Zombies, Economics, and Secondhand Lions

I had a horrific dream last night,that involved zombies trying to kill me. As far as my dreams go, that is pretty tame, but this one was real, and terrifying. I thought that it was real; as in, I couldn’t tell that it was a dream. The best way that I can describe it is that it was a lot like the Saw movies. I kept trying to run, and I kept getting stuck in places that people would trap me in. And I kept running out of amo, so I had to start clubbing them. It was an exceedingly bloody dream.

Anyway, my point is, I was so scared, that I woke up at 5 in the morning, convinced that I was still dreaming. I looked around to make sure that there was no zombie hiding in the closet. I was almost too scared to move, because there was nothing that I could use to club it in reach, which basically means that if there actually was a zombie, then I would have been dead as a doornail. I didn’t want to fall back asleep either, because that would mean that the zombies would get me again. But I did fall asleep again. After I had calmed myself down enough.

When I woke up properly at 6:30, I absolutely was not conscious. Sure, I took a shower and ate breakfast, but I was on autopilot. When I got to class, it was the same. I was awake for the first half hour, but it only went downhill. There were points when I was seeing two of my teacher, because my eyes simply would not focus properly. I think that I pulled it off pretty well though. I managed to answer the questions mostly correctly, I think.

Up until lunch, things went pretty well. Class was class. I did learn one interesting thing though. My teacher told me that if I sleep on my stomach, and drink tea before going to bed, then I am definitely going to have bad dreams. And I do sleep on my stomach every night. She told me that I should sleep on my side, and drink milk before going to bed. That is a little bit too tame for me, I think. And I definitely can’t sleep on my side.

We had Chinese tables today. Which means that HBA paid for lunch. And I get awesome company for lunch, which definitely beats eating alone in my room. Not to give you the impression that I am a loser or anything. We actually had some pretty good food. I won’t go into details, because I don’t know what I was eating some of the time, but Chinese food is amazing, and savory, and oh so very yummy.

I got an hour break after lunch, before I went back to class for the last one on one class. I had class with Yin Laoshi today, who is definitely one of the coolest teachers. We get along pretty well. Mostly because we are both huge science fiction nerds. I have informed her about the beauties of Doctor Who, and we bond over our shared favorite movies. It was a good time today.

For the rest of the day, I started in on my homework. We had 124 characters to memorize today. That is way too much. At least, I think that is what we have to know. Those were all the characters that were in our text for tonight. So I am making an educated decision. And it has not been a fun experience memorizing all of them. I’m good, but I’m not sure that I am that good.

I saw Jack again tonight as well. From 6 -7. He was in a good mood today. You could see that form his hair. He had jelled it straight up. He is so funny. The exercise wasn’t so hard today. There was a lot of ab work today though. It wasn’t easy. But it was fun. And Jack is fun to talk to while I work out. I may or may not use that as an excuse to take a break. He seems to think that everyone is like him: a super machine that doesn’t need to rest. Well, I am here to inform you, that I most definitely need rest. I’m not really a huge fan of the whole, head spinning, stomach churning feeling. I like to catch my breath and then continue.

But it was good fun, as always. And as always, Jack encouraged me not to eat dinner, so that I can lose weight. I think he is proud of me for working so hard this summer. I quite like eating dinner though. Sometimes, you have to take what other people said with a grain of salt.

And now, I am finishing my homework, trying to memorize characters, and write my blog. I have to go to bed soon. Personally, I am hoping that the zombies don’t make a return appearance. I do not need an encore.

Goodnight!