Nutation, n. (1a, obs.)
Deep breath, Laurie, deep breath.
It was a wonderful day. I’ve been inordinately cheerful lately, a most unusual occurance in my normally staid life. I liken it to the rush of endorphins you get when you spend the proper time eating well and exercising. Instead of my body being filled with energy (though that too is true) it’s as though my mind is getting all the mental nutrient and exercise required and it’s just ready to go, all the time. This is a good thing. I just can’t help but feel really optimistic about my life and my studies. That post this morning about job prospects was meant to be more tongue-in-cheek than it came off. To be honest, I just can’t bring myself to care much about the job market. I like what I do, I’m going to keep doing it, and I’ll work better under my own direction and with fewer outside pressures than I would work with an eye on the future. Like I said, I think linguists just like to talk about how doomed we are!
It’s almost awkward to write about what a cheerful day I had when I find myself so exhausted at the end of the day. Unlike the last few entries, tonight is one of those nights where the body is awake and the mind started dragging its feet and snipping tiredly hours ago. This is entirely due to having slogged through a massive neuroscience paper I just finished reading. My brain is now completely done. I couldn’t do more work if I wanted. I can barely speak English.
Other great things that happened today. Had a fantastic semantics class. I really, really enjoy computing truth conditions and mussing with the combinatoric denotations. By gum, I’m even a little jazzed about this Boolean alegebra business. It’s not often you hear the word “septuple” in a linguistics class, let alone get to talk about this much math. I like math. I think that’s the only academic thing I got done today, actually, besides this triumphant finishing of neuro paper.
It seems quite distant now, but I also took several long walks and got a lot of life-administrata done today. Saw the doctor for a general check-up; all is well. I’m feeling like I’ve just been tuned up, having been to the eye doctor last week, and the doctor doctor this week. I’ve even got a dentist appointment next week! I’ll be in ship shape. Better than new. Anyway, speaking of optometrist, I also picked out my new frames with help of Lewis today, and had a grand time at Dr. Guerreri’s office per usual. It’s so handy to have family friends who are doctors and dentists. And as a special treat, Lewis took me to get some delicious frozen yogurt after we made it through all our chores. Lovely day to sit in central park and have a little chocolate-peanut butter frozen yogurt. Mmm.
Ever since then I’ve been sitting here, in my desk chair, ticking things off my Tasque list. And lo, that list is done. It must be time to retire.