Thursday and Friday of last week I was really feeling a lot of pressure.  I had a lot of work hanging over my head, and I felt like I had lost a few battles throughout the week.  It really felt like grad school again.  The first few weeks of the semester had been kind of breezy.  Not easy, but not overwhelming.  Last week it was back to the grind, the crunch, the pressure.  But now it’s Monday morning and I’m feeling charged and ready.  The stress of last week is behind me and I’m ready to start a new, better week.  The final draft of the exam I wrote for my students is ready to go (I need to make copies at some point), and one of the two assignments I have to turn in this week is complete (I need to type it up today, though).  In the next few days I need to do another problem set, and then do some reading for an outside-of-class project I’m working on (with a professor and a few other students) in representation theory.

Over the weekend, I downloaded some new music to listen to.  And the Steelers are coming off a stressful win yesterday.  (What is going on with them?!  The offensive line can barely block to save their lives, Ben’s ball security has been lacking sometimes, they couldn’t run the ball last night at all, and they only have one turnover in three games!  At least the defense finally started tackling last night after some pretty pathetic attempts in the first two weeks…  Get it together, boys!)

Oh, and I’ve finally rewatched the entire series of Grey’s Anatomy.  I started over the summer, but it was significantly slowed first by the qualifying exam, then by the fact that school started up again.  But I’ve re-watched all 7 seasons and watched the 2 hour season 8 premiere from last week.  Yay!  I know that may make me a little lame, but I don’t care.  I’ve been faithful to that show since the pilot first aired when I was a junior in high school, even through some terrible storylines.  I’m not ashamed.  It’s my one drama I’m really faithful to; the rest of the shows I watch are comedies.  Besides, I expect this season or next season will be their last.

Okay, that’s enough insight into me for now.  I’m going to get a jump on the week now so I don’t unravel like last week.  Wish me luck!