good/well or good/evil

A couple weeks ago, my friend, A, and I went to the used bookstore. After browsing for a while, we finally made a decision on which gems we would purchase. A paid for her books and turned to me and said, "I did good!" I immediately corrected her with an exasperated, "WELL!" She looks at me and says, "I did GOOD as in I did not do EVIL!" It was hilarious; I wonder how long she had been thinking of that one and just waiting to use it.

Brad's mom sent me the most gorgeous pen for my birthday. It's made from seven different types of wood! It's beautiful and writes very well. Pens are so cool. I've "collected" them for as long as I can remember. I tried to kick the habit for about a year; I actually threw the majority of my collection away--they were taking up too much space. Yes, I had that many pens. I'm trying to be more critical of the pens I purchase...I'm not buying a pen simply because I don't have one like it. I can tell which ones I'll definitely like versus the ones that I know are awful. So that's good.

I have been slammin' busy with school and work. I love both, but it is quite a bit of work. It has been difficult to get to sleep at night, and I think it is because I've been so active during the day that my brain will just not stop. I lie awake thinking of everything I need to do and how I'll do it. After accidentally sleeping in on Tuesday, I didn't know where my first class would be meeting this morning (the professor doesn't want to walk all the way to the other side of campus from her office, so we hold class in the library--in a different room every time), so I sent an email to everyone in the class to find out. One person wrote back to tell me where class would be and to also give me the good news: our paper on the rhetoric of 9/11 isn't due until next Tuesday! It's not due today! I was overjoyed to find that out last night! I have most of it written, but I need to write the intro and conclusion. I finished my other homework, but I still wasn't done until 11:30 p.m. after starting my day at 8:30 a.m. I'm NOT complaining, just merely remarking on why sleep has been slow to come to me. My brain just wants to veg out after going for so long without a break (I didn't take a lunch break, but I did take and hour between work and doing homework to eat dinner and to exercise for 30 minutes).

I'm finally feeling well enough to exercise again. There's still a bit of congestion going on, but it's not too bad. We're hoping to ride our bikes on Saturday. Brad rode last night and feels great. Yeay!

Well, I'd better go get ready for school! Hope everyone has a wonderful day!