Not to Alarm

Today was the end of my first week of classes. My favorite quote of the day was when my economics professor warned us that, "I don't want to worry anyone here, but the sun is exploding." I thought it was funny and it doesn't really have much to do with economics. Even though I don't have classes tomorrow, it will be a fairly busy day. Busy is mostly good though.

Recreational Reading

Today I finished reading a book. Rather surprisingly, I was reading this book for fun and it was unrelated to any class I am taking. I'm hoping to balance recreational and class reading this year. It is easy to stop reading stuff I want to and replace it with stuff I have to read. However, a better balance of the two leads to more reading enjoyment.

Nice Weather

Today was the first Tuesday of the school year. I had back to back two hour classes. When classes got over, it was surprisingly nice outside. I threw a frisbee with some friends and even hit a volleyball a bit to take advantage of the nice weather.

I'm 21

Today is my 21st birthday. Last night, my sister had me and some friends over for a birthday celebration. It was fun. Thanks Sarah, housemate and friends! Today I am busy almost all day with non-birthday celebratory related things. That is fine though. I'm thankful for my friends and family, their friendship is all I need for my birthday.

Almost 21

Today is my last day being 20. I don't really have big plans for tomorrow. Actually, I will be quite busy doing school related stuff.

Saturday Start

Today is the first Saturday of the school year. The weather is fairly nice, so I think I will try to find something fun outside to do. I've been trying to start the year with good study habits, so I spent a good portion of this afternoon reading for classes. Thankfully, the book is interesting so far. We'll see what the next 100 pages are like though.

First Friday

Today I didn't have any classes. I slept in later than I planned, but that didn't really matter. I started reading a book for one of my classes. I have literally hundreds of pages I need to read by the end of next week.

Day Two of Two

Today was my second day of classes. I had two classes. On the first day of class, you always hope the professor will let you out early. Yesterday my teacher did, but today both of my teachers went the distance. I think all my classes will be fairly interesting this year, probably require a lot of work as well.

First Day

Today was my first day of class. I only had one. Usually, I would have found out where the classes are before having them. I figured I am a seasoned veteran so I didn't need to. That wasn't the case. I could not find where my class was. Right before hitting panic mode, I saw the professor and followed him. Other than that, it was a really good first day.

Last Day

Today is my last day of summer. Classes start tomorrow. Well, I guess techincally class starts for me tomorrow as I only have one to go to. It will be good to develop a routine that classes tend to bring, but I am a bit sad to have summer ending.

Books Bought

Today I finally bought my textbooks, six of them at least. I still have one more to buy. One more really expensive one to buy. I could only put off buying them for so long, and the line at the bookstore will only get longer the next couple days so I decided it was time to admit to the inevitability of spending a lot of money on books that I don't really want to read.

Awkward Day

Today was a fairly exhausting day. For a group I am a part of on campus called CCF (Campus Christian Fellowship), I am what is called a core leader this year in the dorm region of Nash. This basically means I will be leading a Bible study in that region, although the group does much more than that. Today I went around meeting people that live in the dorm region. In other words, I had a lot of awkward conversations with a lot of people.

Fun Day

Today I am going to a pumpkin fair. I am also going to the Mariners game and sitting in row one behind third base. It is going to be a fun day.

Sleep In Off

Today I woke up early. The past few days, I have been trying to get my sleeping schedule back on a somewhat normal track in preparation for the school year starting. It has been weird getting up "early", because not much is going on in the mornings. I have spent quite a bit of time continuing to unpack and decorate my room. It doesn't really take that long, as that is what I have said I have been doing for several days, I am just taking the process slow.

Walk Around

Today I went for a nice long walk down to the Bay. Shortly after I got back to my place, it started raining and hasn't stopped. I spent the rest of the day mainly relaxing before thing get crazy with school starting.

Double Birthdays!

Today is my older brother and youngest sister's birthday. I wish I could be home celebrating with them. We tried skyping, but they didn't have a microphone or webcam which made it a bit awkward to say the least. Happy birthday Harrison and Gabby!

Fun Stuff

Today I actually woke up fairly early. I had a meeting. I have had a good past few days relaxing and hanging out with friends and of course, more unpacking and decorating of my room. The first grocery run of the year happened. It was exciting.

Same Old

Today I am still unpacking and organizing my room. It was nice to have my father and sister here for a couple days. It is also nice having my other sister live close by.

College Kid

Today I unpacked and organized my room a bit more. I also ate top ramen for dinner which really made me feel like a college student.

Own Room

Today is Saturday. I am still unpacking and getting settled in my new place. It is weird having my own room. I've shared a room my entire life.

Move In

Today I am going to a conference all day. That means unpacking will have to wait until later. I did officially move into my new place yesterday. I've never signed so many papers in my life.

Packed My Bed

Pack Man

Today is my last day home for the summer. That means most of it was spent packing, or avoiding packing. It also means my mom cooked an excellent going away dinner. I will miss my family but I will be glad to be back at college.

Bed Bought

Today I bought a bed. No, it isn't for a child of mine, it is for me. I don't even have a child. I will sleep easier now knowing where I will sleep in the future.

Shopping With Sisters

Today I went shopping with my sisters. I was shopping with them, but for myself. I got some good stuff I am happy with. Now if I can just find a bed to buy I will be very happy.

Good Pick

Today I went blackberry picking with my family at our friend's house. The blackberry milkshake with dinner was a most excellent reward for the berries we picked. Thanks Deakins! I also won some Mariners tickets on eBay finally. Two sets of tickets actually.

Sale Away

Today I went garage saling with my mom and sisters. I woke up early on a Saturday in order to do so. We traveled far and wide looking for bargains, but there were really none to be had. It was a bit disappointing but fun to be with the family.

Past Self

Today I got a letter in the mail I wrote to my future self a couple months ago. It was interesting reading what I wanted to tell myself and funny how I didn't know how to address ourselves. I wrote it while I was in Mexico. It was the idea of someone on the team and they are the one who mailed it.

Three Generations

Today I went to pickleball. My father also went to pickleball. My grandpa almost always goes to pickleball, so there were three generations of Lofthus men at pickleball today. It was historic and amazing.

Redo Day

Today I didn't really do much. At least not much that was productive. Some days are like that. It helps make other days better to remember what you didn't like about a day and want to change.