i gave my group presentation on terry tempest williams’ refuge today in lit. it was my first real public speaking experience since the dissection speech for peer mentoring last year. and, in my opinion, it went pretty darn well. i typed everything out word for word and double spaced it, in case my vision went bleary from sheer panic, but i didn’t forget how to read and was even able to ad-lib a little bit without stumbling over the english language.
i think i benefitted from the fact that this week has had me so stressed out that i didn’t even have time to get nervous about the presentation. and the fact that all the people in my group were really, really nice and that one of them brought up stage fright before i did didn’t hurt either.
i have one more section of my jazz paper to write, and then i have all afternoon tomorrow to edit it. i’m really glad i took initiative on this one. i felt like i was far enough along last night to just take the evening off, watch sorority life and knock out at eleven. then i got up at seven this morning to register, went to jazz, made an appearance at fitness, had just enough time to shower, straighten my hair and put make up on (b/c i figured, if i did faint before my presentation, i would at least want to look nice) before i met my group at 12:30. i even scheduled in a quick (and by quick i mean an hour and a half) post-class nap before i started working again. today was a lesson in efficiency.
by five o’clock tomorrow, all this stress will be over. and one week from today is thanksgiving!
quote of the day: “the universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” – eden phillpotts
love always, em locke
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