So currently, I'm sitting at work, and doing absolutely nothing. Why? I don't know. But I will go insane if I sit here for 8 hours on freerice.com (which as a side public service announcement, please visit! They do good work) or learning about differential equations, so my lovely readers, you get not one, but two blog posts from me! And if you're lucky (or is it unlucky?), maybe more.
Now as your probably guessed from the title of this blogpost, this post will be about what my Mondays thru Fridays look like. While some may find it monotonous and mundane, I'm quite enjoying the neat little schedule I have going. Now if only this could translate over to the school year.
7:30 - This is when my first alarm goes off. I say first because while I attempt to wake up this early, I end up jumping out of bed only at 7:55 (or in today's case, at 8).
Between 7:30 - whenever-my-taxi-for-work-arrives-which-hopefully-is-no-later-than-8:30 - I get ready for work! Normally this just involves finding jeans and a clean t-shirt (I work at a tech startup, and tech companies are notorious for not having a dress code) and making lunch for myself. Yes, I cook. It's cheaper and to be honest, healthier and more delicious than eating Middle Eastern food or a sandwich every day (the only two restaurants walking distance from work). After making lunch, I've started making myself coffee in the morning, which I'm hoping doesn't turn me into one of those people that has a caffeine addiction (assuming, of course, that CMU hasn't done that to me already). Then, I wait. Until I get a call saying that my taxi has arrived. Now you might be wondering why on earth I take a taxi to work. The answer is twofold: one, the only bus that takes me to work is half a mile away from my house, and the only time that I can take the bus that would ensure that I make it to work on time is at 8:00, which means I would probably have to leave my house at 7:30 to make it on time (which considering that Pittsburgh transportation is very rarely on time, is a risk in and of itself), and second, it's around $10 for a taxi ride, which I figured is acceptable for me to spend every day, since most days, that is all that I spend.
Whenever-I-get-to-work to 5:00 - This is when I'm (supposedly) working. To be honest, out of the 8 hours that I'm at work, I solidly work for about 6.5 hours of them. The other 1.5 hours are spent either eating or taking a break from coding, which is surprisingly exhausting. I don't know how much I'm allowed to say about my work, so all I will say is that I spend 6.5 hours a day coding in PHP, Javascript, and/or HTML. And as much as I complain about coding, there is something extremely satisfying when your program works.
5:00 - I'M FREE. Those are the only thoughts in my mind as I run (erm "speed walk") out the door and attempt to make it to the bus stop on time. You see, after lunch, which is around 1, I lose all motivation to work. And once lost, motivation is very hard to regain. Anyway, I leave at 5 and make it to my bus stop around 5:05, which gives me approximately 10 minutes to wait for the bus. Hopefully it's only 10, although until I found this bus stop, the wait was anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour. And in the burning heat, waiting an hour for the bus is terrible.
6:00 - Generally the time I get home. The bus drops me off at Craig Street at around 5:30, and I lazily walk back to my house, often walking through Gates because I a) love Gates b) like being able to check-in on foursquare in gates (I'm only slightly obsessed with foursquare) c) occasionally my friend in 150 is in gates. Speaking of which, yesterday, she was sitting outside the assistant dean of CS's office, and after I got there, the three of us had a conversation about drinking and speeding. It was strange having this conversation with my assistant dean, since hearing your assistant dean curse in every other sentence is slightly unnerving, but he was super chill and quite frankly, "a bro". Unfortunately, he is going to CMU's Campus in Qatar. We'll miss you MJS!
6:30 - Time to gym! Yes, I now workout. I originally had a bet with someone as to who could be more toned by the end of the summer (although I believe the exact words of the bet were "who would look better at the end of summer"), but now, I workout for me! I want to look toned and look good by the end of these three months, so that's what I'm doing. Generally consists of elliptical for 35 minutes, then machines for another 30ish minutes. By the time it's over, I'm dead, but hey, hopefully it'll all pay off.
8:30 - DINNER TIME. Normally rice + something or pasta, although occasionally, I do go out to eat. I prefer to eat by myself though, because I one, hate eating with people because I'm super self-conscious about the way I eat and two, that way I can watch TV.
Midnight - The time I try to go to bed. By going to bed at midnight and waking up at 7:30, that gives me 7.5 hours of sleep, and yet I still manage to be exhausted when I roll out of bed. How I sustained multiple nights of only 4 hours of sleep during the school year, I can't remember.
And that's it! A typical day in the week of yours truly. There are occasionally some variations (like when I have to go grocery shopping or eat dinner at 6:30 with people) but this is my summer life (:
