Laundry Night

My final out of class story for JRN 200 is due on Thursday. I still need to get it written despite having had every intention to get it out of the way sooner. Intentions don't always translate the way that we'd like them to unfortunately.

I've managed to get it super organized and planned out while also getting laundry done. I'm hoping that the writing starts to flow better once I sit down with my computer. The plan for the moment is to at least have something written by the time I go to bed tonight.

It's not that the article is particuarily hard to write, it's just a matter of taking the time to sit down and focus on getting it done. That and there is a lot of information that I need to sift through and determine what goes and what stays.

It doesn't help that this is basically the last full week of the semester so I'm more focused on going home for break than school work.

Just one more week!

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Opportunities

I went and covered a lecture given by Karl Gude tonight for the SpartanEdge. I’ll set to writing the actual story tomorrow afternoon. I probably could have done it tonight, but my intention was to get some reading for class caught up.

Notice I say that was my intention… I let myself get a little distracted with the Internet. As helpful as the Internet can be at times, sometimes it is imperative to disconnect in order to get things accomplished.

I’ll get the reading that I need to do done; it’s just a matter of timing. I need to sit down with the intent to finish it, and then follow through on those intentions. It’ll happen, just not right this moment.

For the moment I can live with that reality. It’s my only option. Momentarily.

I’m considering going to Mexico for spring break. To phrase it differently, I would really like to go, but I need to discuss it with my dad. In general I am an adult, I can do as I please, but I feel like this is something that I need to get my parents used to.

It’s not just an idol visit to Mexico though. I’d be going with the group from His House, and we’d be building a house for people who don’t have one. It would be really similar to the mission trips that I went on in middle school, and in general it just sounds awesome.

It sounds like a worthwhile way to spend spring break, and I have said that I want to start getting into more volunteer work. Like I said, I’ve just got to approach my dad about it. I know he worries, and I’m not saying that he doesn’t have the right to, but the opportunity here… It would be an amazing opportunity, I guess that’s what I’m saying.

Yeah, about that...

Okay. So I said I was going to use today to write, but I ended up catching up on sleep. I don't generally sleep much past nine thirty, but it was nearly noon before I was up today. I guess I hadn't realized just how sleep deprived I've been lately.

Then of course I was distracted by the Internet, and t.v., and reading... It's a long list of excuses and I think I'll save it because I don't much like excuses.

I don't know if I mentioned previously that I just got All Time Low's new CD, "Nothing Personal". I've been listening to it pretty much constantly for the last few days. It's amazing.

I feel as though today's post is a little mediocre, but I promise to attempt to do better tomorrow.

Goal Nearly Met

Alright, so I still haven't managed to finish reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". I am however about fifty pages from the end, so barring distraction there is no reason that I shouldn't be able to finish reading it tonight. There is still time!

I will do my best not to be distracted...

It figures that today was rather on the chilly side, because it was my day off and obviously it would be blasphamous for it to be nice out. It looks like it may warm up for the weekend, which is unsurprising since I am scheduled to work tommorow through Saturday. Lovely. This is the way that my life works.

Sarah came over today and watched "He's Just Not That Into You" with me. The movie was good, but not as good as I was thinking it would be. Thankfully it was enjoyable enough that it wasn't a waste of time, which is always a good thing.

It seems like I had more to say before I actually sat down and took the time to write this, but now I can't remember any of it. Obviously it couldn't have been all that important...