I am at perfect ease at the moment, relative to the hopeless situation in which I have found myself. I’m surrounded by books, some filing cabinets, and not to mention a few other desks such as this one. Even with others around me, I feel a satisfied sense of seclusion. I’m not so alone, where I will fall either fall asleep while trying to study, and/or watch random episodes of Friends on my laptop with my headphones plugged in. But I am alone enough in the sense that I’ll get [the majority of] my work done without the distraction of lingering on a familiar face in the library or gazing off into the imitation-sky ceiling of the Quiet Room. There is one simple problem, though, even in this glorious spot located next to the Restricted section of books, I find myself stumbling across wordpress, facebook, or even just reading someone else’s blogs. Because, when someone walks by, it doesn’t look like I’m procrastinating. Instead, it appears as if I’m writing a paper in a different format. Perhaps?

I wanted to mention that I did something today that I never imagined I would have the courage to do. Well actually, I often imagined it, but I never really thought it would happen. It didn’t actually happen the way I expected it to, just like everything else in my life, but at least it happened. I swear, after I entered college, my previously [almost] non-existent level of shyness suddenly plagued itself into my life. Not necessarily plagued, but it does seem to play a large role in my life nowadays. It’s not so much shyness, but more of a barrier, I suppose. I don’t speak unless spoken to in a class, for example. And I’m really bad at introducing myself and meeting new people. Weird, huh?
Well, I must get back to my unfortunate list of things to memorize for my two exams tomorrow. I will say this, though: Today, I am thankful for my Chemistry professor for letting me take the exam on Monday. Honestly, I think I’m going to make her cookies, to show an ounce of how grateful I really am.