a ring? Ha! no.

strange and disturbing observation of the morning:

browsing through the college newspaper, noticing jewelry store advertisements with pictures of enlarged engagement rings...and then, wait.

what is the name of the newspaper? the diamond.

wow. talk about subliminal advertising.

and I thought we were here for the education.

which, by the way, I am.

breathe normally.

So I thought I was over this cold. So I let my guard down. But it hit me again. My roommate has threatened to make me sleep in the hallway.

Yesterday I volunteered at a kid's carnival for our alumni weekend. I was signed up for braiding hair...I have no idea why they put me there. I felt so bad, there were all these little girls running around with cute french-braided pigtails. And then there were the ones I braided. They were easy to pick out, with hair sticking all over and one braid about two inches longer than the other.

Also, I almost went to work at this carnival wearing my phoneroom shirt. The one that says "Give us your money" on the back. And then I realized that the entire rec center would be filled with alumni, the ones that we ask for money, also the ones that often hang up on us and say all sorts of other things that we have to respond politely with. So I decided that maybe I didn't really want to be associated with the phoneroom.

I'm feeling sick sick sick....

...but still having a pretty good day.

spring.

Its reached a new level of cold:

My eyes watered from the wind and then my wet eyelashes froze together...leaving me squinting until they thawed out in the car on the way to church.