catching up.. or running behind

Hello little blog, i've had lots of things to blog about recently, but no time. I still have no time, but i'm just gonna put off my assignments a little longer, because i feel like blogging.
~First off, autumn has truly arrived. Who can walk around in the crispness of this day and not think happy thoughts for even just a second? It's windy, crispy, and sunny. AND beautiful. Changing leaves are one of my favorite events each year. and that's just that.
~Secondly, I've been pondering a thought of "keeping chipper." You see, it really is that time in the semester where i have 5 papers to work on, exams every week, and altogether too many things to do. It's that time of year where i'm doing good if i get 1 thing done on my checklist, let alone the 16 other things i have written down. But you know, i really think this is what college is about, adapting to each new professor, adapting to each class and its' exams/ requirements, adapting to various time-sucking practices. It's about just going with the flow, and holding on. You reach a point where you can only focus on the next task to be done. College is about embracing this way of life; this place where getting ahead is impossible, and cramming inevitable. I think it's amazing how in high school, cramming meant spending half an hour during lunch reviewing notes, making sure you remembered everything you'd learned. In highschool, if you were staying up late doing work, and spending your weekends working on projects it was because you were being lazy at other times, because you has been putting it off. In college, there is always something to be doing. You are never caught up. If you're weekends are spent doing fun things, it's because you make a conscious decision to put that off, or cram that there. And this is the cause of so much stress, that feeling of never being truly on top of everything.
Of course, I am the kind of person that this is troubling to. I really really like it when all 17 things on my checklist are done. But i think it's actually good for me to have to let things go. There's only so much one person can do on 24 hours, 7 days, or 4 months.
It's about setting priorities, about recognizing what is worth your time and what is not. and that's a good thing.
So that is why sometimes I choose to blog when I should be doing something else... because just being allowed to write down these random thoughts floating around my brain gives me some extra cranial space for exam material.
And that is also why I am going down the shore tonight, because family always trumps school, and nieces who run around chasing seagulls are so worth a few late nights of cramming, and a few early morning torture sessions.
So, dear Sea Isle City, I'll see you late tonight.