adventures on the bus.

i admit it. i am a bus sleeper.

when left alone on a public bus, it's basically inevitable that i will doze off. usually, i am accompanied by roommates, but there is the rare occasion that i find myself alone on a bus.

today was such a day.

i don't know what it is- perhaps a combo of many things. the soothing melodies coming from my ipod, the awkwardness of not knowing what to do with my eyes, the slight nausea that comes from a reckless bus driver, and perhaps a little bit of boredom/exhaustion... all these things [and quite possibly more] lead me to one end. sleep.

i never have a problem with waking up. sometimes i wake up at the end of the line [which luckily has always been where i needed to go] or somewhere in between my initial mount and place of arrival.

not so today my friends.

let's just say, from here on out i will be propping my eyelids open with toothpicks when going solo. the long walks back home just aren't worth it.

new beginnings.

a new semester is upon us. it's funny, sometimes i think about all the people that don't view life in "semesters", but instead by season or year. i'd like to be one of those people someday. but not today.

today i am grateful for a new semester.

-for italian students returning to classes and campus.
-for the new bedtime i am establishing for myself.
-for schedules that are filled out ahead of time.
-for daily prayer calendars.
-for established relationships.
-for relationships yet to come.

for the bend i see in the road and the blank pages in my journal.

here's to you new semester.