An amazingly productive day!

The morning was slow and boring. I did enjoy being able to sleep in, I must confess. It was difficult to get up, and it seemed like I was going to stay in bed all day! Ah, not so, not so. I knew I had miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep, to use Robert Frost’s words. I did get up several times to go to the bathroom and such, but was lethargic to do anything else. So I stayed in bed like a lame mummy. You know the kind of mummy I’m referring to, do you not? Yes, the Egyptian kind! J

Yesterday, Jessica and I had made plans to meet for lunch, so I messaged her asking if one o’clock was okay to meet and she messaged me back saying it was fine and whether I would like to go to The Coffeehouse afterwards to do some studying. This was EXACTLY what I had in mind, but didn’t ask her, of course. So we went to El Porton for lunch and stuffed ourselves to capacity. Then we headed to the Coffeehouse for studying. And by GOLLY, we did. We both got so much done, it was almost unbelievable. Ah, such winners we are, such winners. Oh, the food at El Porton was delicious, of course. I ate two of those vegetarian gorditas of whatever they are called. I absolutely love the avocado in them. Good food is a wonderful distraction from the everydayness of life, especially that of a grad student.

I’m so thrilled for both of us. In fact, we decided to make this a weekly deal. We both got a lot of reading/planning/writing done. I managed to get 1400 words written and my article for tomorrow’s class read. I also wrote my response paper for tomorrow. To top it all, I registered for Glimmer Train magazine I decided to send in a submission to. Taking Kass’ advice, I’m definitely going to send in my writing to journals outside ISU. I’m thrilled about that, and I have marked some journals in the Writer’s Chronicle that I want to submit to. This is like a whole new chapter of my life. I’m so very excited. The semester is starting really well for me. I love all my classes, and hope I can continue like this the whole semester. That would be just A-ma-zing!

Back home, I did more work: I read a number of chapters of Jack Kerouac’s Visions of Cody, a really really dense book and finished my daily 2000 words. I also used my cycling machine for twenty minutes while meditating on the serenity prayer. After that I drank green tea with lemon and honey. What a great day it has been. My body is a little weary now, so I must call it a day. It has been a wonder. Here’s my prayer for you "may you find the serenity to accept the things you cannot change, courage to change the things you can, and wisdom to know the difference" J