Maxigumee

It’s a gorgeous spring day out and I’m so glad that it’s Friday. As usual, after a long break is over and done with, I have piles of school work to do and fast. Much of this said work could and probably should have been done over the break but, honestly, who does homework over spring break? My school work needs-to-be-done checklist included finishing the book “First They Killed My Father” for my Literature class (not quite finished, but good enough), reading two chapters of History before my test today (actually finished), recording a CD for my Spanish class in which I talk about fake news for my school (finished), writing a fake letter to the common council about why the principal at a school is bad —mine was because she made the students be her slaves— (finished), and a DBQ Essay for History (not finished and not started at all). So, only one thing left that I really need to do. I’ve already hit the ceiling on my reading capacity (did that on about Wednesday) and now all I want to do is watch TV and be lazy. It was a bit of a struggle to finish my History reading since my OCD was being a jerk (I just wanted to tell my head to SHUT UP), but I actually finished it…. with the help of a little skimming at parts.

I am loving this weather SO much. It’s strange, because even though time seems to go faster as you get older, you seem to enjoy the seasons a lot more, too. It seems that even though I remember last Fall like it was a month ago, each new spring is more beautiful than the previous. I don’t even care when it rains. As long as it’s not SNOW. Oh my gosh, I am so sick of snow. All of that snow and ice this year and not ONE snow day. Not one. That has got to be some sort of Buffalo record. I don’t think I can remember a school year that didn’t have a snow day. Not that I’m all that anxious any more to get one. Bring on the sun!

I’m so happy that I can finally open up the windows in my room to let some cool air in and that I can finally stop wearing all those sweaters. While I really do like sweaters and have bought probably an unhealthy amount of them since last September, it feels REALLY good to be able to stop wearing them. I was sort of getting fashion fatigue. I got out to the mall on Wednesday and got some new clogs, two new springy shirts, and one sale sweater from the Gap. Even though I’m getting kind of sick of sweaters, it was $9.99 and it’s navy blue, so I can wear it when I uh…. go sailing and stuff in the summer.

Probably the only somewhat irritable thing about spring is the time-change. Where I would normally be thrilled about the sun setting later (and I kind am), it’s screwing up my entire afternoon schedule. I usually spend the light hours of the afternoon being lazy and watching TV and being all internet-y then spending the darker hours on my highly ritualized before-bed hygiene procedures, moisturizing, relaxing, and school reading. With this time change, though, the light hours have been lasting longer and even before the sun sets, I’m like, “Oh my gosh, it’s eight o’clock. How the heck did that happen?”

I’m sitting right now on my parents’ bed, soaking up the sunlight from their window. I want to get out on Elmwood Avenue tonight to look at all the shops and watch all the people, maybe go see a movie…. Spring! Yay!