
Me: I'm a month into this russian course at the university and doing ok still. I think I've mastered the Ryan-console game problem so things look a lot better. Still, the workload is fiendish but it has it's upsides. I feel I actually learn more since I have to frequently think more in russian every day than before. I sincerely hope to reach as far as acceptable fluency by the end of the semester because there might be a job lined up come winter, dealing with russian guests in a region far north in Sweden. They're opening fashion stores there as the russian demand for fashion is quite high, and it's more convenient for the Murmansk people to visit Haparanda rather than Stockholm or Helsinki. Albeit a bit scary, it seems like a good merit for me.
My dating frequency has dropped to zero since summer because of the workload. Although I still go on World of Warcraft raids three evenings a week. It's actually not so easy to prioritise as non-nerds would think!