Hurricanes and Planning Flights on Planes
So Hurricane Jeanne thwarted my plans to go to Fl this weekend to back on the beach one last time and see family and friends. I was so busy last week didn't even know there was a Hurricane (as if I shouldn't have assumed with current weather patterns the way they are though) until Friday morning. I hadn't turned on a TV to find out. I was supposed to ride with Elisabeth and her mom. Her mom called saying that since there was a Hurricane warning for St. Augustine and their condo is on the beach in St. Augustine, it wouldn't be best to get in a car and drive straight for it. Therefore, there was no going.
Perhaps it was one of those "better off things". I got to work all day Saturday and make money for my impending trip to London. Ironically, later on Saturday my friend Rebecca, whom I was planning on seeing in Jacksonville, evacuated to Athens due to the Hurricane. We caught up with Kelli, my friend and 4 year roommate and other friends got to hang out before she had to leave to go back to work. It all was very quick, but fun nonetheless.
I spent Sunday doing school after I had a fabulous trail run. It's a good thing I got it in while the weather was good, cause today the only outdoor running to do is from Jeanne. I realized I really have to start to focus. I'm so close to the end and everything is coming along great except the dreaded math. I went to Borders armed with my mp3 player and refillable coffee mug, ready to study. And I actually made some minor break throughs in calculus-I felt like I was chiseling away, slowly but surely, like Andy Dufrane in Shawshank Redemption, out of my rock solid prison of Calculus confusion.
Today I studied more and worked out, but have been mostly encompassed by the idea of going to London. I've had the opportunity slip by me so many times with study abroad, that I am not going to get through college without going. Elisabeth found really cheap air fare online for some dates between Christmas and the start of school. I even added another shift at work to start amassing more money for the trip. Hopefully I'll be able to book a flight in the next week or so. The idea of adventure makes everything around me seem purposeful - like if I work now, I will be rewarded later. I can't wait.
Happy adventures.
Perhaps it was one of those "better off things". I got to work all day Saturday and make money for my impending trip to London. Ironically, later on Saturday my friend Rebecca, whom I was planning on seeing in Jacksonville, evacuated to Athens due to the Hurricane. We caught up with Kelli, my friend and 4 year roommate and other friends got to hang out before she had to leave to go back to work. It all was very quick, but fun nonetheless.
I spent Sunday doing school after I had a fabulous trail run. It's a good thing I got it in while the weather was good, cause today the only outdoor running to do is from Jeanne. I realized I really have to start to focus. I'm so close to the end and everything is coming along great except the dreaded math. I went to Borders armed with my mp3 player and refillable coffee mug, ready to study. And I actually made some minor break throughs in calculus-I felt like I was chiseling away, slowly but surely, like Andy Dufrane in Shawshank Redemption, out of my rock solid prison of Calculus confusion.
Today I studied more and worked out, but have been mostly encompassed by the idea of going to London. I've had the opportunity slip by me so many times with study abroad, that I am not going to get through college without going. Elisabeth found really cheap air fare online for some dates between Christmas and the start of school. I even added another shift at work to start amassing more money for the trip. Hopefully I'll be able to book a flight in the next week or so. The idea of adventure makes everything around me seem purposeful - like if I work now, I will be rewarded later. I can't wait.
Happy adventures.