Sometimes you just don't get anything done, and this is one of those times. The good thing is that at this moment there's nothing that I desperately need to do as I have a relatively slow week ahead of me. That said, it really would have been wise to already make that 20-item vocabulary test that I'm giving Tuesday. Believe me when I say that I really intended to make it at several moments over the last couple of days, but somehow I never got to it. One of the things that has been holding me back is that I always have a lot of difficulty making stupid tests. While studying vocabulary is very useful, a crucial part of learning any foreign language, I find that almost all vocabulary test are too some degree arbitrary and therefore stupid. I worry too much about the words to pick for the test as if that would make them anything more meaningful. I should just pick a couple of random items, but no I need to think through the importance of every word before I include it. Stupid tests just don't agree with me, but I'll be damned if I don't finish this one tonight. That way I will have done at least one useful thing this weekend.
broke down. It no longer functions. Kaput. It was the only device capable of making coffee in the house, and now it's gone. OK it is not exactly gone, let's say it is in a vegetative state. The heart of the matter is that I, at the moment, no longer drink coffee at home. This makes me realize that I usually drink ridiculous amounts of coffee. It's not that my hands are trembling from withdrawal, but it's something that's missing in my daily routine now. I think I'll forgo buying a new one for now just to see how this tea only thing is going to work out.
