Rain, Rain, Go Away

I managed to spend the better part of my day in a wet sweatshirt. As annoying as it was, it was completely necessary to beat the cold. Lately I've been having a great deal of trouble with my internal climate control. It's getting to be annoying.

I'm freezing every night. Only on my shoulders and my back, though. I slept with 3 different blankets, yet I'm freezing. It's absolutely insane. Not to mention the fact that I'm rarely in the middle. I'm either sweating to death or very cold. Today, however, I was "comfortable" but clammy and wet. Oh, the joys of having classes on the complete opposite ends of campus.

And I'm crafty... I know every in and out of my campus. Especially the ways to beat the elements. However, my scheduling this semester has completely eluded any sort of proper element protection planning. The east side of campus is just old buildings [it's the "old" campus] and doesn't have any sort of connecting routes. The west side of campus ["new" campus] however, has underground walkways, tunnels, and all sorts of neat roundabout ways of getting to the same place. I'm one of the only people that ever uses the underground pathways... mostly because most people don't know it's there. [YES! I learned something by being an orientation leader.]

Did you ever notice how most people don't use the stairs anymore? I really enjoy the stairs that are in the tower building. They're relaxing. No one uses them, so I don't have to wait on anybody and can do my own thing. Anyone else that I've seen on the stairs has the same understanding. There's always this silent gaze that we match... unspoken words.. and a very serene understanding.

Someone held the door open for me today. He looked me right in the eyes as I said, "thank you". It's the little things that get me through the day.

I just need to calm down and remember them sometimes. Driving in the rain... in a peice of junk car that doesn't have proper defogging units... is rather frustration. Especially when the meadowbrook is filled with drivers who posess grandiose delusions of the capacity their SUV can attain.

It's raining, people. Calm down.

Drive safe :)