big problem is the complete lack of motivation I feel towards completing it.  I mean, if I could just work super hard and finish it, then I could do all my internet browsing and game playing completely guilt-free.  But alas, that point just never penetrates deeply enough into my brain for it to become a reality.

My current “distraction” is trying to find some more blogs to read.  Because I can’t lie, I love reading blogs.  Not informative ones.  The personal ones.  That have character.  And are interesting.  I found a new one today. It’s the blog of Chantel Simmons, who happens to be the author of Stuck in Downward Dog.  Which I happen to highly recommend.

 

I was attempting to find a yoga blog (I don’t necessarily enjoy the ones on yogajournal.com as they’re American, and to be honest, not always that entertaining.)  Anyways, Google managed to come across one of my own posts in the hunt.  It threw me off a bit, as it was on the first page options.  I didn’t know Google rated my blog that highly.

Ooo, I can actually say I know someone who’s engaged.  It might sound strange, but I’m still “young” enough that I don’t have a lot of friends that are at that stage yet.  I know people through Jason that are engaged, or are married.  But this is the first time (at least I think it is) that it’s one of my “own” friends.  Not that we’re close or anything – I haven’t seen her in person in 2 years.  But still.

I absolutely love Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey and Arizona Red Apple Green Tea with Ginseng.  OMG.  So yummy.  And only $0.99.   For 695 mL.  Which is amazing.  I am attempting to limit myself to only buying one when I go down to the store, otherwise I am prone to buying way too much candy.  So one drink a day I can live with.  It’s even cheaper than Tim’s!

Another procrastination-aid that I have found is iGoogle.  I’ve got it set up with a calendar, some horoscopes, some news highlights, countdown timers, a few games, some comics, a yoga pose-of-the-day, the weather, and some other things.  It’s great.   I highly recommend it.

I must say I am disappointed that Harper is Prime Minister still.  I can’t say I’m surprised, but I was hoping that the majority of Canada would vote the same as me and let the NDP have a crack at being in charge.   Not that I worry overly much about politics.  It just seems that I live in the wrong place – no one I’ve voted for in previous elections has ever won.  Which is only slightly depressing.

So I can officially say I wasted my entire 3 hour class.  And I can’t say I feel guilty.

A Long Time Coming

First off, I would like to apologize for not posting daily this past week.  Whereas I thought going back to school would present me with extended periods of time in which to blog, I’m instead finding otherwise.  So I think for the future, I shall commit only to blogging on as regular a basis as possible, but not with any specific time-frame in mind.

My first week of class flew by.  And I loved every minute of it (with only a few, limited exceptions).  My teachers are really awesome, and I can already tell that they have a lot of useful information based on their experiences in the field that they’re more than willing to share with us.  I’m also enjoying meeting all the other students in my class.  I wasn’t sure how much I’d like seeing the same people day-in and day-out, but so far I think it’s making it a much more enjoyable experience.  Already I’ve talked one-on-one with about half the students in my class (there’s 32 of us in total).  Plus it’s made for some great discussions on topics we’re learning, and lots more class participation.

So it turns out that in one of my classes we actually get to build a house.  Like physically cut wood and pound in nails and put up walls and all of that.  I am so excited.  Actually, I think this will be a really great learning experience: 1) we as designers can learn the realities of building so we are more willing to work with builders’ requests, and 2) one of my biggest back-up career plans is to become a construction apprentice and work on-site building stuff.

Yesterday was my first shift at the vet clinic.  I wasn’t sure how it was going to go (it took a while to actually figure out when I would be working, and when my first shift would be).  But I think I’m going to really enjoy working there.  It’s a really busy clinic, so there’s almost always something to be done.  And since I get bored really easily, that’s perfect for me.  Plus I’m not just sitting behind a desk answering phones all day.  On the flip side though, my heart pretty much breaks every time I walk through the back and hear (or see) the sick/injured animals.  I’m not a very emotional person, but I do think I’m going to have to find the very thin balance between keeping my distance (for my own sanity) and being empathetic and caring (also for my own sanity, but mostly in order to comfort the patient’s family).