Wired…

I like Wednesdays… these are long ass days, but I like ‘em. Here is a peek into what this day is like:

9pm-5pm: Desk duty at the health department. Sometimes I get to venture out into the “field”, which is basically the Cal campus. Who would pass up the opportunity to catch up with old friends and roam around the stomping grounds? Oh, and get some policy and student advocacy work done in the meantime. Sometimes the cubical gets a little lonely, and sometimes I have to work really hard to have my ideas heard, but things wouldn’t be interesting if they didn’t have a challenge, right?

5pm – 6 or 6:30pm: Depending on pesky Bay traffic, some times it’s a breeze and other times it’s a mess. I know if I’m done in if cars are backed up to the metering lights. Thank goodness for 5 o’clock mixes, CDs, and NPR (yeap, I said it). Funny choices in listening options huh?

6 or 6:30pm: Jogging down from a street that has free parking to the SFSU campus. Our program has a resource room for our program, so I can either catch up on some reading, practice some dance steps, or kick it with my fellow MPHers… all ways to distress and clear my head.

7 – 9:30pm: The dopest class ever! We’re taking a class on training and the educational process. I swear, regardless of how drained I feel during the day, this class energizes me. It just might be the nerd in me, but I love it! I cannot put into words all the amazing stuff that we talk about and explore -- unless you reeeealy want me too =) – but it’s about a topic that I love (teaching!), as well as analyzing how we learn. Like I said, amazing stuff. I could talk to the teacher for hours too, cuz she’s really cool and down to earth. I love her energy, and I swear she channels it to everybody in the class… which leads me too…

9:30pm – until whenever: I swear I become a ball of energy that cannot stop! I get so juiced from class until I have nowhere to put it. Last night I went to a dance practice and didn’t get home until 1am, read most of a chapter for homework, sent out a load of e-mails, reviewed some paperwork, feed my dogs… all leading to me crashing at around 4am… good stuff huh?
Today, I’m not sure if I am “technically” awake, but I’m trying. Pretty soon I’m gonna make a run to get some liquid crack (i.e. coffee – which may be as unhealthy as the lack of sleep)… but ya gotta love those opportunities to get natural highs. =)