No, scratch that. I have a goal. This goal consists of writing on my blog more than Rita. I know, I know that seems rather silly of me to compete over blogging but the thing is since she is having a baby and all you'd think that maybe I'd have a bit more time on my hands. So far I am losing this race by a long, long ways. Basically how every other horse except Rachel Alexandra lost the Kentucky Oaks (which is the girlie version of the Kentucky Derby). Actually for the whole 2 or 3 people that read this blog, probably no one will get it. So I'll explain. Key facts that are important to know:
0.) I like horses (I wanted to make this one first but I already started my list. It is time consuming to change numbers.)
1.) Rachel Alexandra is a horse, she won the Kentucky Oaks race on 5/1/2009
2.) R.A. won by 20 1/2 lengths. That is a LOT! A length is one horse body, so she beat the second place horse by 20 horses (basically...)
3.) I realize now that this comparison is probably really lengthy and makes no sense to anyone but me
4.) I'm stopping now
So, back to the competition/goal/dream thing that I started with. I set it for myself because I felt like this was a good outlet for my random thoughts in my head. Rita does not know, until now, that we are in a race that she has already won. Congrats to the winner!
Now that I have lost everyone, on to talk about my day. I have finally, yes FINALLY, started packing! Yay me! I got one whole box, some misc. stuff, and a shelf into my storage unit today. While it may look like nothing is gone from my room, I feel very accomplished. I have been dreading this task for a long time, I don't really know why though. Weird how somethings just seem so daunting that you don't even want to begin. The weirdest thing is that once I am packed, I am one step closer to home. So why didn't I pack weeks ago? Beats me!
Today Lauren and I hit the bike trails around campus. It was an awesome day with awesome weather that got up to the high 70s. We biked for about an hour, just meandering around through trails that took us by some horses (of course, of course!) and then we made our way to Dairy Queen! Yum, yum... After a tastey Blizzard we headed back to campus, making plans to bike once more this weekend. The best part of the ride though is when we stopped at a playground at the end of the trail and messed around on the swings for a while. While we were climbing the slides Lauren eagerly said "You'll have to come to my house this weekend and we can go play on the swings." Seriously, despite what it may sound like we both are in college. It was probably the funniest thing I had heard all day and it made me feel like we were 5 and she was asking if I could come over to play for a while. All in all it was a wonderful way to destress after making it through humpday.
When I got back to my apartment there was a package card waiting for me. Unfortunately it is not as fun to pick up a package here in Colorado because I don't get to drive to the little post office and see my Pita's smiling face. However, I did get a pound of cheese curds in the mail today. There is not one thing in the world that could have made me happier than the moment I opened my box to find cheese curds! I think that my mom has had some time on her hands if she found a place to order me some yummy cheese curds! :) I love my mom by the way, she is so awesome! Another exciting thing that I got in the mail today was a pretty little card from Rita. It was almost like I went to the good ol' Nikiski post office back in the day because of that card. Rita is wonderful as well.
Well, I have pretty much wrapped up everything. I hopefully will be more on top of things despite the dreaded finals week approaching quickly (it is next week!). Only 8 more days and I am home. Actually I should say 7 because today is almost over. For those of you who don't know my counting system you may wish to correct me and say I actually have more but you are wrong! You can't count the day I get there, because I see the people I care about on that day. Plus, you can't count today because I am already living it. And since today is almost over, you might as well not count tomorrow because I am almost living that day as well. See, it makes perfect, logical sense! I am done now, off to bed and sweet dreams...
Note to self: There is not a monster in the storage unit, so start packing!
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Just so you know, my name is in this post 5 (count em! FIVE!) times. And for the record, doesn't seem too fair to *start* this goal when my blogging is likely to slow down...but I suppose that will give you a chance to catch up. :) Miss you! Looks like Ethan and I will be down the second or third week of June... :)
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