Back to Reality

I've been doing this thing recently where massive changes make me absolutely shut down for a day or so (in which I curl up and avoid reality and pretend that I don't feel like my life is crumbling around me). But after my little hibernation-transformation, I come out of my cocoon of self-misery and adapt like it was never a big deal in the first place. Hopefully this time around I'll be able to cut the funk to a minimum.

Anyways, so today marks one of those Big Changes: going back to school and the chaos of that routine, and leaving my lazy break days behind. Not gonna pretend I haven't been a bit overwhelmed all day - however, I did miss the routine of GPS. I love its energy and flow - the school and community have this pulse that you can read if you pay attention to it. Plus, my sister and I were about to murder each other at home, haha.

So the change isn't all bad - I mean, I knew I had to go back eventually, and it's not like I was dreading it. But I do not deal well with change, at least not at first.

So, today I dragged myself through the day (high point: forensics. I'm totally psyched for that class) and came home when I was finished at 2:45. Archer somehow had invited herself over (haha) and hung out and did physics homework with me until she had to go back to school for One Acts at 4:00. After Archer left, I kind of fell into a mini-coma. Well, my version of a mini-coma. I curled up on the floor in my room with my current favorite playlist piping through my speakers and just stayed there for a little while; once my mom left to go pick up Emma from tennis I migrated to the TV room and finished a Glee episode I started on Sunday.

Then came calculus homework and forensic homework and all that fun jazz that I'm sure you guys have been working through as well, haha. Thankfully I didn't have a lot of work tonight - I mean, I'm finished and it's only eight. I plan to chill out the rest of the evening and regain my composure so I can hit tomorrow like I was made for it.

Hmmr, what else was I going to talk about? Oh yes - MUSIC.

I am a huuuuuge music junkie, like it is kind of ridiculous. I'm the only one in my family that has this obsession, so I keep my headphones where I can reach them and surf through Pandora every once and a while. My neighbor Lisa burned me a copy of the soundtrack from the TV show The Vampire Diaries - I don't watch Vampire Diaries, but the music is phenomenal! A bunch of the songs are on your playlist, Emily.

So, my dearies, here are some mellow songs for you to check out when you're in a melancholy mood and don't feel like snapping out if it just yet (sorry for repeats, Em):

Down - Jason Walker
Bloodstream (Vampire Diaries Remix) - Stateless
Walter Reed - Michael Penn
Lay My Head Down - Indigo Girls
Sugarcane - Missy Higgins
Ten Days - Missy Higgins
All For Believing - Missy Higgins (she's an Australian singer with some fantastic stuff)
Stolen - Dashboard Confessional
After the Storm - Mumford & Sons
I Need to Know - Kris Allen
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie

That's actually not a playlist I have on my iPod (I try not to encourage my melancholy moods), but it's just some songs I pulled off the top of my head. Hope you guys find one or two that you like :)

Cheers, my lovelies - see you tomorrow!