The Poppy Field

As it was so graciously pointed out to me, it has been a fair amount of time since I have written in my blog. I sincerely apologize for that, just let me explain why.

There is nothing, I repeat, NOTHING going on here. I hate to admit it, but it is SO true. It’s not that I am not having a good time, or even that I’m not doing some stuff, but really, it hasn’t struck me as anything writeable. I guess that in a way it has been settling in. Everything here is amazing and wonderful and fantastic and I have every reason to sit back, relax, and enjoy it. I like the fact that I am so comfortable here. It has been a very busy few weeks at school. I have had paper after midterm after project thrown at me but I think I am doing ok! I got a good grade on my psychology of the health sciences test last week, I turned in a 12 page paper on academic achievement levels of children in foster care for my lifespan development class, and I just took a photography midterm. Oh! And yesterday, I had a Lifespan midterm as well! Yay for school! NOT. Ugh… what a weak week.

Last weekend was supposed to be productive. Unfortunately (or luckily) for me it was not productive at all. I pretty much missed 4 days of study time by lying out at the beach and sleeping in. I thought I was going to be working, but that fell through a little bit. I watched a great movie about Charlie Chaplin starring Robert Downey Jr. He’s a pretty talented actor as far as bipolar, drug addict, psycho’s go. I’m glad he got his shit together and did Iron Man. I am ready for a Downey Jr. revolution.

I read a book over the weekend. Yeah, a whole book. It was ok. Not the best I’ve ever read, but defiantly engaging. It was about a little girl whose mother loses her mind and this girl has to fend for both of them alone until one day her mother drops her on the side of the road and drives away. Simultaneously it’s a story about this woman who works in a Café and meets a man she totally falls for and wants to be with. Low and behold, this kid is this guy’s daughter and smack, bang, boom! We have a plot. So, turns out the guy doesn’t really know how to be a dad and the woman is trying her best to help the girl and ends up despising the dad for how he is with the girl. And THEN when everything seems to be running along smoothly for once, her real mom shows back up and tears up the scene and they have to work it all out. Don’t worry, in the end, everyone is fine. Except the dad who dies. It was pretty interesting to read. It wasn’t particularly well written but it made a lot of references to old movies and actors/actresses and I liked that. This woman collected antiques and stuff. Cool things, like clothing and hats. I could see myself doing that.

I have been thinking lately that I want to go to Italy. Obviously there are a lot of reasons (Alex, Alex, Alex, umm… Alex) but I think the culture there is going to be very my style. I can’t wait to graduate and take a year off to do stuff. I can’t wait to be done with school for a little while. I am ready for a serious break in this educational shenanigan.

So, all in all, life has been pretty simple lately. I am glad it is the weekend now. I am done with my midterms and I don’t have another project due until two weeks from now. Plus, I have Monday off of school. Yay! 5 day weekends are as good as it gets! Anyway, I think I’m going to go lay down now. I’m awfully tired.

I just… I just can’t run anymore….