Surprisingly, today was a pretty good day.  Woke up this morning with only a slight headache that went away after a couple of hours.  Work today was such a drag but I was busy most of the day.  Honestly, I don’t have a bad job.  In fact, it’s pretty easy and I like the people I work with.  It’s just that I’ve been there for way too long and it’s just getting to be soo predictable.  Thank God I only have about nine months left before graduation.  I’ve had a countdown going for probably a year now…..haha.

Anyway, I’ve gone off track again.  Today felt like Christmas   My books finally came today.  I’ve been wanting to read “Walk This Way: the Autobiography of Aerosmith” ever since I discovered their music a few years ago.  I also ordered a couple of books by Ian McEwan to read in my spare time, whenever that may be.  Plus, my replacement cell phone came today.  So, that meant a trip to the Alltel store so they could activate it, switch my contacts, etc.  I’m still pretty excited that I got a new phone, but I did lose all of my pictures and ringtones so that kinda sucks lol.

Did I mention that it stormed today?  Lightning and thunder are two of my favorite things.  Honestly, even if my packages hadn’t come today, the amount of thunder that sounded completely made my day.  I wasn’t around the computer to stare at the Doppler for awhile, but I saw so many cumulonimbus clouds (thunderclouds)…crazy.  I didn’t get any good pics because I was in the middle of switching phones when some really good rain and thunder came our way.  Bummer, but there’s always next time.

So I was talking with my friend Ronda on our way to rent a movie (fyi “The Eye” with Jessica Alba is a pretty decent movie, made me jump a few times).  She is my partner in crime in the psychology department and we’ve survived quite a few tough classes.  Anyway, she has decided to wait a couple of years before entering grad school because she wants to do Americorps and take some time to decide what she wants to do with her degree.  I see her point in making this decision, but I really am glad that I’m not waiting to go to grad school.  I know that I wouldn’t ever go because too many things like money and life would pile up and then my window of opportunity would close.  I’m really excited for my future, and I’m starting to lean towards going to the University of Minnesota.  I know it’s not as far away as I wanted to go, but I really like that area.  The school itself is one of the top ten schools in the country for school counseling, so I don’t think I will be sacrificing anything by going there.  But anyway, I haven’t gone through the application process yet, so I shouldn’t be counting my chickens…

I’m excited for tomorrow though!!!!  Grand National tractor pulling is tomorrow!!!!  I know I’m a hick like that, but I’d rather watch tractor pulling than any NASCAR race.  Period.  End of story.  Plus, tomorrow is payday!  Also, there’s a good chance for thunderstorms tomorrow so I’m optimistic.  Woot!!