291001, 1402hr, illinois time.

i woke up this morning with a "shit!!" cos it was already 8, and i was supposed to be at the library at 8. sigh. alvin thought i meant that i wanted to get up at 8, and set the alarm clock as such. argh. by the way, the past 2 nights, i've been sleeping in alvin's room, cos the power in the basement [actually just my room and bathroom] was out, and it's really just too cold to survive just with my blankets and warm sweaters. i go back to my room just once in a while to get some stuff, or to change my clothes. damn, it's cold! i pulled on my jeans this morning a little too quickly, cursing and swearing the whole time, wondering if i should have decided what to wear last night, and actually brought my clothes up to alvin's warm cosy room, just so they won't be cold this morning.

so anyway, i ran to work panicking, praying that my supervisor isn't there yet. unfortunately, she was especially early this morning, i murmured something like, "sorry, i overslept." before dealing with a whole stack of returned books waiting on my desk. sigh.

after my work shift, i ran late to my psychology class too, cos i overestimated my walking speed. at my psychology class, i realised to my horror that i had a japanese quiz today that i forgot about. and i also remembered that i had a group project meeting today for my international relations class. the psychology class went ok, the group project meeting was painfully slow, because we couldn't believe how easy the project was, and everyone else naturally talked more, asking stupid questions about the project, bitching about the class, and generally filling time. when all i really wanted to do was to start studying for my japanese quiz, but i couldn't do that, cos that would make me look so anti-social, in a group that already doesn't like me that much, i feel. argh.

fortunately, the japanese quiz went fine, i shared some laughs with my classmates, talking mostly to a couple of them, with whom i'm going shopping later. apparently one of them has a crush on a friend of hers, and wants to buy a present for him. hmm. exciting. i should buy something for alvin too.

i sound all dreary now because i am feeling quite down. bad start to the morning, the day, and the week. i didn't do much work over the weekend, so i'm now terribly behind schedule for all my classes. feeling quite demoralized at how i cannot seem to pull myself together to do my work. man, alvin is just too distracting. i already had trouble before pulling myself away from the internet and now away from alvin too? i simply cannot do it. sigh. i need to find a way to increase my productivity, before it's too late.

i hate mondays. bleah.