August 10, 2013

I got to sleep in a little bit this morning but still got less than six hours of sleep. Around 9:30 by friend stopped by to pick me up, then we went and picked up our other friend before heading up to the high school for the reunion tour of the renovations. I would say about twenty people from our class showed up, most with their significant others, out of the several hundred in our class, which is a pretty pitiful turnout. And I only briefly talked to a couple people because I didn't really talk to any of those people when I was in high school and I don't really care what they're up to now. No offense to them but I don't care and I think they probably feel the same way. As for the renovated high school, it was so strange. A lot of stuff has the same basic shape so you can kind of see what it used to be like but at the same time it is all completely different. When I was there the walls were all red brick and there was carpet over most of the hallways. Now all the walls are cinder blocks painted white and all the floors are shiny concrete. It all looked very sterile. And I imagine the place is loud as hell with all those hard surfaces when school is in session. They also built on quite a bit, adding in new hallways, extending others, and adding in another floor. The place is huge now and passing periods are still just five minutes. And if you have classes on the opposite side of the building there is no way you could get there in five minutes without running, especially when the place is filled with kids.

When we passed by the new kitchen area and they were talking about open and closed lunch, I mentioned to my friend how we always went to Little Caesars. Which then planted that idea in his head so after the tour we went to Little Caesars and the three of us all got breadsticks. Delicious breadsticks. Not really a healthy lunch in any way but it brought on the nostalgia and the breadsticks are delicious.

I tried taking a nap when I got home and that was once again a failure. So I went to Target to buy a travel size thing of toothpaste because that was the only thing I was missing. And when I got home I started doing laundry. That took most of the afternoon and then I was able to pack for the trip to Colorado tomorrow. I'll be flying back Tuesday so I am able to fit everything I need in my backpack which is convenient. It will be easier carrying that around that rolling around a small suitcase. And it will be easier to cram it into the overhead compartment on the plane. I made a short list of things I won't be able to pack until the morning and I am crossing my fingers that I have remembered everything. I probably haven't but as long as I'm close enough I think I can survive a couple days.

The plan now is to leave at 7:00AM which is going to suck a little bit because all I want is to sleep in one more time before school starts but that doesn't seem to be a thing I can accomplish. I just hope I can fall asleep at a decent time tonight. Because I am currently not feeling particularly tired.