September 9, 2015

I didn't run on the elliptical this morning because my right knee is bothering me but I still got up at six o'clock, despite not getting to bed until close to two o'clock this morning. It's been a long day.

Instead of running I read over my metadata assignment again. I read over it again when I got to work, made a few minor changes and then submitted it. Later in the day I got an email from my professor and she said she understood that sometimes life gets away from us and she knew that I was a good student. I will lose at least four and a half points for the assignment being late, along with whatever I get off when it is graded, but there is still a chance I can get an 'A' in the class. I'm thinking at most it will be an 'A-' but at this point that would be a win.

I had classes in the lab today but my main accomplishment was probably created a couple worksheets and a reward ticket for one of the resource teachers. I also finished listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and got into the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Work is definitely the best time to listen to audiobooks. At least audiobooks for books I have already read so I don't miss too much when I'm only half paying attention.

It was an early-release day so I clocked out at 1:40PM and headed home, stopping to get a Powerball ticket along the way. I was really tempted to take a nap when I got home but I didn't want to ruin my chance of sleep tonight so I powered through. A few hours later I went down to pick up Chipotle. The girl who isn't great with portions was working. Asking for extra rice and beans maybe gets you the regular amount if you're lucky. She is cute but also pale and possibly anemic and she gives out the small portions that I imagine an anemic person would give. Or maybe her previous job was at a Taco Bell or one of those people who give out food samples in the supermarket.

After dinner I showed videos, a bird website I reviewed for my metadata assignment, had a piece of the ice cream cake my sister made, and then came downstairs. I was too tired to do anything other than watch YouTube videos. It's not quite nine o'clock but I will be going to bed soon. I need sleep. Hopefully a sleep that will feel like hour and hours, not one of those blink and you're awake kind of sleeps.

Earlier today I was watching a video about British hip-hop artists and they mentioned a rapper that goes by Plan B. I typed it into Spotify and clicked on the first thing that popped up, which ended up being a Spanish hip-hop group. And I'm totally cool with it. I'm listening to them right now. I like listening to music in foreign languages because I can't get distracted by randomly catching parts of the lyrics. I did eventually watch music videos on YouTube for the British rapper and I like his stuff as well. Not a bad day for music.

Tomorrow morning I will again be taking a break from running because my right knee still feels like it is on the verge of locking up and I keep pinching one of the chunks that floats around in there. It needs to chill out, but until that happens I will be chilling out. I still plan on getting up at six o'clock though, so I don't get out of my routine of waking up early. If I do then I'll never get back to exercising.