Birthday Blessings

9-1-09

Birthday blessings are not unlike birthday buttons. (Ten points if you can tell me the very obscure reference.) They are wonderful.

As many people know, yesterday was my birthday. I could pontificate about how the day is in that month because Caesar Augustus wanted the same number of days in "his" month as Julius Caesar had in July--but I won't. In fact, I'd rather wax eloquent about how great my day was yesterday.

FIrst of all, I won a women's club (read: the dorm) drawing for a $25 gift card for Barnes and Noble. I found the card in my mailbox yesterday. That was exciting. Two, my parking permit FINALLY came. I'd ordered it on August 20th, and my temporary permit expired on Sunday. So I was worried. It came, and I was excited. Third, I got a present from a friend. [I wasn't expecting any gifts.] Fourth, my roommate and suitemates surprised me last night with balloons all over the floor, a cake, ice cream, and some presents. My dorm room floor still has the brightly colored balloons sitting on it. Plus, I was in a fantastic mood. Actually, I've been in a good mood for a good long while now. I have my moments, but on the whole, I'm a happier person than I was a year ago, or two years ago, or whatever.

I'm still in a fantastic mood, by the way. My class this morning was canceled (although I felt sort of bad, since it's because the professor's sick. He looked so exhausted, and I KNOW how that feels), and it's a blessing, too, even if it's no longer my birthday. Why? Because I've been feeling so rushed, so hurried, so busy, and this provides a chance to sit and do something for myself, even if it is just write a blog that probably no one reads.

I find myself not really liking the pace at which college students live. It bothers me that it seems that there's no time for people to build relationships of any sort, that it seems as if it's all work and homework and work and homework. There is so much to be done, but I shouldn't have to sacrifice IMPORTANT things for it. Does that make sense? Granted, this is probably the pace I lived at two years ago, before I went to Ebeye, but I'm not very sure that I like it now. Certainly I'm never going to love it.

But I'm still in a fantastic mood. :)

More later.