The To-Do List

This morning did not go as well as I would have hoped. I had planned on a beautiful sleep in until 9, at which point I would take my time getting out of bed and greeting the world. Unfortunately, my internal clock is no longer set by me, and seems to be in it's rebellious teenage years (as I should be) and instead I woke up 3 time this morning. Once when it was dark (I immediately rolled over and went back to sleep) once more when it was kind of grey (again, went back to sleep) and the last time was at 8:05, when I finally decided that I may as well get out bed. This was clearly not an argument that I was going to win. Why bother?

When I woke up, no one else was awake (well, at least their doors weren't open. That was all I needed to know) so I just grabbed my computer and sat down at my desk. I talked to my mom for a while (she told me to clean my blog up. That seems to be a regular conversation I have been having recently. Ah well.) That was a nice conversation though, because I haven't talked to my parents in a while. My dad fell asleep while my mom was talking to me (of course he did. Of course.) but I can forgive him. We ran out of things to say after about 20 minutes, and I signed off just before we started hitting the awkward silences that no one likes.

My morning was characterized by packing for my trip tomorrow, and wasting time on the internet, the way only teenage girls can do. I made plans to meet my friend Hannah at school at noon to go do some errands together, because it became apparent that I would need some more things. After a quick (but scrumptous) lunch of noodles with beef and vegetables (fried, of course) I put on some nice clothes, and my new scarf, and off I went via bus.

It wasn't until I got to school that I realized I had sort of screwed up. I realized that Chris, Sterling and Claire were expecting to do something with me, and I had made plans over plans. (In my defense, I thought that those plans were just tentative. Communication error.) But in the end, it didn't matter. Chris and Sterling had just taken the SAT 2's (poor people, that really is a horrible way to begin a perfectly good Saturday) and were starving. Hannah and I had to go buy camera stuff, so they bought lunch and then followed along.

At first we went to the wrong store (because someone - ahem) thought that he knew where we were going. But then I dragged everyone out of the store, and to in the right direction, and we were right where we were supposed to be (Mr. Bissell had told me how to get there.) It was about at this time that I could feel a mood swing coming on. Those are never good. I sincerely hate mood swings.

I was trying to buy a new memory card for my phone (as did Claire) and Hannah had to buy an actual camera. Because Claire's camera is new, she didn't have a problem getting a memory card easily, and relatively cheaply. Mine though, was another story. The first people that we talked to said that mine was too old and that it may take a little while to get a memory card. And that it would cost twice as much. It wasn't worth it to me. Chris told me I could his camera for that trip, and that was that.

After a minor bout of sickness (on someone's part - for decency's sake I won't mention names) and about an 1 hour of our lives, Hannah bought a new camera. It was quite an ordeal trying to pick one, and Sterling got distracted and almost bought a new phone. Of course. I just getting more and more dull (stupid mood swings) but it wasn't too bad. I just felt like I wanted to go home and crawl into bed. I think it is just my burned out-edness showing through.

After buying a new camera, we still weren't done. It was off to the drugstore for our gang. We went to the drugstore in Beishi da (北市大) because it was closest, and it was right next to a bubble tea place. We all had to buy bathroom stuff (soap, wet wipes, shampoo, toilet paper, the works) so we headed to the back of the store, grabbed the stuff, and headed back up front to pay. It is a huge supermarket though. Very Chinese. It has absolutely everything. I was still in a bit of a funk, but it was starting to go away by this point, which was a relief.

As soon as everyone finished buying all of their little odds and ends, we moved to the bubble tea place to get something to drink. It was rather cold at this point (the high point of today was 66 degrees, and we were definitely moving away from the point) and bubble tea is hot. Also, I think everyone needed a pick me up. I know I did.

I had to go back to school to get stuff out of my locker, and Hannah decided to come with me. We ran into Mr. Pettus just as we were about to take the elevator up (which was awkward, because we are not supposed to) but he was pretty cool about it. He didn't care at all. I picked up my armfull of clothes and we went back downstairs. We both go to the same bus stop, so after a quick detour by the dvd store (it was rather disappointing today though. Nothing even remotely tempting) before heading to our respectful buses. My mood caused me to get a little sappy, which, on hindsight, is absolutely horrifying. Poor Hannah.

The rest of the night was not that great. I just started packing, and kept going. It took a while for me to get the right amount of stuff into my bag, but I think I finally have it. I am rather proud of myself for how light I am packing for 2 weeks. Things may get stinky, but my back won't hurt. That is the important thing. I just hope everyone else agrees with me.

My mom finally came home tonight. I haven't seen her for a while (3 days I think) so I am glad that I got to see her before I leave tomorrow. She also brought chocolate Haagan Dazs ice cream home from abroad, so I could kiss her. No joke. It was probably one of the best things I have eaten in a long time.

My dad also took me shopping for food for the train tomorrow. We bought a lot of food, but when I mentioned this, he just said, no problem, give some to your classmates. I am goin to have alot of friends tomorrow, I can tell you that. It shoud be a good little feast. Although I really think that I have to start exercising. Maybe that is why I have mood swings. I honestly haven't the foggiest.

Now, I am utterly exhausted, and must go to sleep. I hope you are all well. I won't be posting for another 2 weeks, because A) I am not bringing a computer and B) there is no internet. Case closed. So you will have to struggle on without my wit and charm. But I will put on an extra long one when I get back. Have a nice 2 weeks! I most definitely will.