I took my last final on Monday the 8th and immediately my day got better. That day I also learned that I had received my first college A and my friend, Serengeti, got back from her 3-month stay in Amsterdam! These past couple days I have done absolutely nothing of importance (with the exception of an 8 hour shift I worked last night) and it feels amazing. For the past 3 months, I would go to class, come home and do homework, and then either go to cheer practice or work and repeat this every day of the week except for the weekends when I would just work. Waking up this morning after 11 hours of sleep was one of the best feelings I have had in a long while.
Today and Monday I babysat my friend Jordan’s little brother, Gavin. Gavin and I have spent some quality time together playing football in the front yard, playing video games, and talking about crazy kids in his 5th grade class. Today I helped him pick out clothes for his Christmas program, (he decided on his very formal suit) and I ironed them for him as we rocked out to some Jay Z and ate Dominos pizza. After just getting to his house, also known as “The Acres,” a crazy rainstorm hit and the sky went black. Rain is not uncommon for Oregon, but this was a downpour for 15 minutes with intense wind; it was insane. But after the rain subsided, Gavin and I ventured outside to go return a video game and I was stopped on the front steps and taken aback by just how beautiful Oregon is after the rain. I snapped a quick iPhone photo and hopped into the car, and I’m a little disappointed that it doesn’t give any justice to the golden sky. But I guess that you could say that I had a pretty great start to my winter break.
Isn’t it pretty to think so? -Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
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