I Fell Down Alice's Hole

But, I don't think I ended up in Wonderland. I think I landed in a big pile of schoolwork and studying. So now, following the example of good ol' punxsutawney phil, I am peeping out for a night. Of course there is the looming exam and several days of prep, but my brain needs a break from the crazy things I have seen. So I am sitting here with a chick flick on the screen playing red dot with my cat. *Translation: a laser pointer. It is undoubtedly her favorite game and she even talks to the red dot. It is a weird alternate language full of gluttal squeaks but she gets very into the game. And then every time I take away the red dot because my finger is exhausted, she will give me a dirty look and stalk off. But not tonight, a few seconds after I put the laser pointer down, she jumped up on to the cabinet it was on and knocked it back down. Apparently she wasn't done with the game.

But that is how I am spending a rare night of mental down time. Playing red dot with a cat. Jeez. I am going to go redeem myself slightly with my cross-stitch project. At least that is productive.

I will see you all in 5.5 weeks when I will pop out of my hole again. Spring break never sounded so good.

I'm so smart...it must be all the sleep I'm not getting.

This week has been absolutely terrible for sleep, but I think I am getting smarter. (Maybe I could study this for my required III project for school!) Usually pre-school-term, anticipitory stress leaves me so frazzled that I welcome the first week of school, not just for the new classes and exciting events, but for the good solid sleep I will begin to get. Not so this term. Sure I had a couple of nightmares in the week before the new term. Nothing spectacular, just the usual forgetting stuff at home, not showing up to class, being is super slow motion while I have trying to right my wrongs. You know, the usual in crazy margaret sleep psychosis. Then I had a night of not such great sleep, followed by what was quite possibly the worst night's sleep (if you can even call it that) that I think I have ever had. I am still paying the piper on that one. Unfortunately I kept my whole apartment up that night and my kitten is desperately trying to recover. So, while I trudge off to school each day, she settles down into my still warm sheets and gets a couple of hours of shut eye. (Sorry C- had to do it, its the new camera!)Good for her, because I am still not sleeping well and she has to be up all night with me. (Good thing last night though, so I could pull the curling ribbon out of her throat as she was choking on it, but that's other news).


But even with all of this, I think I am getting smarter. I just completed two assignments, med school assignments to boot, and am left with the "hey, that was way too easy feeling". So instead of getting worried and paranoid about misinterpreting the assignment as the old (pre-Kari) Margaret would, I am now sitting back enjoying how smart and cool I am and how much this med school thing is really paying off. I just did an assignment on how I would go about researching something I would need to know to make a clinical decision and the keys were flying under my fingers. That's just cool. I'm cool. And very delerious from a sleep deprived state, so I am going to treat myself to a good chunk of fun reading before I hit the hay and listen for Suki's antics tonight.

The Dog

Sounds like someone got a new dog for Christmas. Really sounds like it by the fact that it hasn't stopped barking for the past hour. And this is no small dog. This is wreaking havoc on my study patterns! If my own laziness, distractedness, and tiredness have not forced me into the library for good quality study yet, I will not let a dog do it. "As God as my witness, if I have to yell, scream, plead, or throw treats, I will not let a dog drive me out of my apartment". (Well, maybe I took some artistic license there, but I think Scarlett would be proud.)

Stop barking, dog. And more importantly, dog owner, keep your dog quiet!! He wants some attention and needs something or he would not be barking like this!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!

--Pleads the dog lover, but currently med student.