The Day Before Tomorrow

I'm sure that you are looking at this title, thinking, Jesus Christ Sophie, how much of your English have you lost? BUT I HAVE AN EXPLANATION. Tomorrow is going to be a horrible day, so I keep thinking of today as the buffer between my reality right now, and the hell of a day tomorrow. Hence, the title. And now, onto my day.

I had the most disturbing dream last night. But I can’t tell you about it. You would probably never talk to me again if I told you about it. Food for thought. Actually, it was so vivid, and so life like, that it wasn’t until I got half way through the first lecture of the morning that I realized that it was just a dream, and not just a very disturbing memory. It was actually an extremely eye opening realization, that my dream was actually a dream. I hadn’t realized that I was thinking about it as a memory until I got to class. It’s been a while since I have had a dream like this. ANYWAY. Back to the interesting bits.

I felt like I had slept one day too long when I got to the lecture. My teacher started talking about all of these grammar points that I didn’t recognize at all. Normally I will at least recognize the characters, if not the meaning. I had to look around, and then check the date, to make sure that I hadn’t actually slept one day too many. As if I could. What can I say, it was just one of those days.

It definitely got better though. I started to understand what she was saying (which is always a good sign) and I could even start to answer the questions that she was asking. I also soon realized that I hadn’t slept a day too long. I have been having more and more epiphany moments recently. The result of a crapload of studying, I suspect. My teachers were right, my Chinese is definitely getting better. I didn’t believe them at first, but I do now.

As we head into the last week of class, it is funny to watch how everyone is just starting to wilt. Even the teachers are done for. No one wants to be sitting in class, teaching or learning. We are all so very burnt out. Take today for example, during our conversation class. Our teacher was sitting there while we were debating, yawning, and trying to look extremely interested while we butchered his language. He also admitted to us that when he woke up this morning, coming to class was the absolute late thing that he wanted to do. I can completely understand that. We only have 4 days left of class though. Soon, we will all be able to relax, and regain our spirits.

I didn’t skip lunch today, I just ate a little bit later than most people. I had a late morning snack, so I wasn’t hungry at lunch time. I just came back to my room to relax. While I was walking back, I ran into the 5th year teacher, and another student, who had the same idea as me. We all just wanted a little bit of time to ourselves. I mean, being social is good and healthy and whatnot, but sometimes you just need some time to yourself.

At 1:30, I had a one on one class with my teacher. It was really helpful. She went over all the grammar points with me, and it was perfect. Sometimes, I just need someone to go over it all with me. After class was over (and the HSK practice test was done) I went to get lunch. Unfortunately, China does not work quite like America. Even though it was only 2:30 in the afternoon, but all of the restaurants were closed for the afternoon. I had to get creative for lunch.

The rest of my afternoon was spent studying, preparing for my test tomorrow. (Tomorrow is actually going to be a horrible day, but I will let you learn about my day tomorrow after I actually experience it.) I also had to prepare my speech for the debate tomorrow. I extremely dislike formal debates, but what are you going to do? I think the plan is basically just to wing it. My team is not particularly in the debating mood this week. I’m not worried, we are all pretty smart, and I think we shall be fine.
I saw Jack tonight, at 8. That’s pretty late for me to be working out, especially when I had a million and half tests tomorrow, but it was good. And my stomach has never hurt so much from working out as it did tonight. I thought that it would never stop cramping. Jack almost died laughing at me.

I spent the rest of the night doing some last minute studying, and preparing for my debate tomorrow. Not a whole lot of fun in that. And now, I am off to bed. Goodnight!