Today's random thoughts

Well, we all know that it’s the fall season, leaves are changing to pretty colors, and Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming soon. It’s the time to fall backward, so we get an extra hour, and this always makes me excited. It’ll be dark sooner, and hopefully it’ll start getting colder and maybe it’ll stay that way this time because today…it was too hot for November. I mean it’s only the first day of November, but I’m ready for coldness. I know it’s unlikely, but I hope it snows again this year, even if it’s just a little bit.

Enough about that, though, because another event takes place this time of year. It’s the State Fair! Now, some people don’t get excited about his event, and some don’t even like it, but I get ecstatic every year when the fair comes around. I’m starting to realize, though, now that I’m about to be 22 that maybe I shouldn’t get so excited. And I have to admit that while we were there today, I was ready to go after only about 2 hours when many people spend all day there or at least half their day. The rides are still fun to me, but with it being hot, and getting all stinky from the rides and germs and food, it’s just not as fun anymore. Plus it started getting really crowded, and I hate lines. It also may not be that fun anymore because nobody wants to go anymore. My sister didn’t even seem that happy to be there this year, and she’s the one who insists we go every year. But it’s not as fun because my family doesn’t go anymore, and my friends I used to go with didn’t go this year. My boyfriend finally got the chance to go with us this year, but he didn’t ride a single ride; he just watched my sister and me and made fun of us. We still had a good time, but I think it’s to a point that maybe we need to bring some kids next time.

Another thing that happens around this time every semester is class scheduling for next semester classes. I only have 4 classes left (assuming I pass all my classes this semester), and I’ll be graduating in May. That’s not the stressful part, though; it’s the deciding what graduate program I want to apply for, studying for the GRE, and getting done the list of things I need to do for graduating and then applying to graduate school. I’m at the point where I need to decide between school psychology and counseling psychology or if I want to do something else. I need to decide by January because that’s when the application is due for graduate school. I have to decide all that, on top of studying for the GRE, doing work for my current classes, while hopefully improving my grades, trying to get together everything for my scholarship from Chick-fil-A, and getting ready for the holidays and end of the semester. This may be an exciting part of the year, but right now, it’s a stressful time for my life, not to mention a few other things that are going on. While I’m trying not to pull all of my hair out, don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour!