Thoughts on realistic expectations, school, and relationships

Yea, yea I know everyone is getting sick of hearing about my emotional and relationship status on a recurring basis.  I had a bit of an epiphany yesterday regarding my limitations and what I should and should not commit too.  I had to bow out of the ACLU training yesterday because I was simply exhausted and overwhelmed.  Initially I viewed this as a failure.  What I learned is that I need to be more realistic about my commitment level, especially when I am going through a difficult emotional time.  It is essential that I become more engaged yet it is also essential that I don't over extend.  During times such as this I need to commit to smaller, shorter things that have the option to not show up.  The coffee klatch meetup is a perfect example meeting every Saturday morning for a couple of hours just to chat.

At present school is completely overwhelming and I am not really meeting my goals (time wise) for studying and work study.  Somehow I need to get on a more even keel so I am not in either crash mode or work frenetically mode which has been the norm as of late.  When I figure it out I will let you know.  Right now I consistently stay up too late, sleep too many hours (10+) and wake up too late.

Elise and I have opened communication to some degree after I helped with the email.  She said she was touched by the paper letter that I sent to her.  I need to be careful about inflated expectations but it would be really nice to have her in my life to some degree at least.

I have also put an add out for a roommate last night.  Got two flaky responses and one from what seemed to be a normal person.  Keep my fingers crossed.