Ode To The Three Ss

Studying, sleeping and...no, it's not what you're thinking, you dirty minds! The third one is socialising, of course! In the first few weeks at UWC we were told we would only manage to do two of the three things: either sleep and socialise or socialise and study or study and sleep. The schedule was so full that doing all three things was almost impossible.

This weekend I've managed to do all three of them. 

Sleeping. I slept a lot, possibly even too much. I've always been the odd one out in my family since my mum and dad were morning people. My dad would usually come home from his 15k run on a Sunday morning before I even got out of bed and would wake me up telling me it was such a waste of time to sleep on such a wonderfully sunny day (how extremely annoying!). Now things have changed for some reason and all three of us enjoy sleeping until very late. It's good, since I don't feel out of place anymore but it makes it so much more difficult to do anything about the second S. 

Studying. I've been so busy at work lately that I've hardly had the time to work on my dissertation. I've now started analysing the data and although it's taking me a long time, I am really enjoying it. I have somehow managed to turn that ever-present feeling of guilt for not being productive enough into positive energy. Also, I can always rely on my friends if I need a push. As M. pointed out today: "Stop deceiving yourself! You are not writing your dissertation yet, you've just been collecting data." True friends always tell the truth. :) But still, I am pleased and I think I can tick off the second S. 

Socialising. This weekend has been one of the most social weekends I've had in ages. I've been catching up with some really inspiring friends. The kind of people who are so intelligent, so bubbly, so enthusiastic and so cool that you can't help feeling cool too when you are with them; and other friends who are just as cool, but who know you too well to expect you to be cool or wise on a Saturday night and they just take your silly giggling to mean that you are having a good time. 

You might be wondering why on earth I am writing all this on a Saturday night. It is not a very social thing to do, I agree. But you see, after all this coolness and some more coolness planned for tomorrow I cannot sleep. So I'm back to s(quare) 1 - FAIL! :)

I would be more than happy to add a fourth S: Sachertorte for breakfast on a Saturday :)