Sometimes it's ok to be irresponsible.

Yesterday was a wonderful day of irresponsibility. After going out for lunch with all the church peeps, I went to the mall and spent all kinds of money I don't have on things I don't need. I did, however, buy a pair of jeans that were the same size that I wore in junior high. I love it when stores do their sizes differently! From now on I'm buying all my pants at Ricki's.

I've never been a therapeutic shopper before, but I think I might become one. After a rough Saturday, yesterday made me feel great!!!

Also, today is the one year anniversary of the beginning of this blog AND the one hundredth post! How's that for coordination?

Also also, it's COLD outside! When did that happen? I'm going to have to figure out how to dress myself for this new weather. Yeesh.

Sometimes it's just so good

Is there anything better than the feeling you get right after a particularly stressful midterm? Ahhhhhh.....that's all I can say.

Also, I really like how much time I've been spending with the girls these days. And just the friends in general. I'm so much less lonely this year! Here are some pictures of the people I'm enjoying this year:



















Also too, I'm going to the vdot this weekend and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone again! Life is good today. I wish it was like this always!

Sometimes it hardly seems worth it.

Is it bad that I want to drop my favourite class just because of one assignment that's stressing me out?

I hate it when things like this get the best of me. I've spent many hours stressing about it, and haven't gotten a single word down on paper. For all the time I've spent thinking and worrying about it, I could have finished many times over. What's wrong with me???

I really really hate this. I'm so done with school.

Sometimes I Just Want to Sleep.

I am having an extremely hard time motivating myself this semester. I don't really know what's wrong. I've got lots of time (but not too much) for homework, I really enjoy my classes and find them interesting, but for the life of me I just can't make myself sit down and get things done. All I ever want to do is nap. Or sleep in. Or both.

Even when I get myself out of bed I'm really good at finding other, less productive things to do. Seriously, why can't I just be motivated and dedicated and all those great things that a student is supposed to be? This is so ridiculous.

Maybe I should just go back to bed.

Sometimes life is crazy

Today was a long day, though not as long as it should have been. I was crazy enough to take a 7am shift this morning, knowing that I also had school from 11-9:30. Yeah. Good move, Julie.

However, despite its early hour, I loved work this morning!!! I got to do kindie care, which was a new experience for me, and so so great! School . . . well, it definitely was not so good. After falling asleep in my first class, I gave in and went home. That felt good.

I did manage to go back to school for my remaining two classes, and it was during that time that I began musing about the contrast of pleasures and pet peeves that seem to pervade each day. Here's my list for today:

Pleasures:

• Children's speech impediments ("What is tis? Some tind of jote??")
• Reading aloud
• Teachable moments
• Afternoon naps
• The ridiculous chalkboard drawings of Physics teachers
  
• Running into old friends on the bus

Pet Peeves:

• "number b"
• eyes that insist upon closing, no matter how sternly they are told to stay open
• waiting for the bus
• not enough sleep

That's all I have for now. It's so time for bed, since I'm off to student breakfast bright and early tomorrow morning. Good thing I actually like all these early morning things I'm doing this year. Now if only I could find that same love for school. . .