2003-01-12 - 12:46 p.m.

Last night, I saw the original Psycho for the first time. It was really an excellent movie.

Today I'll be spending the majority of my day working on an essay comparing and contrasting the father and daughter characters in King Lear and The Tempest. I don't particularly mind doing that I just wish I was better at writing essays. I do, in fact, enjoy writing essays, I'm just not particularly good at doing so. Oh well. So goes life. Practice should eventually make me better although doubtfully will it ever make me perfect.

Mmm...breakfast was good today although I definitely overate a little bit. I treated myself to a meal at my favorite bistro because I made it through the first week of being back. That might sound pathetic, rewarding myself for one week of being home, but it helps me deal with lonliness and homesickness. It's how I deal with everything. I portion things up into little bits and make tiny goals leading to the bigger goal so nothing feels so hopeless or overwhelming. Even though I am in the land of my dreams following my dreams, that doesn't mean that I'm not lonely and that I don't miss my family and friends at home. So I make myself goals and reward myself so I feel better and can enjoy myself instead of moping about, hating life here for the homesickness that I feel.

Onward toward goal two...

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