Day 71

I've spent the last couple of hours debating the long term benefits of going for a ride tonight versus studying for my organic chem midterm... I had been thinking all day that I'd ride around 11pm, expecting my brain to be worn out from studying almost non-stop since 7am, but here I am at ride time with plenty of energy.  So I've decided to stay in and keep working away.  I don't like to take more than one day off my bike in a row, and usually insist on two days of no biking to be the max.  I think at three the loss in fitness becomes significant, and I hate the idea of backtracking.  On the other hand, I keep thinking I'll discover some key mechanism in that extra hour of studying that I might have otherwise missed, and that it'll make a big difference on my midterm.  The trouble is, I didn't do very well on my first midterm in this course, so I don't have any margin for error, and if I don't pick up my grade, I'll have to deal with that low grade for as long as I'm in school/applying to other schools.  So that's that, and now I feel like I've convinced myself that studying's the right call...