overwhelmed in october

As I stumble into October, it's getting harder to keep my head above water.

I am juggling an increasing load of assignment deadlines, menial (yet necessary) errands, and my ever-shrinking bank account balance. Oh, and making up for the four year hiatus from recreational reading.

I am currently reading:

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtmenche
Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker edited by David Remnick

And I have about 10 others, literally lined up on my desk.

Bus rides are not so unbearable, now that I always have a book in tow. But the motion sickness can be overwhelming, and I have to put the book down on my lap and look out of the window for awhile.

I wish I could do the same with my life right now- just put everything down, and look out the window to think.