Semi-solitude.
In efforts to clear my mind of all the muck that’s been stuck in it lately, I’ve changed up my days a little during my 3.5 day break. I turned both of my phones off Thursday, turning my personal one on occasions to check my voicemail. I turned into a little hermit, somewhat similar to the hermit I was a few years back in college while I was in a crazy transition.
Knowing I wouldn’t be bothered by others, I proceeded to listen to a lot of music and yes, I reverted back to my video game playing self. Yes, once upon a time, I was slightly addicted, skipping class to sit around and play these games… but I think as your regular college student, I used anything as a good excuse to skip class. This time, I know I’m nowhere close to be addicted, in fact, I somewhat feel like I’m forcing myself to play. I think it’s because I can space out and not think about diddly squat.
To compensate, I took my lazy butt to the gym. After months and months of saying I’d sign up, I finally drove down to LA fitness with the little seven day pass and walked out feeling quite tired, a little sweaty, and having $160 less in my bank account. I felt like the ol’ bait-and-switch had been pulled on me, but hey… gotta make money somehow, right? I had to trade my seven day pass to get some money knocked off my activation fee. But now that I’m paying money to run around and sweat in someone else’s facilities, I feel like I HAVE to work out every day or else I’m wasting money. So I think that’ll work out pretty well.
I got to hang out with a few Phi Lamb friends tonight and it was refreshing. I laughed ’til I cried, ate so much food that I’m sure I cancelled out any working out I’ll do all week, and just had some good clean fun. It was an excellent way to return to civilization after my mini-hiatus.
Anyway, besides avoiding the inevitable sleepytime, I think I meant to say, it’s good to have some time to yourself. I forget that too often.
