I am exhausted. I just got home from shooting at ASU's football game. That is such an awesome experience. You feel so important with your media badge. Access to the press room upstairs with free food and refreshments, you walk along the sidelines of the game, get within inches of players, and there really is something empowering when you're holding that camera and zoom lens in your hand. It's the second time I've been able to experience it, but it almost didn't happen. I was scheduled to work tonight and fought all week to get someone to cover it. No one at our store could. So I called another store and a girl volunteered - yay! Right when I thought I was out of options. Well, today I got a call at 4. The girl didn't show up, can you come in? No, damnit, I can't come in. I'm BOOKED! Stress, stress, but there was no way in hell I was missing the game for a part-time job selling cheap clothes. An hour later, the girl showed up. Relieved, I left happily for the game. This semester continues to become more and more challenging. Some days I think I've got it all under control. Other days I feel like my world is caving in on me. This whole week has been a string of those days. Work, work, work. Homework, job, internship, project, event. I know I won't be shutting my eyes for good until about midnight. I have to get up at about 6ish to cover a "Crow Protest" tomorrow morning from 7-9 that may or may not be happening. I just found out about it today on a website and no one's responded yet to my email about it. So I guess I'll find out. But I have to go to it because I have a radio package due Tuesday morning for my broadcasting class. It's our first on-air news show. I cover the political beat. Then I have work 11-6. The whole day, gone. And sometime, somehow, I have to: Read two chapters in my photojournalism book for a quiz on Monday, listen to an entire unit of my online jazz class in preparation for an exam on Thursday and write an internship report due Tuesday. Monday I'll be editing my news package. It's a busy weekend. Nothing out of the norm. Efficiency is key. The good news is I think I'm out of the green slump, my pictures lately have been really good, and there really isn't a day I dread facing. I love seeing Mackenzie every day, I'm really liking my internship now because I'm going out on stories, and even my classes are getting better, not that I complained much about them before. Really, my only nemesis is Time. Time to go. Need Time to regenerate my batteries. Until next Time... Carrie PS - Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad!