The Volkswagen Blues.

As I write, I am snifflying and hacking and coughing and sipping tea. I know. On this ridiculous good looking Saturday, I was at home, slaving away at a term paper and nursing whatever sudden sickness has come over me. On the plus side, I've had more than enough naps today and that (combined with the endless mugs of green tea, peppermint tea, blueberry tea...) have been enough to keep me conscious enough to make it half way through my paper.

 And all day, my mother has been telling me... "I TOLD you so. You should've slept earlier! You should've had more water!" etc and so on and so forth. Sometimes, I wish I weren't your typical poor, struggling college student and that I had enough cash in my pocket to move out. But at the same time, THANK GOD for mothers who will crew you tea and make you food when you are sick.

But I guess that's what happenes when in the past 12 days, you stay home maybe ONE of those evenings. I've spent the last week and a bit heading out, every evening. Horribles sleep cycles, horrible everything. It was one of those long stretches where every night, there was some valid reason to be out and about, instead of being at home, just existing. I guess it started with last Monday.

First, there was a birthday shindig. Then it was a discussion group at a friend's house. Movie night. Concert, I think? (I can't remember all too clearly at this point.) Then, it was bowling. And another birthday. And then it was another discussion group. And another concert that I had to review for a magazine. And then it was something else. And then a movie night? And then it gets all faded from there on out. But I only remember staying home on one of these evenings.

So what the heck am I getting at. I really do think I gotta change something. Because obviously, life hasn't been working out for me. So I think it's as simple as this: GO TO SLEEP EARLIER. STAY HOME MORE. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

It sounds so simple but for someone like me, who constantly has to be on the GO and constantly has energy to spare (save today)... it's hard! So what I'm going to do is try to stay home more often and maybe read some good books, clean a bit... I'll keep you guys posted on good books or something. That's something that I could really get into these days.

But for now, I'm just gonna work on getting better. Not to mention, finish this essay. Has anyone read Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin and Fronteras Americanas by Guillermo Verdecchia? If not, please do. They're fabulous. Maybe that's what I'll do. I'll post more later on (once I'm more coherent) about Fronteras Americanas. Social change and all that.