My Social Network

So today I got up weirdly early and felt weirdly well-rested.

The sun was shining (ok, it wasn't really visible, but it was warm out) so I felt the need to reintroduce it to my legs as I walked to the bus for church. It was SO NICE to not cringe when I opened the door in my sweater tights and spend time worrying that my legs will not be warm enough.

So I ate breakfast and as I stood at the bus stop and popped my last bit of bagel into my mouth, I realized it was fast sunday.

Woops.

I went to church and sat with a friend of mine and during testimony meeting, a guy got up. Not just any guy. One of my best home teachers, from my first year (I was there for 2 years, and had different home teachers the second year, who were also really good interestingly enough- I guess that was the ward of good home teachers) in my last ward at BYU. It was crazy! I could barely contain myself.

No offence to him, but it wasn't like he was my favorite person in the world. It was just that he was a good friend, a familiar face, and a genuinely nice person. And he came from Provo (and is going back tomorrow) and I had been missing Provo. It was so surprising to see him that I couldn't help but be happy.

So that was a bright spot in my day. I asked him what he was doing, and he's out here touring Harvard Law at an admitted student event. (He also got admitted to Stanford and a bunch of other places- who knew he was such a fancy pants... then again, he said the same thing about me being at school out here. We are closet Harvard-ians.)

Anyway. I was supposed to spend my time after church writing a paper due on Tuesday. But I decided since he didn't know anyone and he was staying in a hotel and probably being lonely, I should invite him to lunch at my house. Of course this meant I had to find something to serve for lunch. Luckily I gave in to my Cafe Rio craving last week and bought (on Tuesday) and made (on Friday) all the stuff for Cafe Rio salads. Mmmmm. So I made that. And we ate it. And it was good.

Then he walked down to Harvard for an event, so I tried to do some homework. But the CES broadcast was on, so I watched that.

So... the moral of the story is: it was good to see an old friend today, but I'm afraid my procrastination and social time today mean that I now have to write a 12 page paper TOMORROW. IN ONE DAY. And I have to work at MHS tomorrow and at the FAO. Which means I have to write a 12 page paper tomorrow (after getting up at 5 am), between the hours of 5 pm and 10 am on Tuesday. And do all the research for it.

I am not going to be a happy person on Tuesday.

Let that be a lesson to you: happiness now does not always feel good later.

I sound so Biblical.

The end.