Roots and stems and plants and words

1) Four essays to write. One for New Zealand Politics, which is a first-year course, for which I keep trying to write a third-year essay. One for Political Psychology, for which I will probably end up writing on one of my pet topics (PTSD as related to veterans, or the 2005 Danish Mohammad cartoon controversy). Two for Hindu Goddesses, both twice as long as the polisci ones, both of which I am rather lost on.

2) Have been sleeping a lot. Nine hours last night, and was still drifting a bit by the end of my last class. It’s not the sinking, heavy exhaustion of mono, just general tiredness, but this is still not a great time for it. (See point #1.)

3) I got a plant! It’s a tiny zebra plant, and it was only about US$1:

It’s grown noticeably since I brought it home, too. Look closely, and you’ll see the next pair of leaves starting to sprout from the top:

They’re even larger now – I swear I can see this thing growing by the day.

(I have no idea whether Customs will confiscate it. I sure hope not. Should probably sort that out in the next few weeks, or at least before I get to the airport.)