There IS Hope!

Today was possibly my worst day this school semester.

Last night I pulled an all-nighter at Denny’s down the road. I worked on one paper, for Ethics class, from about 1230am to 6am. Megan and I sat in that booth for a long time working on our papers. I’m just glad that’s done. After the paper, though, I had class. Then another class, which happened to be the day of the final which I forgot. I don’t know if you know this, but Greek isn’t something that you can study five minutes before a class and ace a test on. I’m pretty sure I failed. After that, I walked back to my apartment, eyes brimming with tears. Not only was I tired, but I had realized that I had been defeated. Twice. Three times, if you count the no sleeping thing.  Then I tried to work on another final project for a third class, but was just so frustrated with it I toyed with the idea of kicking my computer off the bed. I didn’t. He’s still in tact and I’m using him right now… but I sat there thinking about it for a good five minutes. He’s lucky he’s alive. Then Christmas Chapel, then Freshman/Sophomore class decorating contest helpers lunch (where I scarfed down two slices of pizza and jammed back to the apartment to finish that project in time for my 230 class), then 230 class.

Basically, it was one huge day of frustration. And tiredness. And tears. There were a lot of tears. Not always because of the frustration, but just because I was so tired my eyes were tearing up. It’s funny — I was talking with a friend after chapel and my eyes started tearing up when we were talking about how tired I must have been.

Today, I got a fifteen minute nap.

I also finished a book I’ve been reading.  I highly recommend She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb. But only if you’re okay with foul language and questionable material. It’s not a bad book, and it’s not incredibly excessive with anything but a few choice words. Other than that, the book is fantastic. Sometimes I forget that Wally is a guy and is writing the book from a girl’s prospective. It blows my mind.

Anyways. I would recommend that one, or Wally’s other book (well, he has two others, but I’ve only read one other), I Know This Much Is True. Both of these books are part of the Oprah book club. I’m not a fan of Oprah by any means, so I didn’t pick these books for that reason. I picked up I Know This Much Is True my senior year from a shelf tucked away in the rear of the house, and while at Border’s two weeks ago I grabbed another Lamb book because I loved the first one so much. So…. Read him. He’s absolutely fantastic. Vulgar, but fantastic.

Anyways… I’m going to get to reading Thank God for Evolution. I started reading it back in my junior year/summer going into senior year of high school but could never really get into it. So, now that I have some free time, I’m going to see what it’s all about.

 

Anyways. Peace. (:

 

megan