NoJoMo Day 1
One of my favorites on OpenDiary is going to do this, so I thought I would as well. For those unfamiliar with it, the goal is to write one journal entry every day during the month of November. I actually managed it last year, so I thought I’d try it again this year. There are several things I’d like to get back into the habit of doing, and since writing everyday in my journal is one of them, this seemed like a good place to start.
I *might* be going home tomorrow night. I have another pdoc appointment tomorrow afternoon in Beloit. My dad (a little jokingly) suggested late last week that I go to my appointment, drive up to them, vote, and then stay the night with them, then drive back Wednesday morning. I didn’t get around to registering to vote here. It’s been a pain, but I’m not yet technically a resident of Illinois. I do like the idea of my dad’s suggestion, but whether I do it depends on a couple things. First is whether I get any last minute writing assignments today or tomorrow. It’s not out of the realm of possibilities, given that it’s happened before. When they do, it tends to throw off my careful study plans. Second is whether I want to skip Contracts on Wednesday morning. There is a friend I can get notes from however. The reason I’d debate skipping Contracts is that it starts at 9am. If I don’t want to skip Contracts, it would mean leaving my parents’ by no later than about 6:20am. However, if I’m okay skipping Contracts, then I could leave about 7:30ish, not kill myself getting up early, and still get my study time before Civil Procedure. Additionally, it would be a surprise to my mom. My dad hasn’t told her I’m thinking about his suggestion (in fact, he didn’t even mention the suggestion to her!). So surprising her would be cool. If I do head up, I’ll bring her College of Law t-shirt with me.
We are making plans for my mom to come see me next weekend. She mentioned multiple times that she’d be willing (and I think wants) to attend church with me one Sunday. Given that she teaches most Sunday’s, the best option would be a Fast Sunday. Next weekend is Fast Sunday. In addition, we’ve also talked about putting plastic up on my windows to help with the drafts. We weren’t sure when we’d do that. One thought was that my mom would follow me down when I drove back the Sunday after Thanksgiving. However, I’m not driving back until Monday since I don’t have class that day and I want to avoid the Sunday holiday traffic. It occurred to me on Saturday that my mom could go to church this next weekend with me and then my dad suggested that my mom take this time to help with the plastic too. My dad also suggested that my mom drive down on Saturday afternoon, help with the plastic, sleep on my couch, then attend church with me and then drive back. I haven’t talked to my mom about that yet, but it sounds good. I was talking to my dad yesterday on the internet while my mom wasn’t feeling well (she apparently has a nasty cold). I suggested to him that she try and get down here at a reasonable hour so I could show her around campus a bit (and still have time to do the windows). I mentioned that the law library closes at 8pm and that I could show her the law school, law library, and the student center. My dad said she’d love that. So I think that’ll be on the schedule too. The biggest reason that she’ll leave to head home right after dropping me off at church is that church down here ends at 3:30, and she still has to go to work the next day.
Next bit of news is that an old friend I had in Rockton, who I’ve remained friendly with may come down to visit me in a few weeks. She still lives in the Rockford area. She initially was going to attend the same school I’m at now, but another college closer to where she is gave her a lot more scholarship money so she decided on them instead. We’ve been trying to plan a day for her to come pay me a visit and see the apartment as well. It looks like the Saturday before Thanksgiving is the best option at this point. Besides that, we’re both pretty booked until finals are over – the 14th of December for both of us. But since she’s not crazy about driving in snow, she doesn’t really want to chance coming down between then and Christmas. She’s taking a look at her schedule and whether her boyfriend can watch their son that Saturday, and then she’s going to send me a facebook message. It’d be great to see her. That same weekend is Stake Conference down here. I’m looking forward to that as well and I’m especially looking forward to seeing some of the people from when we lived in the Rockford Stake 10 1/2 years ago. If my friend does come on Saturday, then I’ll attend the Sunday morning session. If she doesn’t, I’m not sure which session I’ll attend. I may simply see who will be at which session.
More news, as applies to Thanksgiving. It’s possible that two of my mom’s siblings may be coming up for Thanksgiving – my Aunt Debbie and my Uncle Dave. The last time I saw my Aunt Debbie was…May of 1996 and I don’t remember when the last time I saw my Uncle Dave was. I did talk to him quite a bit my freshman year of college however, and he’s a little on the odd side. He’s a college math professor and very smart, but definitely a little odd. If they do come up, then my parents will have to get a tv into Stephen’s old bedroom sooner rather than later. It would also mean I’d likely be relegated to Jason’s room over that break, instead of my old room. I’d like my old room, since it’ll have the queen sized bed, the glider chair, and the tv/satellite/dvr. But even if I don’t get my old room over Thanksgiving, I WILL get it over Christmas when the boys are home.
Finally, had a couple very lucid dreams over the weekend. I’m not usually one who remembers their dreams the next morning, but I had several dreams over the weekend that really stuck with me. The first was on Friday night and the highlight of it was that I was engaged and talking with one of my good friends from high school who now is married and lives in Minnesota and teaches music. I have no idea who I was engaged to, but I was seriously excited and content. People around me though were a little surprised, my family in particular. But at the same time, it felt…right. The next two dreams were Saturday night. The first one was REALLY bizarre. I was something like a candy striper in a hospital, but everyone was crazy and things were going on at the hospital and I was racing to get out and they didn’t want to let me out. It was just really strange. My second dream that night though I was 9 months pregnant and going into lab
or. That too was strange, and the first time I recall having that kind of dream. Makes me wonder though if marriage and family aren’t as far off as I once thought. Interestingly enough, the messages on Sunday were on family and making course corrections if we’re not where we want to be, or not where we should be. That really spoke to me, as I realize I’m not where I want to be. There are many things I want/need to change and I know I’m definitely going to have to work at them. So lots going on! And it looks like I’m going to have some kind of appellate paper due in Crim Law, based on Billy Budd (and due about the same time as Memo 2…seriously!) Gah! I’ll get through it.
"Life is measured not by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
