The beginning of April for the past few years has brought about more stress than my body can handle. All of the semester’s work is coming to a close and invariably I catch cold or otherwise become unproductive. I was hoping this year would be different and that I could actually finish my term paper before the end of March, but I missed that goal and now am stuck having to finish the paper and present it on Thursday morning. I don’t know why I have such a hard time finishing projects because when I start them I am eager and always willing to put the time in. I guess in the end I grow bored of the same old thing and thus revert back to old habits.
The good news is after next Wednesday, April 13, I could almost be done with classes if I do well on the Digital Filters exam. The Machine Intelligence exams are already over with and the remaining item is the presentation which will be completed Wednesday night and given on Thursday. My independent study class has always taken the back seat and I hope to have my formal lecture material ready to be handed during the last week of classes.
Thinking back… I don’t even remember February. January was exciting because I was starting something new but after the second or third week all the way up until Spring Break I have no idea as to what I was doing. Furthermore, at the end of the week I’m usually so burned out that I can’t really recall each of the days discretely because they all seem to blend in to one another. What’s that about? I can’t wait for the first week in May — I think then I’ll try to get out of town for the entire week and take a real break.