The Miracle of Sweat

Alright. I'll admit it. I can try to deny it all that I want, but there is just no escaping reality: I haven't been to the gym in two days. *GASP* I know, it's a travesty. But it's so hard to motivate myself when I am working out by myself, and not really knowing what I am doing. So I put it off. Bad mistake.

I knew something was out of whack when I woke up this morning. You know how when you wake up, the first thing you do is look around, and then start to think? Well, when I wake up, I also do a mental test. Head? check. Body? check. Have to make sure everything is still functioning, and that I haven't completely lost my marbles when I was asleep. It can happen, you know.

Well, everything wasn't exactly smooth sailing. I was more than a little touchy. It's just how I get when I don't exercise. All the stress gets to my head, and makes me neurotic. So, after some stern advice from my mother, I took myself off to gym. There is something absolutely fantastic about working out, so that your entire body is covered in sweat. I ran, hard, for half an hour, before hitting the weights, and eventually, the rowing machine. And it was glorious. Walking back to my room, I was covered in sweat, exhausted, and completely happy. It wasn't as hard of a workout as I would have liked, but hey, it was better than just sitting on my ass all day. And it gave me clarity of mind that I desperately needed. Finally, back to normal.

But then it was back to business. I had to call one of my teachers friends to interview her about Chinese medicine. She's a fourth year Chinese med student, studying with her teacher right now in Tianjin, a city a couple hours northeast of Beijing, on the coast. She gave me some good tips on what i should write, and some good info on both the history of Chinese medicine, and some of the uses. Some of my questions, however, she refused to answer, because she said that the answer would be too indepth, so she wasn't even going to bother.

For the rest of the afternoon, I finished writing my paper, and using my last couple of free days to relax. I finally finished my paper, by the way. Well, finished it enough for now, anyway. 2000 characters, 500 characters over the requirement. I think that that deserves a pat on the back, if I do say so myself. I sent it off to my teacher so that she could help me edit it. I have no idea when I am going to be getting it back.

And that was my day. I'm sorry that I am such a boring person. Hang in there.