Mmmm...You Smell like Dimatap!

So today was a day off and it was pretty good. It started with a trip to the gym and a nice tuberculosis shot but whatever. I left the house as the sun was rising. My MP3 player picked great songs on the car ride and at the gym. I then spent the morning working on our Issues in Health Care presentation which I must say was not as painful as I had anticipated. I would also like say, I hate current events, news, policy making, legislation, etc, but its ok because I got to be in charge of the citations!!! And read about people eating fried chicken?!?

Bridget and I then sat in the semi-circle called K (I believe) and enjoyed the afternoon sun. Although it was a bit chilly, it was so nice to be OUTSIDE and not scrunched up in a desk in the dark. Bess (the director of the PT program) gave us her plan for passing our boards, and all though the boards are still a horrifying eventual thing, its so great to see things winding down. I feel like we're in grade school, during thos elast weeks in June, where the teachers start to take down the classroom decorations to save them from the sunlight during the summer.

Honestly, I'm really not being sarcastic with any of this, although you might be thinking to yourself "That sounds like a pretty aweful day." It was one of those days that was just so free and peacful, that was simply untouchable by sadness and hurt. Even when those emotions threatened to attack, it was easy to say "Thats just horrible" and just laugh it off. Because somtimes things are just horrrible any way you look at them, so why not look at something else.

I particularly love Stefanie and how she'll turn to me when I tell her something that sucks, and she'll say "Well, I just don't like that" in this genuine and serious tone. Its a great answer for things, because it offers no judgement, no solution or advice. Just a simple assurance that I'm not the only one who thinks that way. Stefanie is also amazing because her tanning lotion smelled like Dimatap and so therefore she smelled that way too all throughout our liscensure lecture. Its all about the little things :)

Looking on the Bright Side and Balancing

"Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
Oh taking your advice I'm looking on the bright side
And balancing the whole thing
But often times those words get tangled up in lines
And the bright lights turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
Another day to sing about the magic that was you and me

Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just read of
Others only read of the love, the love that I love.

See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words then I had ever heard and I feel so alive

You and I, you and I
Not so little you and I anymore
And with this silence brings a moral story
More importantly evolving is the glory of a boy

And it's okay if you have go away
Oh just remember the telephone works both ways
And if I never ever hear them ring
If nothing else I'll think the bells inside
Have finally found you someone else and that's okay
Cause I'll remember everything you sang

Cause you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I'm almost finally out of.
I'm finally out of, finally,
well I'm almost finally, finally, finally out of words."

"Its Cold Living with Ghosts"

"You left open the window till the morning
And the winter walked in
Reality fired her wooden bullet
Splintered under our skin
They say I'm walking on freedom
This is freedom
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
I still don't blame you for leaving,baby
Its cold living with ghosts

I tear, I tear out my heart
And I scatter the bits
I stay unseen by the light
I stay untold by the truth
I'm sold by a lie
By this, I am able in all of my travels
To make these memories quit
But tonight I clearly recall every little bit...."

"But when you're standing at a crossroad, There's a choice you gotta make."

"I guess it's gonna have to hurt,
I guess I'm gonna have to cry,
And let go of some things I've loved,
To get to the other side,
I guess it's gonna break me down,
Like falling when you try to fly,
It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life,
Starts with goodbye.
I know there's a blue horizon,
Somewhere up ahead, just waiting for me,
Getting there means leaving things behind,
Sometimes life's so bitter sweet."

Carrie Underwood

Sometimes Pandora picks really great songs that sum up the day. This would be exhibit A.

The Good, The Bad and the Funny

So today was a mix of things to say the least.

The Good:
-Finding an open computer lab with paper
-My hair day
-Staying in bed on a rainy morning
-Sleeping past 6:30 am!
-Getting out of class an hour and 15 minutes early
-Greta is having a baby!

The Bad:
-blah, blah, blah
-mew
-quack
-Dimitri Martin

The Funny:
-Kristen and her sassy teaching today in class
-Stefanie telling me I should write a PT textbook
-Jeremy and Sara at Sunrise Assisted Living
-Dick at assisted living tell me he didn't notice I'd been gone
-"Does that tack always belong in your foot?"
-Being called Tonto again
-Kim's cat, Holly

Maybe When Things Turn Green Again, It will be Good to Say You Know Me

"Too many shadows in my room
Too many hours in this midnight
Too many corners in my mind
So much to do to set my heart right
Oh it's taking so long i could be wrong, i could be ready
Oh but if i take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am in repair

Stood on the corner for a while
To wait for the wind to blow down on me
Hoping it takes with it my old ways
And brings some brand new luck upon me
Oh it's taking so long i could be wrong, i could be ready
Oh but if i take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am in repair

And now I'm walking in the park
All of the birds they dance below me
Maybe when things turn green again
It will be good to say you know me"

"Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground"

"Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armour
Queen jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground

Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted,
They quietly understand
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready,
But wonder why the fight is on

But they’re all, they're bold as love,
Yeah, they’re all, they're bold as love,
they’re all, they're bold as love
Just ask the axis

My red is so confident that he flashes trophies of war,
and Ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring,
But its very unsteady for the first go round
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact I’m trying to say it’s frightened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from,
Giving my life to a rainbow like you

But I'm bold, I’m bold as love."

if you can't say anything nice...put in confusing song lyrics. the end.

Whatever Happened to My Lunchbox

"Whatever happened to my lunchbox, and when came the day when it got thrown away, and don't you think I should have had some say in that decision...."

Lol...another John Mayer quote, I know. But anyway, I bought myself a new fantastic lunchbox today to replace my huge blue box one and my too small little mermaid one. Its fabulous because A) it has polka dots, B) its is brown, white, teal, coral and lime green, all of which are colors I love, C) it was only like $11 at target, D) i got to go to target to get it, E) its something new that's different and me.

Aside from the fact that Other Systems is a crazy course full of lots of crazy Mary Lou ( I mean that in the most respectful way, as she is one of the most brilliant people I think I have ever met/ watched/ talked to) the beginning of Other Systems was in fact promising. I do so love starting the day off learning about oxytocin and prolactin (again, I'm being serious here!).

I even got myself up early out of this heavenly bed I have here at Kim's and went to the gym where I worked off some first day of school jitters and Goldfish. I also spent the day with my lovely PT soul mate Stefanie (she coined the phrase, not me) catching up on how great her life is and some much missed bonding. So overall, today was pretty good. And even better is that House is on tonight, to make me look cheerful in comparison.

Winter Just Wasn't My Season

"Winter just wasn't my season" just sums everything for the day up. Summer was fabulous. Fall was great. Winter just killed everything and turned it into a bizarro world. But spring has sprung so maybe good things are soon to come. Maybe not, but its always possible.

Turn that Clown Upside Down

I hate clowns. I am quite frightened of clowns. However, lately, clowns have been turning up in my life almost daily. On my calendar, on the radio, on TV, in my dreams, on greeting cards. When I say clown, I mean it literally, not figuratively. Clown as in painted faced circus inhabitant with funny shoes and a baggy outfit. I look forward to a day where my life is not plagued by clowns. The end.