It is beautiful out today, the first in awhile. It finally feels like spring. The feeling is tricky, though, seeing as how I felt the same thing in the fall. I wish the weather would pick a mood and stick to it. I went for a run today. Out of the need to exercise and desperation.
I've been experiencing pains in my stomach, headaches, and some other ailments due to stress. My body hasn't been cooperative since January and I'm trying to find some balance. Hopefully moving around a little will help the situation. I went to the doctor the other week and she said I need to exercise more to alleviate the stress because that is what's causing all this stuff.
As frustrating as it is, I'm amazed at the human body and how attuned it is with the brain.

This past Thursday was the last Female Friendly Funk that I will ever be in charge of. It's going to be put on next semester too and it feels good to have something I have cultivated go on after I will be gone.
I decided on Thursday that I cannot go to Mexico. It's all well and good to throw out the obligatory "When will you get a chance like this again?", but there was the other chorus running through my brain "When will you get a chance to save up money so that you can actually move to Philly with Nora if you go to Mexico?" Romanticism and the "fly by the seat of your pants" mentality has its place in life definitely, but practicality reigns when it comes to having a roof over my head.
So, I'll be here all summer working 35 hours a week at the women's center and taking classes. Well 1 class actually and 1 co-op w/ the Women's Center. I'm actually very happy about this decision. I will not be as rushed. I will have time to get things together for PA.

In its own right, this is my best semester. I'm glad it's also my last.

I'm all business in my head these days.
Lists of things to do, names I have to remember, numbers I have to call. People I get to see ... but that last part is the best.. Seeing Pat tonight for a dinner, Sarah tomorrow, then Alisa. And Melanie in two weeks. And Dan is coming up from MD in three weeks.
I'm happier to be staying home this summer. .. I want to be immersed in my friends, they ground me. and I need to feel rooted. I guess there are some people who do not like that feeling, but I haven't felt grounded at all in my life. This home that I am about to make with Nora . .with our things and our music playing and our food .. I am looking forward to it so much.. I am hungering for that sense of stability; a home that I will not have to leave after a semester or a break.