Morgan's Busy Life

Hello all. I am quite tired right now but I thought I should blog and give you all an update on the busy and complex life of a grad student. My bishop passed away last Sunday and I really really wanted to go home for the funeral on Saturday. I was broke however. My beloved mom (who I actually just had a fight with) paid for my ticket. I flew to Atlanta late Friday evening and attended the service. It was magnificent if not very strange (but I think the strangeness was my beloved mother's aura/spirit throughout the service...lol). Anyways, I had a really important assignment to get to and actually was having a meeting Sunday night with some of my classmates for a Group Debate scheduled to take on Monday morning for my Psychology of the African American class. I didnt get back to Philly until almost 10:30 last night! I had a paper to right and a presentation to prepare! And I was exhausted physically and emotionally. I ended up going to bed pretty late and then waking back up really early to work on the paper and prepare for the presentation. When I got to class, Professor Stevenson laid out the time format for the debates and my group ended up not even debating this week!! I was pretty upset. I rushed home to get some lunch and get caught up on my reading for Critical Race Theory. I just barely skimmed the book before class at 7 p.m. Class was good but I am still tired. To top the day off, my mom called and carried on about how worried she is about me and my processing through the death of my bishop and she started crying and just really carrying on. So, I am totally distracted at this point. The moral of the story is...try not to build bridges between your home life and your school life if they are not in any way similar or connected. It is very easy to get distracted trying to negotiate between issues with family and life back home and then to stay focused on school. Wish me luck on re-focusing!