Waking Up for Spring

Over the past week I've found small things to get angry at myself for. Things like not getting up at 7:30 am, or forgetting to put papers away. Cluttering up tables and my desk. Not doing the dishes. Not doing enough writing (I've put in six pages of an essay about running and it's correlation to my writing, four instances to expand some personal narrative material, another essay, I've edited two pieces for submission, other things for friends and some book reviews--I guess that's not enough?). Not being healthy. Watching too much of The West Wing (I'm almost through season 4, apparently).

sunflowers

currently on the reading list

I have however, purchased a new futon cover, cleaned my entire apartment (it took three days), and have gone running almost every day since classes got out. It's been refreshing. I tend to get in these horrible slumps when a lot of work starts piling up. After a few days of sitting on the couch--in this break's case, watching both seasons of Teen Wolf. I swear, I'm twenty--and moping, I repaint my nails and take a long shower. That usually perks me right up. I even bought some more lipstick, and spent too much money on groceries. I like cooking, which I've been doing a lot more of recently. The one white hair in my right eyebrow even grew back, but whatever. I feel a lot better. March tends to be a shitty month in general. Probably because it's been a very wintery March. Last year it was in the eighties. I love the north but I'm happy to see the sun again. I got to run in shorts yesterday. It's a freaking miracle.

Yesterday I got to hang out with my friends Chris and Bryan for the latter part of the morning until about 1 pm. We went to Do-Rite Donuts and hung around downtown for about half an hour before we went off to Wicker Park. We were going to walk up Michigan because it was absolutely beautiful out, then Chris had mentioned that he wanted to go to Reckless Records. The one downtown's fine, but the one on Milwaukee's a lot better, and he'd never been so Bryan and I took him there. I live in a super residential neighborhood on the north side, made up of families and lots of dogs (puppies!), so I always think it's weird to be around people close in my age other than being around on campus. Not that it's weird, it's just, well, odd.

The velcro command strips have proven their worth since I bought them at CVS earlier this week. I finally got to put up my "Washroom" sign above the bathroom and a little key hook. Has it already been that long? Jesus classes start up on Monday again. I like working from home, especially when it's a lot cleaner. Everything flows in it's natural state. Maybe I should open the kitchen window for some air. Oh wait, just kidding there's construction on the building across the alley from mine. But oh well. Time to finish The Trial and work on editing some things that are due next week. Have a good weekend. There are some things coming up that I'll be posting. Be patient. I'm not sure if I said that for my own benefit or for anyone who reads this. 

(I like to organize and re-organize, it eliminates stress)

new (but old) tunes