Prep (For) School
We cleaned the piss out of my dorm room carpet. It reality, we removed 20 years of dust and dirt which had been ground into the nap until the formerly red carpet was a dull gray with some sad red peaking through. A steam cleaner, 7 gallons of water, soap, and an hour or so later brought a startling change: the carpet was red again … and clean. “Good lord,” I said, walking down the stairs to the car, “I sure am glad we did that.” It is not that I could not sleep at night thinking about the carpet, or that it was strange smelling when I laid on it (I remember a couple of days when I was so exhausted that I opened the door, put down my bag, and fell asleep on the carpet), but just that I had my key early and wanted to make the most of the situation. If you are going to go, go all out. For example: if you are going to procrastinate, procrastinate the heck out of your situation. If you are going to run, run until you are going to drop. If you are going to eat, eat until … ok so the theory has it’s limitations. But I have found that all-out goingness makes life’s mundane tasks more entertaining.
I also talked to piles of people at St. Thomas, got my time sheet out there, field-tested my new backpack, and admired the beautiful day. I predict that, the moment classes resume, we will see nothing but 80 degree sunny days. I don’t think we should take this lying down. What I mean is, we should find time to lie down and enjoy the weather; refuse to be bottled up indoors! Somehow, there is a way to figure out how to enjoy these inevitable good days and get to class at the same time. I am thinking of a plan, I suggest somebody does the same as I do not know if I will succeed.
Caley has a new blog @ blogspot. The title is canned perfection.
Two things remaining: check out the four latest “visits” on the right-hand side of the page, they are good. Second, I’ve got a post rattling around in my head, I am taking votes for if I should make it public or not. Cast your “yes” or “no” via QuickMail today!