Wait ‘Til You See My Smile

This evening was completely unexpected – but completely welcomed.

I went to Barnes and Noble to study and ended up running into old friends. As much as I needed to study, I’m so grateful for having had the opportunity to catch up with people I haven’t seen in months. I derive my energy from people, and I’m pumped. So, thank you, you wonderful four. You have no idea how happy I am to have run into you.

Living here is strange at times. Durham and Chapel Hill are now home, but a lot of the people I’ve known here over the past six years have moved away and I find myself thrilled when I run into people I know. A few years ago it would have been nothing, but today, it is something. Feels more like home when I run into people. When I was in high school, Barnes and Noble was the place we’d go to do homework and hang out, and running into people there was absolutely expected, so in a sense, it really is a piece of home.

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Student Body President elections are tomorrow, and I feel absolutely uneducated on who to vote for. I haven’t kept up with any of the candidates, other than realizing that there is a front runner, and I haven’t read any platforms. I imagine the DTH will endorse Hogan Medlin. Just a guess, but I could read the paper tomorrow and be surprised. Three years ago, I was working with Mr. Nick Neptune for the very same race. Love.

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I forgot to register for Duke tickets. Seriously? I have been sick for the past month and the online system prevents students from registering for certain games before a specific date, so that explains it. However, it’s the Duke game. Seriously? The one semester I’m actually graduating, I don’t register. I will admit that I have had tickets to the past four home Duke games, something that I imagine most students never achieve unless they are in Carolina Fever or their family has tickets. So, that makes it better. And I was here for two national championships. Plus, we’re horrible this year, and I don’t want to be there if we lose. I’ll probably cry. (Please read Adam Lucas’s article about the Maryland loss this year. And please look back at my entry I believe I titled “Why I Hate Maryland”.)

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I’m making some decisions about the end of the year, and I think I might move back home and try to take my prerequisites for medical school. I think about helping people and that’s what makes my heart whole. All other professions are trivial to me, except for teaching, and I don’t want to lead a trivial life. I want to help, rather than hurt. If I am supposed to be a doctor, I will get there and I will be successful.

Another night of (pseudo) studying and Grey’s Anatomy. Love. Tomorrow, (hopefully) golf.