Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 217

Today's Daily 5:

1. Waking up in a comfy bed (a night on a much less comfy futon does wonders for my gratefulness for a good mattress)
2. Listening to an audio book on the bus
3. Browsing the university bookstore for a few minutes this morning, in the midst of a stop there to pick up more index cards for the ongoing cue card making process.
4. Being the first customer at the Vietnamese noodle place in the student center, and getting a steaming hot batch of rice vermicelli, freshly made, as part of my order (also, eating said noodles and acoutrements with chop sticks.)
5. A grade on a midterm I wrote a few weeks ago that made me grin with glee
6. Hummus and crackers
7. watching some old episodes of Grey's Anatomy
8. New pictures arrived in the mail today for my wall of smiles - they came with a letter and a little gift from some musical friends that I can't wait to load onto my ipod for bus listening pleasure
9. flickering tea lights in beautiful little blue glass holders that look like they were made somewhere exotic, purchased at 10,000 Villages a while back on clearance
10. a quiet evening to work and get a few things done

Monday Morning

I've made it through one class so far.  One of four today.

I'm sitting in the spot I usually camp out for this one hour break - a hallway corner near the classroom for my next class.

I'm about to eat Vietnamese noodles.  Yes, it's only 10 am, but this is the only class break I have between 9 and 4 on Mondays, and I simply can't fit enough food and snacks into my bag to cover those hours.  And so, on Mondays I eat noodles as some sort of meal between breakfast and lunch.

This week is shaping up to be busy - less so on a school front for a change, and more so on a personal front.

I'll get to see some good friends this week, and meet the daughter of a good friend, born almost three months ago now.

I don't have anything particularly enthralling to say this morning.  I'm tired.  It was one of those nights where my good intentions of landing in bed early were a failure, and once I did manage to get to bed, I had trouble falling asleep.

So, this is the sort of day where I just get through it.

Three more classes (including one three hour marathon lecture).

Then back to mom and dad's to pick up my stuff from the weekend.

And then finally back to grandma's.

I'm going to watch some reality television online tonight.

Tackle some homework.

Do a bit of writing.

And then rest before starting the process again tomorrow.