A Fresh Start

Well world, here begins my second semester as a 1L. Actually, it started last week in what was inarguably one of the top 5 longest weeks of my life. As opposed to the semester prior, I'm at school at least 6 hours a day now, with the exception of Fridays when I'm only there for 3 hours. I know, it's not as much in-school time as high school. But unlike high school, I don't have any classes where I can sit and stare out the window and still get good grades. And anyway, these classes are longer than any classes I've ever had, and there are 5 of them (at my undergrad, taking 5 classes was right below the threshold where you'd need to get special permission to take more credits.) On top of that, the homework assignments are longer: the average assignment last semester was about 15 pages per class. This semester, it's more like 20-25 (with a 42-page civil procedure assignment coming up for next weekend, yikes.)

That being said, it's my resolution (not a New Year's resolution, because I'd like this to extend beyond March) to take better care of myself. Last semester, despite all the recipes I posted in this blog, my diet consisted mostly of V8 Splash, Ramen noodles, pirogies and coffee. Not great brain food. Last week, I lived off of mostly Ramen noodles and oatmeal. And then yesterday we finally went grocery shopping!! I had an orange after dinner last night and felt so, so much better. So I guess my goal for this semester is to eat more food that doesn't come in a package, or if it does come in a package, I know what all of its ingredients are, and there are less than 5 of them (unless, of course, it's some sort of frozen vegetable medley containing more than 5 vegetables.)

And you know, keep my room clean, sleep more, get more exercise...I don't think I'll be able to accomplish all of those things and still keep up with the one goal I have maintained (make a habit of practicing guitar), but I'll try.

I had a bagel with cream cheese, some blueberries, a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee for breakfast. I don't think this is a terrible start.

A la santé!