Sometimes its Monday

And I forget about my homework that's due in an 8am class

and I eat too much

and spend too much time on facebook

and my appointments fall through

and I talk to my mom, and she makes it better.

And then I don't shower until 5pm

and I make people wait for me

and I have to wait for other people

and I get impatient

and I don't get what I want

and I get stupid girl

and I get annoyed that I got stupid

and I talk to my friends, and they make it better.

For a while, until I do it all again.

And I try to do what I should

but I cop out

and I go to bed grumpy

but holding on to the happy realization that tomorrow,

it doesn't have to be Monday anymore.

Every Day

I love the everyday.

The everyday when

we text each other at the same time

we do what we have to more than we want to

we power through a library session

we laugh and joke and tease

we pretend to be positive

we rearrange what we're carrying to hold hands

we go on adventures

we look in each other's eyes

we tell stories

we be us.

A Song... Just Because.

I'm loving this song right now. I've listened to it like 5 times today. (Make that 6.) Voluntarily. This never happens. (BTW, I'm on a SERIOUS country kick right now. I'm loving it. I'm even NOT sick of Taylor Swift anymore. Who am I???)

Sometimes...

Sometimes I talk to my mom.

For an hour and a half.

While making a friggin awesome Valentine.

And we discuss my love life at length.

And we have passionate discussions about education: mine

and that of my future students

and the students of Utah.

I am so, in the right place. I am so passionate about education!!! I feel like I can't even talk about it. It is so hard for me to express how important I believe it is. We teach our children, we save the world.

I just hope I don't screw them all up. No pressure!

Duddnt it Just Melt Yer Heart?!?

Why do I always get the itch to blog when I have no time to do it? Oh well. Another thing procrastinated. Awesome.

It is so cold right now! Okay, in Provo its actually 18 at the moment. Can you say heat wave! Well, it is, in comparison with last night's -2 (according to the bank). My lips and chin and nose were so cold on the way to class today that I felt like I had gone to the dentist and got like 50 of those numbing shots. Brrr....

A few of my best coping strategies:

1. Leggings under my pants every day this week. (It really only helps a little.)

2. Feeding my scarf obsession, even if said scarf does not match my red coat. (Pink and red is okay, right? Its February, after all!)

3. Oatmeal for breakfast, Ramen for lunch, soup for dinner.

4. Eating a whole package of conversation hearts. Uh, actually that has nothing to do with being cold, does it. Oh well. Just thought I'd share.

5. I finally busted out the electric blanket, and was thus late for class (again) because I could not get out of the Warmest Bed Ever.

Wanna know the best one? Beware. Its dorky. I give you full permission to roll your eyes/gag/skip the next one...

5. Pocket sharing. You know what I mean. Its that thing that you've always secretly wanted to do even though every time you see someone do it you roll your eyes so much they just might stick that way forever and you're almost blinded by feigned disgust. Yeah, that. Well, its as nice as you know it seems.

Don't mind me, I'm just burning down all those old bitter bridges that a dry spell warrants building as fast as I can. Pass the Kerosene, I've got my love to keep me warm. :)