Personal: Wow, it's been too long...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by Lindsey
Currently Listening
I Am Ready For Love
India.Arie
"I made the grave mistake of peeking behind the curtain, and now I can't pretend that I think the fantasy is the same as the reality. Plus, I've been killing time for too long. I wanna make something for myself, whether it's easy or not."
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You can always tell when I'm insanely busy because I neglect my blog. Sad, but true. The past month or so has been busy and exciting and probably one of the best times of my life. (Which has left me in a frenzied stressed state trying to recover from it.)
One of the highlights of the past few weeks was my trip to Arkansas, where I was able to spend some time with family and some of my closest friends and attend Bop on the Lake. (An annual swing dance event held by the Little Rock Bop Club.) The trip, which I've been hyping about for months, undoubtedly lived up to expectation and more. I spent a night with one of my best friends, Grace, at her dorm -- enjoyed the peace of an internetless three day weekend in Hot Springs, where I pretty much danced dawn 'til dusk -- and spent a day with another old friend, Zach. (We ended up being on the 10:00 news, no less!) It was crazy, and relaxing, and amusing...and as much fun as I had, I was glad to get home.
Although as soon as I returned home from my amazing trip, I started having to deal with scheduling mixups at work yet again (which has lead me to begin my quest for new, and better employment) and didn't have the time I was expecting to get caught up in school. After a few crazed days of work and attempts to catch up in studying...another weekend was suddenly here and my friend Nathan, flew in from San Jose, California to spend a few days with my family. We had an amazingly fun weekend, hanging out in D.C., getting caught in the rain, and taking in a few good movies. (Gosh, it was friggin' awesome.) My friend Ron was also able to make it down from Pennsylvania for a few hours last Saturday, and we had a blast walking around historic Leesburg, and making fun of the "Town Art Show." Which ironically looked like something I would've participated in, had I known about it sooner.
So...those two summarized paragraphs have brought me to now, today. I'm still frantically trying to catch up in school, and trying not to stress out too terribly about it. All I can do is continue to work through classes and assignments...one foot in front of the other type of thing. I'm beginning to get excited about my Eighteenth birthday on the 10th (How convenient is it that it fell on a Friday?)...my Grandparents are flying in and my Mother has been torturing me with hints about some grand surprise.
My plans for the rest of today aren't particularly interesting: Laundry, Study, Chemistry Class, Work, Tests...that is, if I can keep myself focused. My mind keeps wandering to all the places I want to go, things I want to do, and people I want to see. Grand schemes of how to market my photography, raise money to take a trip out of the country, and lists run through my head constantly. "Remember to look up Driver's Ed courses." "Remember to look up how to get a Passport." "Buy Business Cards." "Order Photography Prints." and the list goes on...
So, rather than continue to ramble on and procrastinate - I think I'm going to get to it. Sorry that this post wasn't more interesting, but my life probably isn't that interesting to people watching at the moment. I'm pretty content with it, though, and that's what matters right?
Have a wonderful day - and try something new! :D More soon! (Hopefully!)
-Lindsey
