Discombobulated.

I've been feeling a little out of sorts the past couple of days. Part of the problem is that I'm going to bed later than I should, at least for the amount of sleep my body/brain requires. The other part of the problem is that I'm not studying enough, or at least I feel that way. The sleep thing is correctable - just talk to Danny earlier in the evening so I can go to bed earlier - but it ties in with the second problem.

On most days (except Friday) I get home around 5pm. I usually take some time to decompress from classes, either by poking around on some of my favorite websites or chatting with my neighbors. By that time it's 5:30ish. I then get some stuff out to study, but by 6pm I'm thinking about dinner because I try to eat dinner earlier rather than later. I'm good about making a fast dinner, but I usually don't retain all that much information while eating anyway, if I bother to try. So that puts me at 6:30pm. I study some more, anywhere from an hour to two hours (maybe), then take a shower, call Danny and go to bed. So on my more productive nights I'm only getting in maybe two hours of studying. Which doesn't feel like enough.

To be honest, I don't feel behind in the material (except anatomy) and in that case, I don't need to panic. But I know that over Thanksgiving break I'm going to want to spend time with Danny and not study, which means I need to be studying my butt off this week and next in preparation. And to be honest, I just feel like I should work harder! So my new plan of attack is to cut down my decompression time to maybe 15mins when I get home, study straight until 7:00pm, make dinner/eat as a little break, study another 30mins-1hr and then shower. Depending on the day, I should be able to get at least 2hrs if not more in every night instead of maxing out at 2hrs. Let's see if this makes me feel any better.