Rebecca Week 7

Apologies for not doing my blogging last week; I was M.I.A. both mentally and physically from about Friday to Thursday...missed classes...missed a paper deadline...I was suffering from this sad, semi-depression funk that *I think* I'm finally out of. This weekend definitely helped. Had the entire weekend off from work, which NEVER happens. Went to the Black and White Ball with some good friends on Friday night and spent Saturday roaming around Oakland and Berkeley with my friend and stuffing my face with Fenton's and CREAM (if you haven't gone to either of those to places, go now, seriously, SO GOOD). I had a lot of fun, something I've definitely been missing the past few months.

And now for the blog assignment - which strategies we've put to use. 

Since I didn't have work on Sunday (though I did have a bunch of errands to run that I'd been putting off) I made it a point to just walk into Starbucks, order my tall Double Chocolatey Chip and just sit down at a table and write. I sat there for about 3 hours with just my notebook and pen and managed to get a few scenes down on paper, something I've been struggling to do lately. I knew that I wouldn't be able to get anything done at home with all the free food and free cable and non-sucky WiFi connection. I think I would have stayed there longer if my mom hadn't decided to cook ribs and mashed potatoes for dinner...I was starving and that sounded so good. 

I also tried to just put my thesis at the forefront of my free time this weekend, I had a midterm to study for as well, but of course as it got closer to my midterm this morning I wished that I had spent more time studying and less time writing...sooo there's that haha
But the point is - just going off somewhere and giving myself that time to write without any other distractions really helped me be more productive with my thesis this weekend. The trick now is just trying to find/make the time for it on a more regular basis.

Also here is a pic of my sister, my cousin, and me all dressed up for an Obon Festival :)

Bonus points if you can tell which one is me! haha Juuuuusst kidding, pretty sure I still look the same so it's probably not that hard! lol
Look forward to reading and workshopping everyone's writing and I will (hopefully) be sending mine within the next few hours!