Rising at 6:30am, out the door by 7:45am, parking the car by 8:10am, studying until 9:45am, class until 11:10am- this is my routine on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.  My roommate who usually has class at 8:30am drives himself, but his radiator hose became disconnected and will not be fixed until Thursday afternoon.  Needless to say, I have been busy and running around most of the week.  With all this running around, I found that I needed to have some ‘alone time’ or time for myself.  So I got my hair cut for the first time in four months which is a long time for me.  But I felt so much better after I did that, very refreshed and ready for the next challenge.  Well, my next challenge was last night.  I went to the Environmental Law Society (ELS) meeting in hopes that I would be voted as the MSEL Representative.  I was very nervous for some reason to stand up in front of the room full of ELS members, but I did it!  I got up, said a few words and then slumped down into my chair.  I only needed to say a few words about who I was since I already received the position due to the lack of involvement or desire of the MSELs to run for the position.  But for some reason, standing in front of that crowd made me very nervous.  I have facilitated workshops, spoken on the Michigan Senate Floor, received awards and given presentations before, but I had never felt like I did last night when I stood up to talk about myself in front of my fellow peers.  It felt good when it was over and I drove home talking to my long distance boyfriend telling him of the days activities and my good news.  Most days after all my activities and classes I relax by talking to those that mean the most to me and ‘chilling out’ to prevent myself for stressing too much like it seems some students are doing over classes, work and extracurricular activities, but I also used to stress out way too much so I am trying to prevent myself from doing that.