i’m happy to report that i am currently reporting from underneath some shrub that resembles a white lilac bush and outside of my next class, a whole 40 minutes early and stress-free.  wednesday i figured i’d try my luck at running down to the waterfront and back, which was so pleasant on the downhill way there but nearly killed me on the trek back up.  i then thought i would give myself an easier run yesterday and explore the 5k loop from the athletic complex, down past the farm, around the research complex and back, but i had read alternative trails thru the country club next to the trail so i wandered that way as well. what a mistake that was- i ended up running THROUGH the golf course, waving to a few pleasant golfers, before i almost ran into these crabby old women who stopped me dead in my tracks. they informed me, quite harshly i might add, that “you have your own trails apart from the golf course; you need to get out because it’s dangerous out here and you might get whacked in the head. there is a gate across the green, i suggest you run over and get out immediately before blah blah blah.” i missed the last part of her rant. so after squeezing thru the locked gate i was dumped onto some road which i still do not know of and somehow made it back to my dorm. 

i decided i needed some soul-soothing after my traumatic days’ run and went to an excellent yogs class late last night on campus. this time i actually knew where the room was and didn’t spend 20 minutes scrambling around the athletic complex. that also seems to be the pattern in terms of me finding my classes… i’ve yet to know exactly where i’m headed to a specific building and end up literally speed walking in circles and thru random buildings to find the one i’m suppose to be at, sometimes at the expense of my bladder which has suffered a lot the past few days.

luckily in the midst of all this getting lost and running loops around the same building i managed to score a spot in Plant & Soil Sciences’ Home and Garden Horticulture which i have happened to LOVE. apparently it’s required for all business majors (?) so there are a lot of those types scattered around but it’s a fascinating class where we get to talk about plants the whole time… could be a possible major. considering double majoring in that and psych, which is a bit of a rando combination but i’m ok with it.