Slacker?

Oh swine flu, my friend.
It's been funny to watch the change of tone in the emails I get from BYU this year as the H1N1 virus has spread. Teachers have been told that if their students miss school because of the flu, they must do everything they can to work with them. Test deadlines have been extended, and late work no longer requires a doctor's note, because doctors should be busy actually making people better, not signing notes all day. There are posters with big stop signs on them all over campus. They list symptoms of the swine flu and encourage anyone with any of those symptoms to stay home.
We're college students. We don't stay home for colds or headaches. Puking maybe. We might get behind! Heaven forbid. We tramp to school in sniffling, sneezing, tired hordes. The last few weeks I've had allergy problems, and every time I sneeze on campus I get dirty looks from all in the vicinity--looks that say, "people like you are the reason we are all dying of the flu."
I'm tired of these looks. And I'm just tired. And the administration has promised to take care of me, should I become ill, so I'm gonna take them up on it. And I have 3 or more of the symptoms listed on those stop sign posters (nevermind that one of them is fatigue, aren't we all fatigued?). So while I don't actually feel sick enough to skip out on school, I'm doing my part to prevent the spread of the swine flu.
Pretty much I'm staying home, lying around, and reading. Am I a bad person?

To the love of my life,

Hey you.
I hope you're doing well.
I tried very hard today to be the kind of person you would love
I worked hard at school, and went to the temple, and tried to be friendly to everyone
But today, something was just not jiving.
You know how those days go.


I lost my temper
and got a little jealous
I looked really stupid when talking to my professor
and didn't get everything done
and dropped my phone--yet again.
and by the end of the day, I didn't really want to be friendly to anyone
But I put a smile on
and remembered to be grateful
and remembered that I'm going to have these days a lot.
But sometimes, I just think it'd be easier if you were here.

Don't worry, no pressure, I'm not trying to hurry you.
Keep doing what you're doing.
But when you get here, expect the hug of your life.
Because I've been w a i t i n g.

TV Free

Starting today, I'm doing one month of no TV or movies (with the exception of BYU Football :) Wish me luck! And anyone want to join me?

I would just like to say that I am having the most ridiculously busy week of my life. If any of you are free saturday night, I'm planning on having a breakdown then. Ice cream and chick flicks will probably be in order. You're invited.

Happy National Blog Posting Month!

I would like to know who proposed that.
I posted.
Go me.