Watching a leaf tumble through the air was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my grandma’s forest this past weekend. I’ve begun to notice and appreciate the little things a whole lot more since I moved down to Platteville. I don’t look down so much when I walk, instead looking ahead and around to take in everything surrounding me. The world’s so beautiful and I can’t believe I had been taking that for granted for so long.
This past week has been lovely. I presented a speech about palm reading on Wednesday. It was pretty great seeing all my classmates hold their palm two inches from their face seeing if what I said was true for them. I had my first legit Spanish exam on Thursday, which I aced. So BOOYA!
Wednesday night, I ended up going to a piano concert with my friend and a couple other people we know. The theater was full of mostly elderly people-men with their grey hair balding and women with their tightly curled hair. Mostly all the elderly were with their spouse, which I thought was the cutest thing ever. When I get old, that’s where I want to be on a Wednesday night. Either there or at some fancy art gallery where there’s free food critiquing different pieces as if I could do better.
My dad, grandma, and sister came to pick me up Thursday night. My grandma loved the experience of seeing campus and my dorm room despite the long drive. My family has this new tradition of stopping at the Sparta Family Restaurant at some point of the long journey to bring me home. It’s cheap, quick, and delicious. Reminds me of my hometown diner only with tons more people. After we had eaten, we got back on the road again, only to get a flat tire a half hour later. It was dark and it was cold, but eventually we managed to get it switched out using a cell phone as a flash light. We were home later than expected, but we made it. That’s the only thing that matters.
I had a wonderful weekend home, being extremely busy the three days there. Friday I went to Eau Claire after stopping in at my old workplace to see some of my coworkers. I’m impressed with some of the clothes they now have. They’re actually cute! I received a couple hugs from a few of my coworkers and some harassment from my old boss. It made me laugh. Felt like I had never left. My boyfriend showed me around Eau Claire’s campus and even though I totally think Platteville’s better…EC’s pretty nice. I’ll give him that. (; One of my high school friends goes to EC as well and we met up with him. He taught me how to long board, which was a pretty amazing experience. Riding around a parking lot was such a lovely way to pass some time.
I spent Saturday with my family at my grandma’s cabin on her back 40. We celebrated my sister’s and grandma’s birthday with tons of food and a squirrel hunt. Despite the rain, we had a pretty great time. It was amazing to see all my family.
Once I returned to the great city of Platteville, it felt like I had never left. My roommate got back a little later than I did and soon a couple of our friends came over. We spent the night together listening to different country songs, laughing at the dirty parts and staring at the floor and seriously thinking about the meaning of some of the sadder songs. It was great. Classes this week are going to be hard as I have two exams and one quiz. I have the motivation of an old fat man considering taking up marathon running to do absolutely anything. It’s pretty sad actually, but I think it’s just because I had such a lovely homework free weekend that I don’t want to go back to being a studious college kid. I need a nap.
I hope your week was just as busy as mine was. Lots of love.
Xoxo
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