Mea Culpa!

OK - so now I feel guilty. My coworkers are discussing my stress level. I always get this way around finals & it doesn't help that we are being slammed with claims. I hate the crap. I hate the fact that vendors pick NOW to call about all their invoices that they failed to write down why I cut their bill. I feel bad - but I don't know what else I can do at this point. I don't have the vacation left to take time off...so I live with it.

But...I'm working out. I'm trying very hard to remember that I need to work out and that will probably help with my stress level a lot. Especially if I do a LOT of it and regularly. It gets the stress out. Consistency is going to be key. I do promise that I am going to try. I don't want to bring the rest of the team down. I just get frusterated when my supervisor refuses to understand that I don't have the time right now to do "team" activities simply because I am still in school. And the night of my birthday - I'm doing a very pivotal oral argument & then Leah and I are going to have dinner. I want to do that. I just want to enjoy some of my time on my birthday. But - I digress. I don't want to drag down the whole team. I need to keep to myself for the time being. It might seem snooty - but it's the only way I can avoid being a total brat.

To cheer myself up, I made hostel reservations for next year - it was a whim, but I felt the need. I made reservations in Paris arriving the 7th of July & leaving the 11th, then to Luxembourg leaving the 16th. I have to figure out where I'm going to stay in Zurich for 2 days until my uncle gets there. But after that - I'm going to Montreaux, Zermatt, Florence, and Rome with my Uncle Mick. After that...I don't know. I am either going to go on the train with him back as far as Milan - spend a night or 2 in Milan, then go to Madrid. OR I'm going to let him go by himself back to Zurich to catch his train & I'll take a boat to Greece. I'm thinking I'm going to go to Madrid, because then I could go to Portugal after. I don't know - after meeting my uncle & doing that bit - I'm just going to wander around. I'm going to get an unlimited Eurail pass for 2 months, so I'm just going to go & do what I want. I figured reserving the hostels in Paris & Luxembourg was a good idea. At least then I have a rough idea about the first month. And I'm still pursuing housing in Vienna. Who KNOWS how that is going to play out. We'll see!