today was a pretty interesting day, but it was honestly a really good day. i feel like the past couple of days have been really tiring, and i know that i have work to get done, but i can't bring myself to do it. finals are on the horizon, but i keep telling myself that i am in a good place to write them and that i don't have to stress as much as i usually do and that i can just enjoy the time that i have right now to do my various, miscellaneous meetings and tasks (sometimes annoying) and also enjoy this time to spend quality time with my friends and those that i love (not annoying at all).
i woke up without an alarm today because i fell asleep on the phone last night so i had to sorta rush? even though i ended up not needing to go as quick as i thought i would have, and i was still able to grab coffee before class started. i had a good conversation with a friend in a class and watched some really interesting lectures while i sparsely worked on doing a slideshow formatted aspect of this site. i thought it wasn't going to work, but then i figured it out and it did. after this, i sat outside in the beautiful, gloomy haze and went to work. this was fun, and i lingered after my shift to hangout with some of my friends at work. we had the last of our classes for the quarter this week. my professor brought a bunch of snacks and treats from trader joes and we had a beautiful and thoughtful discussion. while we were sharing aspects of the class that we were grateful for, along with answering other check-in questions, someone just out in the distance was playing the fiddle. it was a really funny situation and he even started singing at some point. the gloom hung over the sky and a cool breeze poured in through the window. it was honestly really beautiful and sweet and i would be lying if i said that i wasn't compelled to shed a tear. alas, i abstained. after, i hung out with my friend somewhere on campus we don't usually go, and then we hungout after at work and saw some of our other friends. there was some sort of event that a different friend of mine and i raided for free food, and we went to dance practice after. at dance practice, we are learning a folklorico routine, a traditional mexican dance, for an upcoming cultural show. we finally learned the entire routine, so we spent today polishing and basically drilling it in.
these experiences have all made me feel really grateful to go to the school i go to, and to know the people that i know. when my life feels so large and looming, it's experiences like this that remind me that there is so much joy in the everyday-ness of it all and that these sorts of "college experiences" are going to be so dearly missed when i graduate next year. i literally can't even think about it.