“It’s always exciting to see what tomorrow will bring.” I read these words in a quick glance this afternoon in what seemed to me like an odd place. I was on my way out from the allergist and I noticed a small whiteboard at the end of the hall with this quote written upon it in purple. It was quite unexpected and refreshing. I love little inspirational quotes like that; not so much when they are found on those one a day desk calendar thingies though, because it’s never a surprise. Each day you go to flip the page knowing there is going to be another little quote. I like finding inspirational quotes spontaneously in a book or movie; or perchance an allergy clinic. The quote and the pleasure I received from it is a paradox to me. Because it was exciting to see that this day brought me this little quote and along with it a little revelation; I could possibly find something even more exciting tomorrow.
Today, however, brought many exciting circumstances other than the quote. Such as; I got to break in a new pair of Woody Allen-esque glasses, which reminds me how my English teacher used Woody Allen as an example to explain how the writing style of Camus was a little off kilter; which was a very artistic and mature analogy and it made me feel happy and privileged that she considered our brains able to handle it. I also received a hug from my communication arts teacher and he told me that’d he’d miss me. To be well-liked (and even greater) be made aware of a teacher’s favor towards me is a rare commodity. I also received an Obama cookie today. Cagape, the utopia Kristen and I made up, was voted as the one the class would most want to live in. I also suddenly remembered it was my half-birthday today which was exciting to me for some reason. I got to guess which elevator would be the one to light up, and better yet I was the only one in the elevator which meant I got to make funny faces in the ceiling mirror. (I have a great distaste for awkward elevator rides…I’m trying to get over it, though.)
Something else that is exciting right now is the blessing of my laptop, which allows for blogging in obscure places of my house such as a corner in my brother’s bedroom; I don’t come in here often and I like the new perspective. I like the array of Michael Chrichton, baseball, and art books on his shelf. I’m also finding enjoyment in watching a slice of spider web blowing back and forth from the warm air of the vent and make interesting shadows on the minty walls. My laptop also allows me to type while looking out the window. I like watching the trails of plane smoke rapidly and spontaneously appearing and then slowly fading into the watercolor like sunset. (Oh wow…that sounded way too much that a sentence a grade school creative writing teacher would just love and call “correct”…meh.) Typing without looking makes me feel like I am reading Braille for some reason. I know that when I turn back to look at the screen, though, there will most likely be an array of tiny, red squiggly lines due to my not quite perfected and sloppy typing…oh I just turned to looks at the screen and it’s not too bad. It’s awfully exciting to type while looking out the window because when you turn back to look at the screen your thoughts have become words spelt out; tangible. So, that was everything that was exciting about today; it’s mostly all the little things. I love the simple stuff in life. Sometimes I can’t sleep because I get too excited about the littlest things; like knowing the fridge is equipped with vanilla yogurt and the cupboard contains granola. These two facts combined means a delicious and nutritious breakfast will be carried out the following morning and this just makes me blissfully happy.
Tomorrow I’m looking forward to the new semester (as my more general thing to look forward to…) and also giving out a smile to someone who least expects it or possibly receiving a smile from someone I don’t expect to get one from (as my more random and specific thing to look forward to…) I’m also looking forward to breakfast. I’m going to go eat some cheese pizza topped with fresh tomato and head off to cut some fabric at work…yuck. It’s amazing how quickly my optimistic spirit dissipated with the knowledge that I must go to work; that’s terrible of me and semi-hypocritical. I guess I just need to remind myself of the quote I saw today-“It’s always exciting to see what tomorrow will bring.”
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