Today is an awesome day. The sun is a nice warm blanket for the bits of snow still scattered around and the wind is strong enough to push a smile onto your face and light enough to play with your hair. I woke up this morning after having a pretty rough night last night. It was filled with little sleep, lots of awake and big time headaches. But I still woke up this morning. And the sun is still shining today. The headphones to my ipod have been disfunctional for quite some time now, the left earbud having stopped working seemingly of its own volition. Yet this morning, as I strapped on my backpack and turned on my ipod, a mobile surround sound experience that I haven’t had for what seems like forever hit me and I couldn’t help but smile a little. I know what you’re thinking and yes, I do walk around with both headphones in even though only one of them usually works. Why? I’ll tell you as soon as I know. But it worked for me today. Jimmy Eat World rocked both of my ear drums this morning, for a little while at least. The left bud had totally fizzled out by the time I got to class, a mere 1.5 song walk from my room, but hey, I’ll take what I can get.
Thinking about how happy that little surprise made me helped me to think about things that I have been worrying about. Grad school, family, summer work, friends leaving, grades, tests…all of this crap has been sitting in the swamp of my mind for weeks and it felt good to feel some relief, just for a little while. I realize that having my little happy-fest over my headphone working isn’t going to solve any of those problems but it gave me the little boost that I needed to realize that those problems are going to come along down the road and all I need to do is get ready and do my best when they get here.
It takes a day like this to help me appreciate all the days not like this.
