20 March 2008 ~ I saw it again

Well, I'm officially on spring break now. I'm on the side of the road just 15 minutes away from home. I wasn't really planning on writing at all during break, but I saw another person with an aura surrounding them. They were driving in the opposite direction so I didn't see it for long, but it was definitely there. Red again. I had thought I was passed this... hoped it was some kind of temporary insanity. Now I'm convinced that something weird is going on. I don't think I'm going crazy. At least, I don't feel any different. All of the changes I'm seeing and feeling are changes outside of me. I guess a crazy person doesn't think they're crazy either so how would I know. When I get home I'm going to see if I can find anyone else who thinks something is going on. Hopefully I'm not the only one.

Grandma is expecting me to come see her and the girls before I go all the way home so I'd better get driving again before it gets dark. It's starting to rain too. Maybe it'll get rid of the last of this snow. I don't want to be having a wet spring break.

17 March 2008 ~ St. Patrick's Day

The tournament this weekend kicked my ass, but it was fun. We played games from 08:00 straight through to around 16:00 with 15 minute breaks in between. The weather was a little rainy in the mornings, but by the afternoon the sun warmed everything up. There was no snow anywhere which was nice, unlike here where there's still a good two or three inches in places.

I woke up this morning and could barely move. I skipped my morning classes in order to sleep in. I'm sure I'll pay for it later, but I just couldn't pull myself out of bed for them. I had already handed in my work for them so I don't feel too bad about it.

When I was on my way to my first afternoon class I was still drowsy, which might explain what I saw, but I swear that I saw some kind of red aura surrounding a girl I passed on a busy sidewalk. One second I was looking around aimlessly as I walked along and the next my attention was being drawn to this girl out of nowhere. I managed to keep walking as I looked at her and she passed by, there was just something about her that I couldn't put my finger on. Right before she passed out of sight I saw it, a red... I don't know, glow I guess, was radiating out of her body. Nobody else seemed to notice so I just kept walking. I spent most of my time in class trying to forget what I had seen. By the end of class I had convinced myself it was just some trick of the light or something. No sooner had I gotten the first encounter out of my head then it happened again, this time with some guy walking into a building on the other side of the loop. His aura, glow, or whatever it was, was green. I followed him into the building but lost him. I had to go to my next class so I didn't search for him. I haven't really thought of anything else today. I'm even putting off doing homework to write this because I can't stay focused long enough to accomplish anything. I'm kinda wondering if I'm not going a little crazy.

14 March 2008

It's Friday finally and I made it through another week of classes. I was beginning to feel a little overwhelmed and letting assignments and other things back up, but I sat down and committed some time to catching up and now I feel much better. It seems this weekend is going to be a weekend for traveling for my family. I am heading over to the Seattle area with a group of friends for an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament that should last all weekend. My parents, well my mom and step-father, are taking a trip down to Mexico for a week for one of my high school friend's wedding. His family is close to ours and it's a good excuse to go to Mexico. I couldn't make it because I shouldn't be missing that much school. I guess this weekend trip is kind of to make up for it. My poor sisters have to stay with gramma while they're gone, ha ha. They've got school as well. Mary doesn't mind as much being as she's only 6, but Lindsay's almost 16 and I guess she put up quite the fuss about not going. I'm looking forward to taking it easy and playing sports with friends all day.

Alright, looks like it's time to leave for the trip.

11 March 2008 ~ Day One

Ok, I don't actually expect anyone to ever read this, but Austin's studying to become a psychologist and suggested I start keeping a journal. So here goes.

I feel as if a lot is happening in my life right now and nothing at the same time. I've kind of just been going through the motions of my daily routine. Tuesdays and Thursdays I have free for the most part. I try to spend time working on my research project, but getting up at 14:00 is tough for me sometimes. I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous, but if I don't have something to do I just can't motivate myself to get out of bed, and sometimes it's because I was up until 05:00. I have been good about working out regularly at least. Rugby, Karate and other intramural sports have helped with that. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I get up in the morning and go to class all day, and by all day I mean all day. My first class doesn't start until 09:20, but I have classes or work for all but two hours until 21:30. Not that my work is actually hard, I am a computer lab assistant and the job requirements aren't exactly difficult considering most of the time I am doing homework or messing around on the computers doing something unproductive.

Anyway, I feel as if being a senior and looking for a job is stressing me out sometimes and other times I feel as if there's nothing to worry about whatsoever. I've looked into a few companies hiring Software Engineers and sent my resume to them, OK only one at this point, but I'm working on it. I'm a terrible procrastinator and it's going to bite me in the ass someday.

I feel like I'm on autopilot and need something to motivate me.

Alright, that's enough for tonight.

Crolas