I'm sitting in my favorite cubicle in the basement of the library trying to read about humanitarian intervention and how it relates to sovereignty so I can write a 15 page paper for international political theory that is due on Sunday and which I should have already started but I haven't because well, I am dealing with the third cold in the same amount of weeks. Why do I keep getting sick? I exercise, take vitamins, eat healthy.... I just don't sleep much, but really I blame it on Colorado, or God... for example: on Saturday it was literally 74 degrees, according to the thermometer on my computer, and then Saturday morning when I left at 7:30 AM for a meeting at the Paramount (yep - 7:30 in the morning for a meeting at a restaurant even though we just had one three weeks before) there was practically a blizzard outside and it was freezing. How can a body be expected to adjust? I do love it here even though I just rubbed chap-stick all over my hands because they are so dry and I do not have lotion with me. The nice weather this past week got me so super excited about Spring.
OK, so I am sitting in my favorite cubicle, all settled in with my stuff all set up and, although all but two other cubes are empty, this silly BOY has just come and sat next to me and I am very confused because he is grunting over and over like the stuff he is working on is super tough, but then I think how can it be that challenging if I can hear almost every word to the Korn/Metallica/whatever nonsense music he is blaring into his head? I mean COME ON!!!!! So, I have been leaning around my edge to give him dirty looks and I think he is misinterpreting my gestures because he has begun giving me sultry looks back. He thinks I am flirting with him! Maybe that cube is his favorite but regardless I am going to tell him he is a) listening to his music far too loudly, b) grunting way too much and c) not my type.
I wonder when I became a super-grouchy adult? I use to laugh at people in movie theaters who told the 12 year olds to be quiet thinking they should just settle down and relax and now I am one of them. I find myself super annoyed with the teenager talking loudly on her phone in line behind me and the kid who is grunting in the cube next to me but doesn't know it because his music is so flipping loud and the 19 year olds who are wearing flip flops and skirts today even though there is snow on the ground (why I am sick and not them?). WOW! I still see myself as young and hope to always feel that way, I mean for God's sake I am only 25 so I better have an attitude adjustment.... Maybe I am just tired and sick. Maybe I am not really a grouchy old adult. I hope not yet anyway. I am sure I was one of the most annoying teenagers/young adults around when I was going through those phases so I need to be understanding.
So, my first quarter is nearing it's end and then I will have 13 days off before I start again. But before that can happen I need to finish two papers and take exams by next Tuesday. Brooke and Jason's wedding is this coming Saturday and both Derek and I are really excited to go and spend some time in Nashville and see his family. I am sure there will be plenty of pictures so get ready.
Derek's spare time has lately revolved around the Tetons and grapefruit. Not because we are planning a trip back to the Tetons or because he is obsessed with citrus, but because that is what he has been painting as of late. He has almost finished his painting of the mountains and just begun the grapefruit last week. I will post pictures of them both tomorrow....
OK, so I am sitting in my favorite cubicle, all settled in with my stuff all set up and, although all but two other cubes are empty, this silly BOY has just come and sat next to me and I am very confused because he is grunting over and over like the stuff he is working on is super tough, but then I think how can it be that challenging if I can hear almost every word to the Korn/Metallica/whatever nonsense music he is blaring into his head? I mean COME ON!!!!! So, I have been leaning around my edge to give him dirty looks and I think he is misinterpreting my gestures because he has begun giving me sultry looks back. He thinks I am flirting with him! Maybe that cube is his favorite but regardless I am going to tell him he is a) listening to his music far too loudly, b) grunting way too much and c) not my type.
I wonder when I became a super-grouchy adult? I use to laugh at people in movie theaters who told the 12 year olds to be quiet thinking they should just settle down and relax and now I am one of them. I find myself super annoyed with the teenager talking loudly on her phone in line behind me and the kid who is grunting in the cube next to me but doesn't know it because his music is so flipping loud and the 19 year olds who are wearing flip flops and skirts today even though there is snow on the ground (why I am sick and not them?). WOW! I still see myself as young and hope to always feel that way, I mean for God's sake I am only 25 so I better have an attitude adjustment.... Maybe I am just tired and sick. Maybe I am not really a grouchy old adult. I hope not yet anyway. I am sure I was one of the most annoying teenagers/young adults around when I was going through those phases so I need to be understanding.
So, my first quarter is nearing it's end and then I will have 13 days off before I start again. But before that can happen I need to finish two papers and take exams by next Tuesday. Brooke and Jason's wedding is this coming Saturday and both Derek and I are really excited to go and spend some time in Nashville and see his family. I am sure there will be plenty of pictures so get ready.
Derek's spare time has lately revolved around the Tetons and grapefruit. Not because we are planning a trip back to the Tetons or because he is obsessed with citrus, but because that is what he has been painting as of late. He has almost finished his painting of the mountains and just begun the grapefruit last week. I will post pictures of them both tomorrow....
