Overload

I was planning a trip to visit my sister in DC for next weekend..a good few days of doing girl things like shopping and dying my hair..going out for take out and bonding with my sister before she moves. But. I forgot i'm no longer an undergrad and despite having 6 days off from school that week..i can't afford to leave town for a mini-vacation. Unfortunately I'm about to start midterms...and that means, papers, exams, presentations and even more reading than usual.

I've managed to piss away my friday and am now trying to spend a good 3 hours getting through my reading but i hate romanticism and these texts are draining the life out of me. No joke. Not only do i hate romanticism, but i can't stand Sarmiento's Facundo that goes on and on about civilization and brutality...Oh well.

But what gets me through missing my family (and their birthdays), all the reading and writing, the frustration of living in a different place is knowing that i'm in graduate school...studying spanish literature..no matter how much i hate this genre, i can't believe it. And my heart skips a beat. I love it. and i'm completely thrilled about it!

I hope to update this blog with a post that has more substance to it soon. maybe after the weekend...