Sunny days

It was supposed to rain today. Perhaps it still will. For now, though, it is eighty degrees and sunny out. On days like this it is hard not to smile and be positive about things. And that's a bit of a welcome change.

I'm sorry I haven't been posting more, but life was pretty much the same every day and that just doesn't seem fun to write about. I don't know who is in charge of marketing being a grown up, but they do a damn fine job of hiding the truth. I mean, no one tells you that it's pretty much the same routine every day. Not that I don't love it, just that sometimes, work; gym; apartment; sleep is not the most exciting lifestyle.

Now, for a completely random scattering of thoughts:

1. Not that I loved Katie Couric before, but the interview she did with John and Elizabeth Edwards made me really dislike her. I mean, she's supposed to be this hard hitting journalist or something, right? I just don't buy it. And I don't know who to blame: her; society; her producers; news corporations; commercial sponsors - this list goes on, I suppose. PLUS the questions were just dumb.
2. Speaking of John Edwards, I don't know how I feel about him as a potential president, but damn does he say really great stuff. Maybe it's all a front, but he consistently talks of his run as service and I can't help but love that.
3. I kid you not, there was an article on MSN today entitled Tips for dads who hate playing with kids. The title got me a little annoyed, but the article made me so angry! It was basically all about how you shouldn't feel bad that you don't like playing pretend or Candyland and that you shouldn't apologize for it. That it's okay to be a "man" and interact with your kids during home improvement projects and crap like that. I mean, whatever, I don't have kids and I'm certainly never going to be a dad, but give me a break! Just to be clear, my ovaries do not predispose me to a love of using pretend voices and playing hide and seek - I do it b/c kids like that stuff and if you care about the kids you'll do what they like. Ugh.
4. It'd been too long. I got to play student organizer last night. Last night D, a former student of mine, calls around 8:45p. He is a freshman at JMU this year and I have not answered his last two or three calls, so I picked up. I was expecting a "catch up" chat or a request for help on a paper. I was NOT expecting him to put me on speakerphone at the meeting of Students for Barack Obama to help them plan an education action for later this week. I think he wanted me to give them some insight on Obama but, ever the student organizer, I made them go over their action plan and then walked them through how to make it effective. If I could have figured out how to explain a GROW chart over the phone, I totally would have. It was hilarious. It was also great. The women in charge thanked me several times and it made me miss, just a little, when that was part of my job.
5. I'm really glad we got together. Wait! I'm not even lying! I suppose y'all are well aware of this, most of you being more successful in the relationship world than I, but I have recently rediscovered that it is possible to date someone and NOT have to convince yourself that it's worth the effort. There's an interesting development for you...for all of us, really. He is a friend of a friend who sat on my contact info for a few months before using it. We've been dating for about a month or so and it's nothing I feel the need to write volumes about (mainly b/c I'm feeling protective of it), but it is a very good thing in my life right now. And so that's...you know...good. Or something.

That's probably as good a place as any to stop writing. I have three days left until Spring Break, at which point I will join my roommate at an event called Chocolate Decadence (don't even TRY to pretend that you're not insanely jealous) and then take a trip up to NY for a good friend's wedding shower. I hear the drive is arduous, but I am so excited to see her that I don't even care. (Plus I don't mind driving and five hours is not so bad.) And then I have books to read and cancelled tv shows to watch and most rest and relaxation to enjoy. Hard to be too stressed, then, this week.