9.27.2002

 

had a crazy week. was arrowed to take on an appointment for a simulation and it just so happened that i stayed up til 0400 the nite before drawing endless map overlays in our lecture room - ie < 1h of sleep, sprawled on two tables. havent listened to so much radio since last dec, i think! so. anyway i was half expecting something like this already, so i was equipped with 1x can, red bull. it turned out that that was all the nourishment i had yesterday (okay, wednesday) - cos everybody else was sent out of campus to do the simulation and rather obviously they pigged out on food they werent supposed to be buying, much less eating. (bear with me, im whining again) the up side of it all is that im very surprised at my ability to get by- i din get a wink of sleep till 0230 thu, was working all the way from wed 0500 and din feel like i had to sleep in the least bit til the thing ended. nor felt the need to eat, either - the red bull was out of necessity, to preserve concentration. totally impressed with myself cos i never thot id be able to do that.. suddenly, housemanship doesnt seem so daunting anymore.

that's the good part: the simulation itself was a complete and total disaster, much like any other task that i happen to be in charge of. maybe i was really over the brink of exhaustion til i din even feel particularly bad about the thing ending in disaster- numbed to the max. i dont doubt that the (unconsciously-felt) fatigue took its toll on my ability to think clearly, much less plan, but to be honest i dont think much more sleep wouldve had any noticeably beneficial effect. just glad that i stayed awake and (dareisay) functional thruout. =|

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