Remembrance

As I sit here in my room at UConn, I am almost entirely preoccupied with present concerns: trying to rearrange my class schedule for my last semester of college, facing down an overwhelming workload for my two jobs, putting in the face time to build connections with all 31 of my new residents (most of them 1st year students), reuniting with old friends, trying to train for a half marathon, and contemplating my post college game plan. I’m stressed and fried already and it’s only the first day of classes! Right now I’m task oriented, I’m stretched across multiple demanding occupations, I have Chrome, Firefox, Finder, iCal, Spotify, Wunderlist and Word open on my laptop and I keep forgetting what I’m supposed to be working on. I’m hot and my body is shaking for some reason- it’s likely I’m dehydrated.

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