Spring break was pretty cool. Mexico was a lot of fun! I got tonsilitis or strep throat or something when we first arrived, but I was able to get antibiotics so the rest of the trip was still fun. We got to see Chichen Itza and Coba, and do some hiking, kayaking, rappelling, swimming, beach-sitting, and sleeping. It was really relaxing, and now I'm slowly starting to get back into "school mode." Having that many days away from homework and everything related to school really did a lot to help me mentally (and maybe even emotionally) "reset" myself.
The only odd thing was the side effects from the antibiotics. By the end of the week I wasn't sleeping much and was kind of tense and jittery - and when I got back I found out that the antibiotic they gave me really, really, really, slows down the body's ability to metabolize things like .....caffeine. I'd started drinking more coffee over the week as I got more tired, which of course made me more jittery, which made me more tired....yeah. It was good to see that there was a reason for how I'd been feeling, though, and that I wasn't just completely off the deep end.
A lot is going to happen in the next few weeks. I need to find a place to live, we're going to finish writing that kernel, research has to wrap up, I have a fairly large term paper for two classes, carnival, and graduation. Right now it's kind of overwhelming, but I know it's going to go by more quickly even than the first half of the semester did. I'm pretty happy with how all of my classes have gone so far, and so I just need to hang in there and finish strong. Rah!!
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