Once I got out of class for the day I knew I didn't want to go home, but I did need to get some work done. Sitting at a table in IES didn't seem appealing though. And so, I walked out of the building to the nearest café, got myself a coffee and took a seat. After slowly sipping on my coffee, I rifled through my bag and reached for a book. It just so happens that I've felt deeply deprived of reading lately. By reading, I mean reading a good book for pleasure, not that reading for school junk. The little bookshelf in my bedroom has numerous travel books, but only 2 regular ones. My choices were Eclipse from the Twilight series, or Chelsea Handler's Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. So as you can see, my options were limited. I admit, I've already read all the Twilight books (that was a phase). Option #2 it was! So as I sat in Farggi cafe, I read another chapter of her witty and slightly inappropriate "memoir." That's when I realized - I was doing one of the things on my goals list! No fidgeting, no cell phone use, and no uncomfortableness. I was in a cafe all by myself, enjoying a book. At that moment I smiled then quickly realized how creepy I must have looked and buried my face in my book.
I let myself leave Farggi after finishing two pages of a paper I have due next week. When I returned home, I sat in my bed on Facebook, Gmail, etc. Without realizing it, I dozed off with the window wide open above my head and the warm sun streaming in. One hour later I woke up and felt like a new person! Not really, but I did feel pretty great.
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