Zzzzs, or lack thereof:

Well, my previous post was correct -- my architecture project was an all night affair. In fact, the architecture project was an all night affair for literally 80% of the 100-something kids in the Architecture and Design program here, which is just absurd. Clearly there is something wrong with your program when it takes kids working around the clock just to get everything done. An email was sent out around 9:00 the night before our project was due, informing us that the deadline had been backed up from 9:00 to 10:00 the next morning. I laughed at the time, thinking that a one hour extension was nothing, but there I was at 8:15 the next morning, just putting the finishing touches on my project (which was still an absolute piece of crap).

Here is my breakdown of the past few days:

Monday: Woke up at 9:00 AM, went to bed at 3:30 AM.
Tuesday: Woke up at 8:00 AM, never went to bed.
Wednesday: Never had to wake up, went "to bed" at 9:00 AM, woke up at 1:45 PM, went to bed at 1:00 AM.
Thursday: Woke up at 7:30 AM, and who knows when I'll go to bed (two midterms tomorrow to study for).

Okay, so at 9:00 on Wednesday morning, when I got back to my room, I had had 4.5 hours or sleep in a 48 hour period. By the time I went to bed on Wednesday night, it was 9 hours in a 64 hour period. By the time I'll probably end up going to bed tonight, it will be 16.5 hours in an 88 hour period.

I don't even know why I'm writing this -- some combination of wanting to feel bad about myself and just wanting to quantify everything.

HOWEVER, I am actually doing better than some of my classmates. One girl in my class literally has not slept since Sunday night, unless you count when she fell asleep on the train this morning, or when she fell asleep during someone's presentation in class today. 80+ hours without any real sleep! It's ludicrous, really.

So for all of you that thought studying abroad was about having fun and new experiences, not as long as it's the DIS architecture program. Unless your idea of fun and new experiences is seeing the sun rise from a computer lab on the Wednesday before break, then avoid it at all costs.

What a great way to prepare everyone for three weeks of travel. (But it is awesome that we have a three week break, obviously, and in two midterms' and a couple hours' time, I'll be a free man. Righteous.)