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Who'd have thought writing a thesis would be so much work! It isn't making things any easier when I have to chase up referees and get certified copies of my passport and my academic transcript to finalise multiple application forms for PhD scholarships by the end of the week, in addition to preparing for various presentations, in addition to having to train twice a week because our basketball finals are on over the weekend...

I have that groggy feeling that you get from neglecting sleep and exercise in order to study... which makes me realise how much exercise I normally do. Yesterday, I was thinking that I'd better get to the gym because I hadn't been for so long, but then I realised that I had actually spent four hours at basketball training last Friday and two hours at our follow up training session on Saturday morning (ugh), before playing in our semi-final on Sunday. I think that all of this non-weight room physical exercise coupled with a total lack of sleep is turning me into an emaciated ghost. Perhaps this isn't such a bad thing, maybe I can use it to my advantage?

Oh well, less than two more weeks to go before I suddenly shift from having a completely overloaded schedule to having absolutely nothing on my plate at all. I don't know how I'll handle the change. Overload, pleasure overload!