An Ode to Blogging in Bed

Handwriting recognition, online comics, spider solitaire.
Down comforter, sweatpants, pillow.
Late night, exams finally graded, drooping eyes.
Wireless Internet...need I say more?

Computer fan whirring, face yawning, I lay down my head.
Eyes watering, alarm set, I finally resolve to go to bed.

Satisfaction~

Sometimes it doesn't take much to make me satisfied. School has started, and I've been feeling pretty swamped. Today feels good, though. Maybe because it's a Friday, or as I like to call it, "Fridya." Tonight I get to attend an employee appreciation dinner, a wedding reception, and a birthday party...I'm not sure in what order. If I can get it all in, it will be very satisfying.

I guess those are big things. A small thing would be..........wait for it...........snickers ice cream bars in the vending machines. It never fails to make me feel good (even if I end up with a stomach ace).

I guess that's it, so...to my family of slacker bloggers,

Welcome Back!

I just have to say, for those of you who weren't there, Zion National Park is the greatest! If you have never hiked Angel's Landing, you must! Even my mom has hiked it, and she's afraid of heights!

On a different note, does anyone know where I can find a cheap commercial grinder that will grind soil so finely that it will fit through a 60 mesh? I would be very appreciative, especially as my hands are a little sore from all the grinding I did yesterday.

Time Flies~
It's been a very, very long time since I've posted. But now I'm just stating the obvious.

I just spent a week with my 86-year-old grandmother and sometimes it wasn't easy. One of the most trying things, though, was not helping my grandma to get dressed. The worst was not having the internet!!!

I felt totally cut off from the rest of the world. Even my cell phone did not help me. I have to come to grips with the fact that I am addicted to the internet. I thought moving home for the summer and not having wireless was bad. That's nothing. So what if I can't blog from my bed? At least I still work on campus and can use the high-speed internet there. In a pinch, I can always use the parents' dial-up (the horror). Just give me the internet!!

This need to stay connected has made me wonder about an article I read a long time ago saying that this generation is not at all independent, not being able to be separated from their fancy new-fangled communications devices. I think they're right, although at the time I felt like I was an exception because I didn't have a cell phone. I felt totally lost without my internet fix. No emailing, no blogging, no online news stations with fascinating Asian human interest stories. Where else are you going to read about a Japanese town having a radish cloned because it showed such great bravery?

Quick Blog~
I am at a kiosk on BYU campus. I have come to pick up my final from my professor. he is not in his office, but the door is open. I have been tempted to just walk in and sit down. I do not think that would be acceptable. Oh well.
The freedom of summer is hitting me. I have time to read!! my problem is I don't know where to start. Any suggestions?