Ignore productivity, climb mountains.
I got up really early to climb a mountain--by got up I mean I couldn't sleep. I then skipped class and went to work earlier instead. My friend says I'm getting stupider because I hardly go to class anymore, but it's not like I ever know anything until the day before the midterm anyway, though my mental capacity is decreasing for other reasons. When I got to work I arrived looking like a savage prisoner that had just escaped from jail and had to hide in a jungle for three days eating only insects and drinking sweat. That was very smart of me. Never again. I literally tried to tape my eyes open so I would stay awake. My grad student walked in from my door and she looked at me and said, "...Joanna... Never mind, I should be used to this by now" and walked away. I think looking hideous has been the norm as of late because yesterday my seminar professor was lecturing, but he stopped mid-lecture, looked at me, and said, "You look absolutely horrible!" and asked if I had a midterm. I didn't know it was that obvious. Sadly enough, this is not the first time a professor has called me out for looking horrendous. It is what it is.
On the plus side, I've been asking for letters of recommendation, which I always hate doing and end up avoiding my inbox for the whole day, but I finally checked and it turns out they responded five minutes after I sent it... "OF COURSE! I would be honored! Let's talk about this over coffee!" I'm happy. I like it when people are willing to do things that they probably don't want to do, but do anyway because they like me. Don't we all?
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