Blisters and Baseball

Be proud. I went running this morning despite waking up and finding a huge blister on my foot. When I saw that I was tempted to crawl right back into bed. But I didn't. Somehow it hurt when I was walking but didn't bother me at all when I ran. Weird. But wonderful. Also I went a lot farther on my run today and it felt sooo good! It was gorgeous outside and somehow I felt awake and energized. Definitely the best way to start a day. Also, I had an upsetting realization when I remembered that the sun will start coming up later and later. Problem. Right now, the sun isn't up when I leave but it's close enough that it's light outside. I don't really want to run in the dark. Or the freezing winter weather. Shoot. I think that if I keep doing this I will make some really great new friends though. There's these little old guys that I have seen on the path the last few times I've been. Some are kinda creepy/hobo looking, but they are super friendly. It was super foggy this morning and I could see two people walking towards me out of the fog. One was pretty big and had a big stick or something in his hand. When I was about 30 yards from them I suddenly thought maybe it was dumb of me to be heading straight toward two strangers with something that looked like it could be used as a weapon. I felt like it would be dumb for me to turn around at that point so I just kept going toward them. They ended up just being some little old guys (minus little) and they were super friendly as they passed.  That is true with a lot of the BV locals. There's some interesting people in this town but, for the most part, they are really friendly. At least from my experience.

Good news! On Monday I ordered Rosetta Stone (my hope is to learn Spanish from that so that I don't have to take 2 more semesters of Spanish class) and it came today! Super quick huh? I think I have it all installed. It was a process and freaked my computer out. I think we are good now though. I'm excited to start using it. I hope it works as good as they say!

Not so good news...I went to talk to my academic advisor today about my schedule for next semester. He basically told me that I'm crazy. That's what I wanted to hear... I am currently signed up for 17.5 credits, not including Institute. 9 of those credits are with my advisor, Professor Rodriguez. He is the head of the FCD department and so, this being SVU, he pretty much teaches every FCD class. His first concern was whether I would be able to handle that much of him. Luckily, he's a good teacher and I have liked the classes that I have taken from him so far. The problem is that his classes require a lot of work....and I have 3 of them next semester. He pretty much gave me the break-down of the classes that I am taking from him. He said 2 of them require lots of reading but aren't too difficult. Then he said that the last one is hard. He didn't try to sugarcoat that at all. He said it's a very difficult class and taking it with that many other credits will be pretty intense. He basically told me that if I don't plan on doing any extracurricular activities or having a social life next semester, I should be fine. Awesome. Also I have a test in his class tomorrow. I don't love that.

So, I have had butterflies in my stomach all day today about the Red Sox game tonight. So nervous! I got to watch the first 45 minutes before I had to go to my Communications Committee meeting. Once again, it was very hard to pull myself away. At my meeting, we were going around doing little introductions and in mine I said that I was a Red Sox fan and that I was currently dying because they were playing a huge game and I was missing it. A few minutes later Gina, the wonderful girl sitting next to me, nudged me to show me that she had brought up a live streaming of the game on her laptop. We are best friends now. I was super excited about that. I promise I paid attention to our meeting.....and the game. After that meeting, I had to go to an Activities Committee meeting. Unfortunately, Gina isn't on the Activities Committee. Fortunately, I have an app on my phone that lets me check the score. Not as good as the actual game but better than being in the dark. Unfortunately, my stress must be prolonged because the game was delayed because of rain. Nuts. Hopefully I will be able to watch them finish it.