Cooling down

I haven’t done very well with my writing recently. Wednesday was extremely hot, and even though I wasn’t told that I could go home, I went ahead and left. To be honest, I think I have received permission to leave early on Wednesday, because the teacher used to tell me almost every week and she stopped after telling my boss that this was established. Anyway, so I’ll probably leave early on Wednesday from now on if I feel comfortable doing so.

Yesterday was really nice and temperate, and then I think it got into the mid-teens last night. I slept very well. Also, I went climbing with Corali. Well, she only stayed for about an hour, but it was nice to have someone to climb with for a bit. Overall I had a really good session. I successfully climbed two of the blue problems on A wall that gave me lots of trouble when I originally tried them. So I would say that I’m very close to the level that I was back in April. >.> I also nearly completed the long problem on A wall—I got to hold 35 out of 37.

I really need to try to reserve a stay at the farm in Niigata to do rice harvesting. I’m sure it would be a great experience. But now it seems that no one will come with me, so I’ve lost most of my motivation. I also thought about going to Ueda, but I realized today that I forgot to order the holder for my bike that would allow me to pack it more safely should I decide to come back by train. I might just end up spending the weekend studying. I realized today that I only have 2.5 months left until the test. Ugh, with the lack of progress that I feel I’ve made, it almost seems like a waste to even buy a train ticket.

On Monday I made a to-do list for my memory program, trying to break down each feature as much as possible. But in the end, every night I’ve either forgotten or felt too tired to try working on it.