Bad days

Everyone has bad days, yes? I learned to accept that many, many years ago. Yet I have been on such a string of good days lately that I thought I was immune to a bad day. Au contrair.

Today was a bad day. It rained. It was miserable outside. I had an exam. The exam was not nice. This is the third exam in the past week. I am sick. Yeah. The list could go on, but why continue the agony?

The simple truth is I had grown to think that I was above having a bad day. And today proved that yes, I am human and yes, I will have bad days.

Spontaneous

It's not a word that I would use to describe myself. I wouldn't even use it in the same sentence as my name. But today, I think I can say I was spontaneous. At lunch, a decision was made to visit the Columbia Park today. This afternoon. The day before the week of exams.

So after eating, Heather, Jason, Corey and I heading to downtown Lafayette. We found Columbia Park and wandered a ways back and found the zoo. Now, the zoo was free so we weren't expecting a whole lot. But it was still a lot of fun! They had prairie dogs, wallabies, goats, and monkeys! So much fun :)

Afterward we played around in the park like a bunch of kids. Because really, we are. And I think I like this spontaneous stuff.

Lists

Everyone makes a list at some point in their lives. Grocery lists, birthday wish lists, Christmas lists, etc. etc. I live for lists. Lists give me a sense of control over my life (as little as it may be).

I have a Mortar board and it I list what classes I have for the day. Next to that, I put what homework assignments need to be done. There is a spot at the end of the day for a to-do list. And at the end of the week there is a section called "notes." That in turn becomes a to-do list. There is a purple notebook that sits on my desk and all it has in it are lists. I have packing lists, to-do lists, homework lists, and a list of people's favorite candy bars (no joke).

I have often wondered what would happen if I stopped making lists. I know the answer, though. The list would just become internal and it would play like a song worse than "It's A Small World." Life really isn't predictable though. You can't plan for an emergency phone call or a last minute lunch date. There are no spaces on to-do lists for these things. I am trying to live my life less of my lists and instead enjoy the margins in my day. It's a work in progress though...I can still see that to-do list telling me that I need to get my studying done and stop blogging...

Football

I'm taking a quick homework break because if I study any more about the brain then  I think there will be brain matter on my desk. I am being serious, of course.

This weekend is the first home football game. Which can only mean one thing, it's going to be fall very soon. Fall used to be my favorite season. Now I think that distinction belongs to summer. I am not ready for it to get cooler and for me to have to change my wardrobe. Because once fall comes another season will be quickly on its heels...one that I cannot mention.

No profound thoughts for the day, that will have to wait for another day.

Weekend

This past weekend was wonderful. It was such a deviation from the reality of my life that it almost feels like it wasn't real. But it was real and now I am trying to reconcile reality with my weekend. Over the weekend, my boyfriend came to my house to spend Labor Day with my family. So many good and fun things happened that it would be difficult to list them all here. To name just a few: a cookout, a trip to the zoo, tennis matches on the wii and playing Trivial Pursuit with my bestie Kaitlyn were all involved. And the crazy thing is that this trip was completely last minute and I thought I didn't want to go home. Obviously I was wrong.

So as I sit here at school, I am finding the motivation to get back into the grind of things. To work on my schoolwork and stay focused in my classes. It's difficult especially when the sun is shining and it's nice and warm outside.But I know this is the point of school, to get an education and then to enjoy things with the time left over. Priorities.

Rain!

Today it rained. Not the kind of light rain that makes you wonder if it is going to stop. No, it poured. And it made me so happy! I got to wear my rain boots this morning and they were so much fun! Although, I did realize that my rain boots when wet do not mix well with the metal staircase outside my apartment. However, I didn't fall so I will just keep this tucked away in my memory.

Today was a good food day as well! There were lemon cheesecake muffins for breakfast and tasty pizza for dinner. Really, what more could I ask for?