The Limit- is there one? My head is too full!

I learned last week in my conversation analysis class that there is a limit to the amount of bad news a person can take.  This is a researched fact.  People just can't take much bad news.  This gets me thinking if there is a maximum that a person can take when they are reading scholarly articles?

Currently, I am working on a paper for my intercultural communication class, which we have split up between myself and two other co-group members to wade through.  My entire list consists of 22 or 23 articles each averaging 15 to 20 pages each.  As I sit here blogging I am "taking a break" from reading, because even through I am not an avid reader in general - I at times enjoy a good read.  BUT - is it bad that now, that reading is something that I do literally daily, via facebook, or emails, or currently knee deep in 70+ pages of heavy/dense scholarly reading, that I don't - like really don't want to do any reading on free time.  My sentiment at the moment is a little something like "Bye bye Three Cups of Tea" and all the other books that I have sitting on my cool bookshelves that I haven't even touched or am in the middle of....ugh so tired of sitting here and reading....

Also, does the freshmen 15 happen for your first year of grad school as well? I know, poor grad student, but when you sit at your chair looking to the computer screen from  1-5:30pm without much physical exercise other than blinking your eyes and bathroom breaks, something has to slow down for the digestion thing right?!?  I feel like I am getting fat - maybe its all the knowledge in my head weighing my down! HA!  The scale doesn't lie, at times I think that boyfriend does...but that's just cuz he loves me :)

...better get back to my version of the grind!  Tomorrow is Monday and while I used to dread Sunday's specifically because Monday meant going back to work - I gotta admit the sentiment rings true for Monday's in school....slow...groggy.....and not quite willing to think critically just yet - how far are we away from Friday again?????

wish me luck....paper due this week...and two more the next :) - bye bye social life...