Chillier by the Day
It’s 49 degrees in Rock Hill right now, with a windchill of 46. It’s supposed to drop to around 40 tonight, I love it. The only thing I’m not liking about these continuing Fall days is the decreasing day light each day. The sun’s starting to set a little bit earlier each night.. it’s depressing. But the days are nice.. I love the leaves and the coldness, especially on the campus and on the soccer field.
Last night and tonight consisted of two completely different mindsets for me. Last night, I struggled to get a lab report finished that was due today for biology. It was nearing 10 P.M. and I had barely written the title of my report on microsoft word, I was just staring at my macbook’s screen. I don’t understand why I was lacking so much motivation.. after having so much drive throughout the semester so far. Eventually, I did finish it. But I waited to the last possible minute to do so.. after having an entire Fall break to do it. Tonight was a different story. Although I had been procrastinating for the last two weeks on this assignment I had to do for my visual communications seminar class, I got it done in record time tonight in study hall. A 1500 word “manifesto”.. similar to that of Maslow’s Hierarchy, if you’ve ever heard of it. Anyways.. in only two hours of study hall, I wrote the manifesto and did a pretty detailed psychology assignment. I’m proud of myself. I don’t understand my change in motivation though.. hopefully it stays this way for a while. I’m sure it will.
I was supposed to have my academic advising meeting today with my new advisor for exercise science.. but somehow it didn’t work out, I couldn’t find my advisor this afternoon. She sent me an email though, saying that she was sorry that she missed me.. and we made an appointment for tomorrow. I’m pretty excited to pick out my classes for next semester, being an athlete.. I get to choose my classes a week earlier than the rest of the students, ensuring that I get a schedule that doesn’t conflict with any practice times. I’m pretty pumped about getting the exact schedule that I want.. unlike this semester.
Although this week has gone by pretty smoothly, it has definitely not been up to par.. being without a phone has been horrible. I feel so naked without it. I can’t talk to my girlfriend, can’t call my mom, can’t text friends.. I don’t understand how people survived with out mobile phones fifteen-ish years ago! Somewhere around 8 A.M. Saturday morning will be a great moment. Our bus diver will come to pick the team up to take us to UNC Asheville, and waiting for me in his hand, will be my phone. Although the battery will be dead.. the feeling of having my phone back in my pocket will be indescribable. And of course, I’ll bring my charger with me to the game and charge my phone while I film at Asheville so I can text-away on the ride back.
