Less than a fortnight til the deadlines come crashing down and also til the start of spring - and it's turned cold here suddenly. It is still winter I suppose so not really surprising, but we've been having spring weather and blossoms appearing recently. My parents were going to Wellington this morning so I got a lift with them but we couldn't get over the Rimutaka Hills because of snow and slips. I'd never seen the hills so white. I had to get the late morning train, which goes under the ranges. Dunedin usually gets snow in winter but now the city's on holiday because the roads are shut.
Mixed news with the coursework progress. I've drawn up a schedule of council committee meetings and court hearings to get through those stories, and hopefully a journalist friend can help me find a couple of Maori and Polynesisan leads for my cultural pieces. The problem is the research assignment on the Treaty of Waitangi. It's pretty much the equivalent of a reasonable sized undergrad essay, I can do the stories and could tackle that in the fortnight but all together I'm worried that something somewhere's going to end up a mediocre rush job, which would be a pity as I wouldn't learn anything useful from it. Lecturer was not keen on giving extensions when I suggested it a week ago, will have to ask again more firmly tomorrow. Even if I could hand the research assignment in after the weekend rather than before would make a noticeable difference to the quality of it. And there's the script to assemble for Radio NZ by the 25th as well!
I hate being rushed, I just don't find that kind of pressure helpful (some people thrive on it). It was curious how I got nearly twice as many stories written each week at the Kapiti Observer (a relaxed workplace, twice weekly paper) as at the Wairarapa Times Age (a daily, where I put in some 12+ hour days).
Anyway, why is it that when I have to get up early in the morning I always find it hard to get to sleep?
That happens to me, too! It's like the more you remind yourself you need to get some sleep 'cause you have to get up early, the more your brain rebels and keeps you up.
Posted by: Sister Novena at August 17, 2004 06:45 AM