Dear October,
Today has been one of
those days that swings from good, to bad, and then back to good again. Some
days, you just need a tally system:
Good:
-At 12am this morning I got to celebrate the start of my
friend’s 19th birthday!
-Got some amazing Halloween cards and a beautiful hand painted
post card from family members today. Who knew they even made Halloween cards?
And they’re actually really well done. I don’t know if you can tell from the
picture, but that’s Snoopy on a pumpkin with a typewriter! (My family knows me
too well.) And the inside of the card with the bat on it says, “Wish we could
be hanging out together!” Oh, the puns! Thanks Nana :)
-We’re reading a really fascinating book for Lit class. It’s
The Hour of the Star by Clarice
Lispector. It’s really cool so far because the narrator is a writer who’s
talking about a character that he’s created, so it’s kind of got this weird
meta-fiction thing going on. Lispector herself was a Jewish writer who
emigrated from the Ukraine to Brazil in her teens, and became one of the most
influential Portuguese writers. So that’s.. just wow. So excited for the rest
of this book, and to learn more about the author.
-The heat in our dorm finally started working!
-Omg! According to my phone there’s a chance of SNOW
tomorrow! Also rain, but .. SNOW!
Bad:
-I overslept this morning and rolled out bed ten minutes
before my 11am class. That’s almost half of my day, gone.
-I have three or four writing assignments due at the start
of next week. I’ve been trying to get an early start, but I’m really bad at
working when I feel overwhelmed.
-I’m most productive in the library, but for some reason
they insist on keeping the air conditioning on full blast even when it’s thirty-something
degrees outside. WHY?!
So it looks like the good triumphed over the bad today, but
the bad definitely contributed the most to my mood. In times like these, the
best I can do is listen to some calming music, power through another
bite-sized piece of homework, and trust that tomorrow will be better.
Laura
ps. Oh yeah! And if you’re doing Nanowrimo this year, check
out my post about it and add me as a writing buddy! Seriously, that would make my day.
Song of the day: Trying To Be Found by Snow Mantled Love
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