Just finished my first semester of school (Landscape Design, for those who are keeping track.) as a vaper (fifth overall), and boy oh boy. Was it ever a doozie.
First of all, it's a condensed semester (7 weeks as opposed to 15) and so we have the same workload and expectations, but half the time to do it in.
Second, our studio course mark was determined entirely by one ginormous project. Usually it's split between two or three smaller ones. Gah.
Third, this semester could have optionally been taken in Italy. ITALY! For. Two. Months. Now I, not having the luxury of being able to just pack up and leave the country, obviously couldn't take that option. Well, I suppose I could have, but I'd be coming home to a big pile of my stuff burning on the front lawn and the shiny blur of nine-iron whistling towards my head.
So all of my classmates who went are going to receive a silent treatment equivalent to one from a cat who has been left alone for two weeks. I will be glaring daggers (nay, ICBMs!) at them. I will refuse any and all overtures of friendliness and go sit facing a corner instead. I will do my best to hack up hairballs into their shoes and scratch up their couches.
Ahem.
So anyway, I've basically been a hermit for the last week or so getting everything polished and finalized for hand-in, and all I can say is that vaping has saved my sanity. (Mostly.) I'm so much more productive when I can sit at my desk at home and vape away without needing to go outside for a smoke every hour or so. When I need the computer labs at school, I can usually stealth vape if I'm off in a corner and it's late enough.
I'd occasionally step outside with a classmate or two anyway just to get my eyes of the darn screen, though. There's only so much AutoCAD and Sketchup and Photoshop one can take in a sitting. Also, I think I have a few more people interested in making the switch.
The only drawback is that when you can puff away with impunity, you puff away with impunity. I easily doubled my juice consumption over the last week or so. Some of that I chalk up to all of the sleep I wasn't getting, but still. It was a little alarming the first time I noticed I was refilling my DID twice a day.
Sometimes I wouldn't even notice getting overnic'd until I stood up to stretch my legs and found that they'd conspired with my inner ears to take a relaxed attitude towards the whole "balance" issue.
So, yeah, here I am. One semester, just fourteen weeks, away from graduating from a post-secondary institution. I made it through hell and sleep deprivation and making deadlines with about the same time to spare as the bomb squad member in the action movie blockbuster of your choice.
And I still don't smoke.
Have I mentioned how awesome vaping is lately?
First of all, it's a condensed semester (7 weeks as opposed to 15) and so we have the same workload and expectations, but half the time to do it in.
Second, our studio course mark was determined entirely by one ginormous project. Usually it's split between two or three smaller ones. Gah.
Third, this semester could have optionally been taken in Italy. ITALY! For. Two. Months. Now I, not having the luxury of being able to just pack up and leave the country, obviously couldn't take that option. Well, I suppose I could have, but I'd be coming home to a big pile of my stuff burning on the front lawn and the shiny blur of nine-iron whistling towards my head.
So all of my classmates who went are going to receive a silent treatment equivalent to one from a cat who has been left alone for two weeks. I will be glaring daggers (nay, ICBMs!) at them. I will refuse any and all overtures of friendliness and go sit facing a corner instead. I will do my best to hack up hairballs into their shoes and scratch up their couches.
Ahem.
So anyway, I've basically been a hermit for the last week or so getting everything polished and finalized for hand-in, and all I can say is that vaping has saved my sanity. (Mostly.) I'm so much more productive when I can sit at my desk at home and vape away without needing to go outside for a smoke every hour or so. When I need the computer labs at school, I can usually stealth vape if I'm off in a corner and it's late enough.
I'd occasionally step outside with a classmate or two anyway just to get my eyes of the darn screen, though. There's only so much AutoCAD and Sketchup and Photoshop one can take in a sitting. Also, I think I have a few more people interested in making the switch.
The only drawback is that when you can puff away with impunity, you puff away with impunity. I easily doubled my juice consumption over the last week or so. Some of that I chalk up to all of the sleep I wasn't getting, but still. It was a little alarming the first time I noticed I was refilling my DID twice a day.
Sometimes I wouldn't even notice getting overnic'd until I stood up to stretch my legs and found that they'd conspired with my inner ears to take a relaxed attitude towards the whole "balance" issue.
So, yeah, here I am. One semester, just fourteen weeks, away from graduating from a post-secondary institution. I made it through hell and sleep deprivation and making deadlines with about the same time to spare as the bomb squad member in the action movie blockbuster of your choice.
And I still don't smoke.
Have I mentioned how awesome vaping is lately?
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