my life, my pace

…if I can stick to it (which I failed miserably at today, by the way).

9:00 am - Arrive (I My husband just can’t seem to wake up any earlier).

9-9:30 am - Get my daily surfing routine out of the way in record time.

9:30-11 am - Study, study, study!

11 am - Start getting hungry…no, you can’t eat until you finish this section! Force myself to keep studying.

12 pm - Whoo-hoo! Food! You know, your brain needs food to learn…

12:20-12:40 pm - Supplemental internet surfing (”study break”)

12:40-4 pm - Study, study, study!

4 pm - Start anticipating time to go home. More supplemental surfing.

4:10 pm - Must…make…use…of…time. Back to studying, though at slower pace.

5:20 pm - Husband finally picks me up from this hell.

Compare that to my old lab routine and you should be very proud of me. Now if only I can keep it up for the next 2.5 months.

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