On stress and 1-hour chunks of sleep

[darcydodo]

Besides being convinced that I won't finish my essays on time (this is not unlikely, but on the other hand, if I get inspired I can write really quickly. This would be why the Epic & Saga essay is still unwritten), I also had stupidly anxiety-producing dreams during those hours I allowed myself to sleep. 1) I was getting tons of e-mails from Tony Long about the prose revision I owe him and also kept running into him and trying to avoid him. OK, let's guess why I had this dream. 2) I realized that I had sent people my Berkeley address when in fact I'm having my birthday party in Oxford, and there wasn't going to be enough time to let people know that the address was wrong because it was already Thursday, and nobody at all would know how to get there. I'm assuming that this simply stemmed from the fear that my birthday's going to be stressful rather than enjoyable. Now if I can only keep from falling asleep every two seconds while I'm trying to write....

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[chele74.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, the true sign of a grad student - looking forward to better kinds of stress ;)