What broke my day: The light out of my window. I know this doesn't apply to everyone, in fact I'm sure it only applies to me, but directly outside of my window is a streetlamp. It's pretty, and gives off that quaint, old-English garden feel, except at night. At night, it looks like one of those flickering street lamps in horror movies. You know the one, that flickers ominously as the main character proceeds down the street right into the hands of the mass murderer. Ours stays lit, and then flickers out, then flickers on 5 minutes later, and then flickers out, and the process continues. Not only does it freak me out when I come home at 1 o'clock in the morning, it also makes our quaint home look like it's the safe haven for a psychotic serial killer. But what bothers me the most about this light is that if my blind is open, which it is if I have one of the cats sleeping in my room (because else they play with the blind or whatever),and I'm trying to sleep, I see the flickering all night. It would seem as if I could just not face the window, but because I'm in such close proximity to the light, it changes the ambiance of my room. It's like someone is standing at my light switch playing with the automatic dimmer. It's super annoying, and all I want is for someone to change the damn light bulb. I'm not a mass murderer, but if they don't fix that light by the time I come back for Christmas, I may become one.
What made my day: Finding things that you forgot you did. Today, I began organizing all my accumulated papers and files so that I can minimize what I take back to college. I'm keeping all the past exams from last year, so that I can help the poor freshmen, and anything that I may need. As I was sorting, I found my writing folder, which gets bigger every year, considering I'm an English minor. I decided to read some things from it, and I was pleasantly surprised. Yes, some of the things from my freshman year of high school was absolutely horrendous, but some of the papers were actually good. For example, I found a letter I had written to my younger self, but as I was reading, I realized that I have really changed over the past two years. Some things I said in my letter, I have different views on now. It was like reading my past. It made me realize that I have become an adult, and am no longer as naive as I was even 6 months ago. It also made me realize that when I put time into it, I can be a good writer (I'm not claiming that I am a good writer based on this blog, because I don't spend near enough time on it to call it good). I'm not a huge fan of dwelling on the past, but sometimes reminiscing is good for the soul. Remembering the talents you forgot you had, and realizing how far you've come can bring a smile to your face. Not only that, but the teacher praises written on some of them gave me a little confidence and ego boost too. It made me feel really good about myself. I really needed that, and it was a nice little surprise.
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