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Insomnia

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I can’t sleep. Hacking and sneezing and sniffling, I can’t sleep.

I’m in a rare mood: aching and hurting and oh, so grumpy. When I’m sick, I’m miserable, so I try not to get sick very often if I can help it.

I spent the day in a completely unnoteworthy fashion. I read til I fell asleep, woke up, drank some water, took some cold stuff, and read until I fell asleep. As an aside, I thank God for the divine inspiration that IS aloe-laden Kleenex.

One bright, shining note is that grades were released 50 minutes early. Somehow, in the middle of the writing center, the deaths, and the overwhelming disconnection, I managed to pull out a 4.0 again.

Suddenly, I feel like celebrating, but I still can’t sleep.

semester break

Loving Presents

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I had set my alarm for early. I had plans, you see. Big plans. Gigantic plans.

Plans that involved hair cuts and glasses repairs and, God help me, maybe even starting some Christmas shopping.

Even I can’t quite consider finding a gift for an anonymous person having started Christmas shopping.

Buying gifts, for me, is a lot like writing papers. Despite my revulsion for shopping in general, I get excited when I have the time and the energy to really search for important gifts, meaningful gifts. I like things that reflect both the giver (me) and the recipient (whoever) in every gift I buy. Perhaps it’s selfishness on my part, but I like the idea of someone knowing, beyond a shadow of a doubt, who gave them their gift. I don’t want mine to be lost in a sea of impersonal presents. I just can’t do it well when I have a billion at once.

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