Common Scents

You know that feeling you get when you wake up in the morning and have something to look forward to? In high school, I would come up with a reason to get out of bed every morning; something to keep me going that day. That stuff is important when the alarm goes off at 6 am. Now I get to sleep in so thats reason enough to wake up happy. But sometimes, I need that extra push. Today was one of those days. I had 75 minutes of hell in the form of a singing class ahead of me, it was freezing, and somehow IT IS ONLY WEDNESDAY. This week could not be going by more slowly (slowerly?). So at 9:00 this morning, as the Kane show was telling me of spin-offs of the Jersey Shore that are coming up (Boston's Wicked Summah? I'm there), I really needed this motivation.

I rolled over, entangling myself even more in my blanket (fun fact: i have not slept with a sheet this entire semester. i don't like sheets. the ones that go over you. i like sleeping on sheets. not on bare mattresses. alas, i digress) which was not helpful because then i really didnt want to leave my deep sea of blankets. But then I thought of it--the one thing that would make this morning not so bad. So I schlepped (I hang out with too many Jews) myself out of bed, turned my swag on, looked in the mirror, said whats up, and finally it was time. New deodorant. It's like getting a new air freshener for your car; you've gotten so used to the old scent that you don't notice it and then when that new dolphin or christmas tree or whatever your preferred shape is shows up, it's a whole new driving experience. That's how I felt today. A whole new walking experience. It was like I had a secret that no one else knew and just kept a coy little smile on my face all day. Yeah, it was a good day.

Moral of the day, folks: Don't take yourself too seriously. It's more fun this way.