my weekend
Fabulous. It was just...home. The air, the water, the land--it was as much mine as it can ever be because of how it helped form me. I was never really hungry or anything because being there is sustenance enough. (And seriously, now I'm feeling ravenous back in my dorm room.) I want to be there all the time; every minute away is a minute I note only as a countdown for when I return. *sigh* But I'll be home again in a week!
Took the train back...except the train was six hours behind, so the train depot provided buses and we took those. I really wanted to ride the train, too, but there'll be other opportunities.
Ordered a cell phone at last. No more phone cards ripping me off ever again! Just a cell phone bill ripping me off instead. For two years...dang those two-year contracts.
Job news: I have no job for over winter break. My boss and the store manager couldn't get me in, which I understand. So...this is why we saved money over the summer, right? And this is why we have hobbies that cost no money.
Went driving and my dad, despite failing me, said I probably could take the driving test and pass--if I could parallel park. (What he failed me for were things I mostly knew and just disobeyed anyway...) And I reminded him I can't 90-degree backup well, either. And I'm terrified of freeways. But maybe now that I won't have a job over winter break, I can drive people whenever they're going somewhere and force myself to practice some more and take my driving test in the spring.
At least I ease back into things because it's Tuesday, my little-to-no-homework day. Dinner with my good friend and anime club. And this weekend is my one weekend of the semester that's for me. My family is coming down, but I may not see them. It's my weekend to keep the insanity in check for a little longer, and I will say NO if I must to everyone. No events, no obligations, no plans except for me and what I choose. Yeah, sounds selfish, but considering it's the only one of the semester, I think it's good for me.
"You have to live your Love or else
You'll only end in words."
-Rumi
Applies quite well to life, I thought.
Took the train back...except the train was six hours behind, so the train depot provided buses and we took those. I really wanted to ride the train, too, but there'll be other opportunities.
Ordered a cell phone at last. No more phone cards ripping me off ever again! Just a cell phone bill ripping me off instead. For two years...dang those two-year contracts.
Job news: I have no job for over winter break. My boss and the store manager couldn't get me in, which I understand. So...this is why we saved money over the summer, right? And this is why we have hobbies that cost no money.
Went driving and my dad, despite failing me, said I probably could take the driving test and pass--if I could parallel park. (What he failed me for were things I mostly knew and just disobeyed anyway...) And I reminded him I can't 90-degree backup well, either. And I'm terrified of freeways. But maybe now that I won't have a job over winter break, I can drive people whenever they're going somewhere and force myself to practice some more and take my driving test in the spring.
At least I ease back into things because it's Tuesday, my little-to-no-homework day. Dinner with my good friend and anime club. And this weekend is my one weekend of the semester that's for me. My family is coming down, but I may not see them. It's my weekend to keep the insanity in check for a little longer, and I will say NO if I must to everyone. No events, no obligations, no plans except for me and what I choose. Yeah, sounds selfish, but considering it's the only one of the semester, I think it's good for me.
"You have to live your Love or else
You'll only end in words."
-Rumi
Applies quite well to life, I thought.