Numb

I woke up this morning and realized that I didn't blog this weekend. I think this will be a common occurrence this semester.

Today marks the official beginning of the fall semester. I think I've reached a level on numbness in regards to what lies ahead.

My schedule is up in the air still due to dropping the International portion of my program. I realized that the focus of the international concentration was on news writing - politics, conflict, wars, etc. I'm hoping to focus on long-form narrative, features, culture and social justice issues. So, it wasn't a good fit.

At this point, I'm looking at 20-30 hours of work for just one of my courses. This doesn't count the research course I'm taking, or the cross-cultural journalism course I'm a teaching assistant for.

I've been trying to figure out where the numbness came in, and I think something my sister said helped me figure it out. The last two weeks ("boot camp", followed by one week of reporting for our local newspaper) were trial by fire.

I think the numbness is what comes after the burn.