Each day, I am amazed that I am able to get up so early each day. I mean, really the day I get to sleep in during the week is Wednesday and that's only till 8:00. It is just not natural for me to be up so early. Today I don't have any caffeine with me, so it will interesting to see how I manage to keep myself alert at my assistantship for six hours. One thing I must admit that I miss from the good ole' undergraduate days at Transy is not having to worry about parking. I mean jump out of bed, take a quick shower (or not..depending on the day:-) and you can be to class in five minutes. I will be honest and say that I did complain about parking at Transy, but I now realize how silly that was going to a large university for graduate school. Let's take a moment and compare:

Transy parking, $20/a year, and farthest away parking in MFA (i.e. about a 5 minute walk)
UK parking, $189/a year, and farthest away parking could be up to 25-30 minute walk

Let's see.....yeah Transy is the winner. (Or, out of my college experience, Ireland would be the winner because I never had to worry about parking and simply walked everywhere) I guess I shouldn't complain that much because I do luckily have an employee pass and most days get within 5 minutes of my building, but some days it is a 30 min or more search for one of these spots.

I spoke with Mr. Key Covington last night and sounds like he is just studying hard in medical school. I feel like so many people I know are so busy and stressed this semester. With staying so busy all the time, the hardest thing for me is that I feel so unconnected to other people in my life and that stinks. Oh well, sorry that I sound so pessimistic today, I am just sleepy.:-)