The child inside
Today was such a good day!
One of my sorority sisters came down with a bug that's been hitting everyone on campus, and was unable to make it to her babysitting job, so she asked for volunteers to cover her. Seeing as I have a grand total of twenty bucks in my bank account, I offered to take her place. I went to bed at four and was a little bit tipsy, but surprisingly, I had a lot of fun! Walker was so adorable. He made me chase him around, we played under the bed, drove his toy car, made towers and fell down, read Dr. Seuss...He was so easy to take care off - although, he kept bossing me around. I'm so lame, letting myself get ordered around by a two year old. His mom was incredibly nice - she was a Kappa at TU and she has my number now, so hopefully, I'll be able to get a few jobs here and there.
Oh, and...it SNOWED! I've been waiting for another snow since December. Emily, TJ, Amber, Renata and I went to the U to have a snow fight. I felt like a little kid again. I never grew up with snow - I was 14 the first time I saw snow, so I never got to play with it, so snow brings out the little girl in me who always dreamed of making snow angels, building snowmen, and catching snowflakes with her tongue. It's magical, to me, everytime I see it. I suppose that could change in the distant future, but it's definitely not changing soon. It's funny, I was disappointed because it had been warm for a few days, but on Thursday I went to class in a t-shirt and sweatpants, in 70° degree weather, and I came out of Oliphant two hours later completely freezing. Oklahoma weather is completely demented.
Speaking of Oklahoma weather, I miss rain. It's so dry here. I miss the rumbling in the earth and sky that makes you know that rain is coming. I miss the cold wind and the sound of the dry leaves it sways and crunches right before the raindrops start falling. I miss thunder and lighting and showers coming down so hard they shake the windows. I want to go and play in the rain and jump puddles. And the smell - the smell of wet grass and humidity and just rain falling. In Barranquilla, rain is a constant. It starts in June, unless it's a dry year, and it's relatively common during the summer months. But as September rolls around - you know that the sky will start clouding at noon and it'll happen every day until at least November (December, if it's a wet year, but then you get almost no wind, and that isn't fun either). It brings chaos to the city - arroyos, flooding and falling trees. It's not all necessarily good, but it was a part of my life for 17 years and I miss the ritual and pandemonium.
We had a Disney movie mini-marathon tonight - Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. It took me way back - this movies were such a big part of my childhood. I was obsessed with the Little Mermaid from ages three to five, I was Jasmine for Halloween, I had crushes on Aladdin and Prince Eric. It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside. With Walker, snow and old-time Disney, I feel like I'm five again, and I love that feeling - it's like going to the zoo. It's nice to relive your childhood once in a while, and forget all the real life problems that are troubling you.
One of my sorority sisters came down with a bug that's been hitting everyone on campus, and was unable to make it to her babysitting job, so she asked for volunteers to cover her. Seeing as I have a grand total of twenty bucks in my bank account, I offered to take her place. I went to bed at four and was a little bit tipsy, but surprisingly, I had a lot of fun! Walker was so adorable. He made me chase him around, we played under the bed, drove his toy car, made towers and fell down, read Dr. Seuss...He was so easy to take care off - although, he kept bossing me around. I'm so lame, letting myself get ordered around by a two year old. His mom was incredibly nice - she was a Kappa at TU and she has my number now, so hopefully, I'll be able to get a few jobs here and there.
Oh, and...it SNOWED! I've been waiting for another snow since December. Emily, TJ, Amber, Renata and I went to the U to have a snow fight. I felt like a little kid again. I never grew up with snow - I was 14 the first time I saw snow, so I never got to play with it, so snow brings out the little girl in me who always dreamed of making snow angels, building snowmen, and catching snowflakes with her tongue. It's magical, to me, everytime I see it. I suppose that could change in the distant future, but it's definitely not changing soon. It's funny, I was disappointed because it had been warm for a few days, but on Thursday I went to class in a t-shirt and sweatpants, in 70° degree weather, and I came out of Oliphant two hours later completely freezing. Oklahoma weather is completely demented.
Speaking of Oklahoma weather, I miss rain. It's so dry here. I miss the rumbling in the earth and sky that makes you know that rain is coming. I miss the cold wind and the sound of the dry leaves it sways and crunches right before the raindrops start falling. I miss thunder and lighting and showers coming down so hard they shake the windows. I want to go and play in the rain and jump puddles. And the smell - the smell of wet grass and humidity and just rain falling. In Barranquilla, rain is a constant. It starts in June, unless it's a dry year, and it's relatively common during the summer months. But as September rolls around - you know that the sky will start clouding at noon and it'll happen every day until at least November (December, if it's a wet year, but then you get almost no wind, and that isn't fun either). It brings chaos to the city - arroyos, flooding and falling trees. It's not all necessarily good, but it was a part of my life for 17 years and I miss the ritual and pandemonium.
We had a Disney movie mini-marathon tonight - Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. It took me way back - this movies were such a big part of my childhood. I was obsessed with the Little Mermaid from ages three to five, I was Jasmine for Halloween, I had crushes on Aladdin and Prince Eric. It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside. With Walker, snow and old-time Disney, I feel like I'm five again, and I love that feeling - it's like going to the zoo. It's nice to relive your childhood once in a while, and forget all the real life problems that are troubling you.