I am by no means bragging, and I don't really take the usual American pride in it, but for not having a ton of friends, I am really really busy. Like, insanely so. I don't even know how I'd have time for a good social life even if I DID have more friends.
I just can't believe that in the course of one day I have to:
- go to class
- tutor
- work out
- cook healthy meals
- do laundry
- do schoolwork, including two partner presentations, two long reading assignments, and a large midterm paper
- take care of siblings
- keep house clean
- take recycling out
- get this paperwork and that paperwork done for my mother, and to transfer to another college this fall, and I had FAFSA but it's finally done
- and on top of it all our dryer is broken so the laundry is more involved (hanging clothes around the house), we have no oil so we have to heat up pots of water to bathe and do dishes and clean in general - with one pot for an entire house, and one of our large stovetop burners is out (and I'm embarrassed that I can't take a shower like normal modern humans, I have to bathe in a plastic bucket until we get some oil...)
- and maybe, just maybe, somehow find time to hang out with someone now and then, or sit down and have a drink or some pleasure reading, or go to the mall with my sisters
Insanity. And what can I really cut out to have less stress? Not much.