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I bring my iPhone with me everywhere I go, not just out of the house, but I mean... in the house. I bring it from room to room, as if something important may happen at any moment, but I don't get texts really... I act like one may arrive at any moment, but they don't. I just thought I would write that out, because I think about it each time I move to the living room or to the computer room and make sure I bring my phone.

Why would I put up a Christmas tree when I live alone and never have any visitors? It's an interesting question, and one worth exploring perhaps. The Christmas tree isn't about other people, not about visitors or anything like that... it's about comfort, nostalgia... happiness. I plug in the lights as soon as I wake up, and don't unplug them until I go to bed... it reminds me of my childhood, the feeling of comfort and safety that I felt when I lived at home with my family. It reminds me of holidays spent at my Grandpa's house, sleeping there and hearing my Mom and Uncles awake in the other room, talking and spending time together as I fell asleep feeling warm and safe. It reminds me of past Christmas times spent with other people after I had moved out. The feelings of thankfulness, togetherness, joy and fun that comes with exchanging presents and using it as a reminder of who is important to you. It's important for me to have a Christmas tree up, to remind myself that there are special, joyful and wonderful things that still exist, that still give purpose and meaning to life.

I had an exam today, but it was at 3pm, so it kind of screwed up the entire day, as I couldn't really do anything before, and had no time afterward, but it's just one day out of the week, so I can't really complain. I woke up very early to an argument downstairs, but eventually fell back asleep. I woke up again at almost 11:30am (I had gone to sleep at 3:00am or something) and had some lunch. I made grilled cheese and warmed some of my awesome potato cheddar soup up (it's almost gone!) and enjoyed lunch while reading the PA message boards. I was getting ready to leave for the bus at 1:30pm when Calen sent me a text offering me a ride, so I said sure and eventually he arrived. The exam went quickly... about thirty minutes. We headed to McDonalds afterward for dinner, and I had Calen drop me off at No Frills, where I grabbed a couple things and walked home.

Due to my crazy playing of Ocarina of Time over the last few days, I got the urge to play Twilight Princess for the Wii, a game that I had played for about an hour total since I bought it years ago, and I mean... I love Zelda, but at the time that I tried playing it I was burned out on Wind Waker and also distracted and frustrated with the graphical issues I was having at the time with the game (getting it to display properly in 16:9 in 480p is not intuitive). I put the game in and got it set up properly... I played it for about two hours and really enjoyed it. I did stop though because I knew there was some exam studying I should do, and I also figure I should beat Ocarina of Time before jumping in to another Zelda game.

From about 9pm to 12am, I worked on a database study sheet... looking up the topics specified in the textbook and writing out examples... it was boring and dull and was difficult to get through... I even had a bath halfway through. You see, I got a pretty annoying headache that was getting worse, so I took two T3s to try and get rid of it but it actually got worse, and it was distracting. I had my bath but the headache got worse and worse, making me feel sick and in pain, so I took another T3 and it gave me a stomache ache and now I feel sick and my headache is still here. I finished the study sheet, moved to the living room and now it's almost 1am and I have to be up by 6:30am or so, so... that's gonna suck. Ah well, get the early exam over with and then I'll have the day to relax and school will be officially over until the summer.

So... kind of an uneventful day... headache, feeling pretty good as far as mood goes though, I've been thinking about a few people lately... not to name names but it's been generally positive things. I like these days, these moods. I'm gonna brush my teeth, play a little Zelda before bed and sleep.

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