Today's Reason to Exist

German on Thursday was still fun. History, though, was a bit painful. Three hours is just a very long time to be sitting in a class that your not even sure you want to stay in. It's really interesting, but I'm not too sure about the homework. There's a response paper due on Tuesday, and naturally I have no idea what to write.

Because classes are the only reasons I have to get up in the morning, yesterday I tried to find a reason to exist. There was seriously nothing to do yesterday. It was completely pointless. My plan was to get up early and go to the arb before it got cloudy. Unfortunately, I woke up [reluctantly] at 10:30 and my arb plan was then worthless. There was no way that I was just going to sit around the house the whole day though. I had to think of something to do. Anything. I figured that since I had a ton of reading to do for my classes that a good plan would be to go to the library. And so around 2pm I went to the UGLi and sat down in a comfortable chair by a window. Four hours later... The sad thing is that I didn't even get everything read in those four hours and I don't remember anything that I did read because I was daydreaming about coffee the entire time. But last night I finished the novel that I had to read, and that was satisfying. Also last night, I went to Applebee's with Beth, Angela, Dan, and Sarath. That was entertaining. Blaine showed up after a while. Before I did that though, I watched The Secret Garden. Fun times.

Today my plan was to get up early and go to the arb. Yeah... I woke up at 11am. Good one, Sarah. Oh well. Despite being a little cold, the day was going to be beautiful and at 1pm I set out for the arb. It took me about 20-25 minutes to get to the entrance near Markley. Of course I took my time getting there. From that point I simply spent the next 2 hours wandering aimlessly around. At one point I found myself down at the river and I sat there on a tree right next to the water for about 10 or 15 minutes. Then I continued on along the river towards the train tracks. I saw some ducks and geese... it was really nice. After a few minutes of walking, I departed from the river and found myself in a large open area. There were a few flowering trees in there and the grass or whatever it was was brown. I walked around that and then found the trail of daffodils and a large road/path. After a while I saw that I was at the Geddes entrance. I rested there for a couple minutes and then continued on towards what I assumed was the way I came in. On my journey, I saw lilacs and cardinals and hear birds and wind in the trees and I smelled flowers and earth... ahhh, it was great. I soon recognized the spot where we had filmed our German video in spring 05, and I walked through that valley and looked around. Then I came upon a concrete bench at the edge of a drop off, and I sat/laid there for a while in the sun, looking up at the bright green leaves of the trees contrasting beautifully with the bright blue of the sky. After maybe 15 minutes, I heard a helicopter in the distance, and so I sat up and watched it take off from the hospital. And then I left.

By that time, my feet and sandals were disgustingly dirty and so on my journey back to the house I stopped at the fountain near the Bell Tower to wash my sandals and feet. The water was cold and clear, and I ended up leaving a dirty footprint on the edge of the fountain. Whoops.

This evening I watched The Man in the Iron Mask. It wasn't my first choice, but it was the only one that my computer decided to play decently tonight. Stupid computer that I love.

That is all. I can't wait to go back to the arb, but maybe next time I'll wear shoes... and I'll be sure to take my camera.