Sleep-Deprived Student Writes Useless Rambling Note About First Day Back at School

Ugh. Long day at school--first day back for the semester. I worked at the restaurant really late last night, then dragged myself out of bed in the early a.m. to guzzle coffee and read for class, having renewed my commitment to do homework and be a good student. I did, in fact, get the reading done for Business Associations. But then we ended up NOT talking about the reading, which as you can imagine thrilled me since I was dragging my feet all day due to homework-induced sleep deprivation. And I didn't read at all for another one of the classes, so actually failed on my very first day to be the model student that I aspire to be. ACK! What a jerk. I'm a terrible student. Had three long classes today, and a long oral read session for law journal, with my only respite being a nice coffee break w/dear -s. in the afternoon. Finally arrived home starving just now. Happily had some leftover Swedish dumpling soup from Gretchen to chow down on. YUM. Am a new woman. Anyhoo.... Course load this semester includes: Evidence; Business Associations (aka Biz Ass); Complex Litigation; Jurisprudence; and Lawyering Skills III (Appellate Brief-Writing). Am working on scrounging up the rest of my textbooks, have been lucky enough to bag some used copies from friends. Am really over the whole $95 textbook situation.

Tomorrow I am skipping Biz Ass (biggest snooze EVER) and heading to Rock Island, Illinois, to visit Shad's family. They have just returned to the States and MIL informs me she has ripped their new house apart and is anticipating a weekend of shopping and home decorating-type activities. Fun!

The six-hour drive to the quad cities seems like a great way to get my reading done for next week. Unfortunately in the past few years I've started to get terrible motion sickness when reading in the car. Any suggestions on how to combat that? If I read for just ten minutes, I'll end up feeling nauseous the whole rest of the drive.