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Hello my lovely Meredith chums! This week is going to be a busy and full one, starting out with this little fact:
I'm running for SGA Vice President and Senate Chair.
It's a pretty big position and matters so much to me. So, if you are a Meredith lady and haven't joined my Facebook group, do! It's under "Vote Kiran for SGA Vice President/Senate Chair;" check out the videos and news and all the other little goodies posted! And check back here! I'm going to try to post something daily.
Thanks for all your support, ladies!
I started off my morning with a fall. It was fifty degrees and sunny so I thought I was safe wearing my Sperry shoes, but alas, I was so wrong. I went down my apartment steps, slid a little bit into the other set of stairs and it all went downhill from there (literally). I was a ping-pong ball and ricocheted off of an old tan colored van and landed on my back on a little still-icy hill. Um, ow. I lay on my back, my books splayed to the side, my backpack jabbing at my back, contemplating granny-crawling up the stairs and back into bed. I took it as a sign that this just was not the best day. But I didn't want to be absent from class this early in the game (I had to think about the days in the next couple months that I would need a true-blue mental health day), so I got up and hobbled to my car, still sliding, holding onto my books (and what was left of my dignity) for dear life.
You know the day where suddenly it seems like fifty million things are being thrown at you? That was today. A take-home exam, an exam on Monday, a couple papers, and an election candidate card? I thought I was going to pass out. However, I was saved by my lovely, lovely friends who have THE BEST senses of humor. In my math class, which I was slowly dying in, my professor announced that we had an exam. Sheryl (you should read about her below!) transferred to my class today and was sitting beside me (yaaaay). After prof announced that we would have a test (noooo), Sheryl scribbled in her notebook:
"Test on Monday-die before then."
I just about wet myself laughing, partly because it was very, very funny but also because in that moment I realized how lucky I was to have friends who, even when I may be having an off day, can never fail to make me laugh. So amidst seemingly-endless rehearsals, exams, and cups of coffee, I am starting to see that these "off" days can be righted and turned to an "on" day in a heartbeat.
It's a snow day today in North Carolina. I woke up this morning to a bright white ground and decided that I would have a vacation in my bed for the whole day. Productivity? Not so much. Watching movies, reading, and catching up on my general mental health well-being? Yes. Part of me missed living on campus because all of my lovely friends had a fun snowball fight on the soccer field, but it was nice hanging out with my roommate and hanging out with my boyfriend...pillow for the day.
I'm beginning to really love twenty-ten. I've been hanging out with people who were once quasi-friends and acquaintances and I have to say, getting to know them more and hang out with them more has been incredibly rewarding. For example:
This is Sheryl. I've known her since I was a freshman and she was a sophomore. We've done theatre together and hung out in major groups, but I had never really sat down and had a conversation with her. But lately I've been hanging out with her more, and she just amazes me. She is one of the strongest, smartest, and most inspirational people I know, right down to her funky tops and quick-as-a-whip hilarity. We've been bonding over our love for TOMS shoes, coffee, and our killer dance moves. She's amazing because she's so grounded and so determined to do great things through humanitarian work and go to places that aren't as fortunate as we are. Sheryl's one of those people who surprises you every day and makes you pretty grateful to know that you're friends. Hopefully we'll be having more coffee dates in the near future.
I hope everyone had a great snow day. Stay warm, y'all!
It's rainy today and I'm feeling a tad dreary today myself. However, the positives do outweigh the negatives:
+It's Thursday which means all my shows are coming on (I'll have to watch them tomorrow...rehearsal)
+Since I only had bio this morning, after library work I am going to treat myself to Starbucks
+I had the best talk with Brittany during biology, so it made the class all the more lively
Sometimes it really is the little things.
P.S. Thanks for the picture, Kellie Lynne :)
It seriously happens every single break. Ever since I was little up until now, I've always gotten a tad bit emotional on the last day of break. I'm sitting in bed, wallowing on the precious hours of freedom I have left to read what I want, stay up until four a.m (not doing schoolwork), happily dashing from one friend's place to the next, and lounging in my comfy bed until three in the afternoon. Technically at 12:16 a.m it's Tuesday. Wednesday brings the start of another semester that will just fly.This semester I'm assistant stage managing Kabuki Lady Macbeth (saying "Macbeth" is supposed to be off-limits, but what about typing? No idea), doing my thesis (aieeeee), and trying to figure out my life/summer plans. Oh, and p.s., I'm a student too.
I know I shouldn't be wallowing because I have had one of the most eye-opening breaks, filled with lots of amazing conversation, realizations, and a lot of laughter. I shouldn't be that sad because really, on Wednesday while I'm glancing at my Chaucer syllabus on the way to the Hive, I'll run intooooooo:
My friends. I've missed them so, so much. If I could post a million pictures of their beautiful faces, I would. I'm so excited to catch up over coffee, moan about assignments, and have late night should-be-study-sessions-but-really-we-have-girl-talk-time in the library. Ready set, gooooooo....!
New Year, new resolutions. I figured instead of making lists of many "I will not's," I figured I'd change them to a lot of positive "I will's:"
+I will run three times every week-even if I don't want to.
+I will finally, finally, finally hang up my pictures in my room to make it more permanent.
+I will attempt to be more organized.
+When I get stressed out, I'll do something constructive (like go to the gym, writing, online shopping, etc.) instead of stress eating/biting my fingernails (even though Cookout's milkshakes could totally solve the world's problems).
+I will try to get things done in a more timely fashion and let go of my very best buddy, Procrastination.
+I will make more "me time" and take some every day.
+I will try to be more patient.
+I will try to be less on-edge and not over-analyze everything.
+I will stay in better touch with my sister.
+I will check my bad moods at the door before I go do fun things--and then it'll probably vanish because I'll be in awesome company :)
+I will wear my "love sweater" in tough situations, even though I may not want to.
+I will live in the moment.
+I will find something good about every single day.
+I will volunteer to drive more. And take out the trash more.
Lovely lady Kellie knows how to tap into her other Kelly-Kelly Clarkson, that is. Friday Karaoke at Brickhouse can make any day a fabulous one. And I fully intend to Cupid Shuffle my way over there to celebrate an incredibly hectic week with some of the people who have a huge place in my heart. 
