9/16/10

I MUST STOP TAKING SIX-HOUR NAPS!!!! That’s all my sleeping schedule consists of as of now. I woke up around 3 AM and after tossing and turning for two hours, explored the rest of my dorm building and hit the gym. A half hour, two miles on the treadmill and some artificially biked hills later, I came back up to my room, showered, and Skyped home.

I was still a bit restless at this point and figured my roommate was probably tired of me clanking around the room… so I decided to try and find the beach. I heard it was nearby and after a few minutes of Google mapping, I discovered that it was very close indeed. I ventured off in my bohemian skirt and mirrored aviators, looking an odd combination of Jane-Goodall-meets-sand-safari.

Everything seemed to be going well. I was pretty intimidated at crossing some of the streets (since every other one has two roundabouts leading into it), but after watching some locals j-walk them like a pro, I figured I could do it too. Within no time, I was cutting through traffic like a local. When in Dubai, do as the Dubians?

My little outing came to an end when I was stopped by a heavy interstate and closed off resort. I attempted in walking further down the road to try and find a way around it, but the heat got the best of me. I also attempted in taking some photos, but it turns out that this high humidity not only likes to fog my sunglass lens, but my camera lens as well. I’m going to have to figure out some way to overcome this. If anyone has any tips, let me know!

Anyways, I gave up my little adventure and retreated back to my air-conditioned room. I was feeling a little tired at this point and lied down around 10 for a quick powernap. I really should have known better. Quick powernap? Over six hours later, I woke up to find myself in an empty room and almost at the end of the day. The room, as usual, was freeeeeezing so I wandered downstairs and outside again. I took a full walk around the campus and discovered that it isn’t too difficult to find my way around. I can get from one end to the other in five to seven minutes no problem.

I’m tired of living off of trail mix and poptarts and when the school market store opens up, I intend on trying to find some sort of fresh produce. I might try for the beach again in a few days, this time taking a different route, and I discovered the bus schedule to and from the malls on an announcement board. Tomorrow is Friday, mostly a holy day for everyone but Chelci, so I figured it could be a good day to try and pick up some things (mostly a new pillow).

I’m pretty frustrated at this point, both with my lack of sleeping schedule and the constant feeling of being overwhelmed. I have no one to lean on but God, but I figure He has the best shoulder anyways. I’m hoping things will work themselves out here in the next few days. I’m sure I’ll have more of a structure once school starts and will be able to write less sappy posts about how many irregular hours I slept.

Hope you are all doing well back home!

Chelci