So, last night, I picked up another work shift for this weekend. The plus side: More money for Japan. The downside: It's another shift on my birthday. So now I'll be working from 7:30 am to 12:00pm, but then from 9:30pm to about 12:30 am.
Then on sunday I'll be working from 4pm-8pm.
I figured a status about working a lot on my birthday wasn't appropriate for facebook. :P
Anyways, today was fairly interesting as far as a normal day goes. I woke up, showered as usual, tried to pick out clothes that matched and looked good together before heading to class.
Waking up at 9 after going to bed around 1am wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I was actually able to go dick around on the internet for a little while and check facebook to see if Neal had updated at all.
In case you were wondering, he landed safely in LA and is probably on his flight to Japan right now.
Anyways, I ended up dressing up in an outfit that would be perfect for a very warm Valentine's Day. All red, white, and pink.
I think I ruined the ensemble with black tennis shoes but whatever.
After getting dressed, Tara gave me a card and my birthday present (she is leaving for the weekend and therefore will miss my birthday): a shot glass that she had painted herself! It was so sweet of her that I got all warm and fuzzy.
It wasn't the first time today that I felt blessed in my friends.
So I look at the time and see it's 10:30! Oh man! I'll be late!
I rush and put my shoes on and then skip out the door only to watch as the bus drives away from the bus stop. Shrugging off that misfortune, I realize I now have enough time to french braid my hair, which I do and end up making the next bus with no problems.
Read Harry Potter as the bus rolled around to school and then ran to my classroom where I proceeded to sit for the next 10 minutes.
When the clock struck 11, I glanced around and felt confused. Where was my class?
You might be asking why I ask that particular question.
Well curious reader, I asked it because no one was in my classroom. No one was in my classroom when class was supposed to start.
I looked around the room, and stared at the door in a fashion that, to an outsider, probably looked very confused and bewildered.
I looked in my planner to see if the professor had decided to move the class to a different room.
I looked in my syllabus for a calendar of some sorts.
None of these things gave me the answer I required.
So I packed up my things, stowed my book, and headed out of the room hoping the crowd in the hallway had dispersed into the various surrounding classrooms.
Luckily for me, it did so I didn't have to feel a gazillion eyes on me as I left the empty room.
As I wandered down the hallway, I caught a glimpse of a student in my class peacefully reading a book at one of those tall coffee tables. So I wandered over to him.
"Hey." I said. He looked up at me.
"Hey."
"Uh... so, do we have class today?"
"Yeah...?"
"Oh. Is it in the same place? There's no one in the classroom..."
He looked over my shoulder at the clock on the wall.
"Probably because it's only 11."
I blinked at him dumbfounded for a moment before turning to look at the clock on the well. Indeed it was 11.
Then it hit me like a tidal wave washing over me. I could almost feel this understanding wash over me, starting in my head and then going over my body from there. Class started at 11:30.
"Oh." I responded smartly. He laughed and I sat with him, making small talk while I pulled out Harry Potter.
I was able to get to class on time which was nice, but had to step out for a moment half way in due to a contact deciding that my eye wasn't worth living in and bailing.
We had a small chat in the bathroom in which I ran the thing under a faucet and stuck it back in my eye.
Class went by uneventfully after that, BUT I did get a text from Blue saying that she was about to take the bus over to my place.
Fear hit me! I had no food to give her and she was coming over for lunch! I thought that she was coming on Friday, but once again, I was mistaken.
Thankfully I was able to get home before she got here and had hot water boiling and ready to be served. I even got to break out my tea set for the first time this school year!
It was really nice to talk to Blue, especially since I haven't seen her in like, forever. Our lunch date of baked potatoes and yogurt ended way too soon.
Now I'm writing to you fine people.
Tonight should keep the ball rolling. I have class from 6-9 to learn about the education system and how to affect students culturally, I think, and then Olde Worlde Music Club. I'm always going to be late to that meeting, but that's fine. I can just bring my drum to class and then bang away afterwards.
I think the reason I've been a little mixed up today is probably a combination of my lack of sleep and then getting back into the swing of things. I think I'm going to be a lot busier than I realize as soon as things start to pick up. Especially after Student Life Night when I find about more about the Archery club and we get some more new people in OWMC.
After working this weekend, next weekend will be a treat. I'll be heading home on friday to pick up contacts, my big kids license, pictures, a domino set, UNO cards, and maybe a board game. The games will be for tea parties that I will be throwing periodically over the semester. So those should be a good time. I'll also be making small desserts and hors d'oeuvres. Should be a good time, even if they're small. I'm only going to be inviting 3 people at a time so the cups can be used and no one is stuck with a mug.
Anyway, I feeling hopeful today and not as fragile as I have been feeling in the past few days. I still think about Neal a lot, but it's getting easier being away from him. I hope things go all right for him in Japan.
Speaking of Neal in Japan, I'm thinking of making a cutesy stop-motion movie to send to him via USB in a care package. I also am going to send him a message in a bottle along with the USB and a bunch of thingies of ramen noodles (beef flavored because, I've heard, that beef is really expensive there). If you have any other ideas of things to send to him, please let me know.
Alright, I'm going to change out of this skirt probably, maybe clean my room, and contemplate getting a tumbler from Teavana specially made for tea so I can take it to my 6-9 classes and other out of house places. Then I'm off to print out packets of music before class.
Love and Peace
Elle
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