"And my tail is froze, and my nose is froze, and my toes are froze..."

Above quote (not exact, I don't think, but estimate) is from 101 Dalmatians, which I watched last night. Lucky cannot go any further because he is "froze" and so Pongo has to carry him by his leash to the safe house. Why is this relevant to whatever I'm blogging about? Well, it's not really. But sorta. This has been a long day. I had class form 9-12:15, which is not at all bad. That's really good for this class. However, no freedom came of that. After an hour lunch break (Hallelujah! Without it, I'd be so gone...or I'd have been so gone sooner), we came back. This week, the groups are all working together on one project. Each group has its own section to work on, but as they're all so intertwined, it was basically impossible to work on each section individually (hence, my free time (at night, at least) earlier this week).

So here we are, still working (ok, it's only been...almost 4 hours! Forget that "only"!!!), and I don't even really know what's going on. My brain can take no more. This is partly because 1) Some people in the group are apparently anti-lights and didn't turn the lights on for a long time and when they did my eyes were already super tired & strained and have yet to recuperate. I'm one of those people who needs lots of light to function properly. Maybe it's because I'm from SoCal. 2 gray days in a row and I'm in a fog) and 2) I likely need something sugary for energy. I'd LOVE a Monument Farms Chocolate Milk, but then I'd have to leave for a good 20 minutes, which I can do & just might if this goes on for too long. But we might take an official break or something soon, in which case I can take a shower and get free chocolate milk from the dining hall. As I'm an afternoon/early evening shower-er, that would be quite a rejuvenating break.

These two things combined have led to my total & complete tune-out. I think I need that fresh air. It would help, I'm sure. And not only because it's 28degrees outside (according to my Mac). But I can't really go because a professor who knows about what we're trying to do for our challenge is essentially teaching a class to us about all this. It all seems helpful (as I said, my brain is gone. I am SO ashamed to admit it (but honesty is good), but I've played a few rounds of checkers on my computer. Tried to revive my brain. Failed. I have this issue. I need breaks and especially sugar. When I worked at Michael's & had the evening shift, I would use my lunch break to get a frappuccino. Night time and this exhaustion that hits me after doing one thing for a long time would get to me, and frappuccinos would give me energy. I TOTALLY should have brought one of my stashed bottled frappuccinos here after lunch (seeing as how I enjoyed lunch in my room while watching an episode of JAG, so I was in the room with my stash...). Didn't think about it hard enough, apparently. Wow, this has been a long side thought!), but I am unsure of whether or not all this info is necessary for our challenge. If we were actually making the non-profit organization, then it would be helpful, but we aren't. So I don't really care that much. It's bad, I know. But my eyes hurt, and I want to take a shower, and I need some sort of sugar, and it's dark, and my tail is froze!!!

P.S. I cannot spell the word "dalmatian." doesn't it seem weird that after so many "-tion" words, that this word ends in "-tian" ?

***clocked out at about 10:45 (we started around 1:30, I took a break form about 6:45 to 7:30). That was a LONG time! And some people are still there! I was there a lot of pointless hours, though. The hard parts were the ones other people were working on or arguing about. I've been alternating between Facebook, Twitter, my blog, my mac's checkers game (the sun kept insulting me, but always lost), and tossing a ball around with other group members. Most pointless loss of hours ever. In the history of Middlebury. No, make that the history of the world! =D ***