The title is not a reference to the movie but rather my current state of mind.  Do you ever have one of those days where productivity is necessary but taking the first step is as difficult as traveling the world in 80 days?  For me, today is that day.  I have done everything but attack my homework with determination.  Unfortunately, I feel like I am getting sick and am physically exhausted and ready for a much needed vacation.  I only have four more weeks left, but it may as well be four months.  Here I am staring down a pile of homework that needs to get done, and my mind is distracted from exhaustion and illness and holiday season excitement.  Who can think when there are books to read and movies to cry about and songs to belt out?

Well, time to suck it up and get to work.  My goal: surviving until Thanksgiving break, which starts next Wednesday.

1 month, 6 days, 4 hours, and 37 minutes until Christmas.  Stay merry!!!

– Lauren Michele  :)

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”  – Ralph Waldo Emerson