today's weather... partly cloudy

Today was good and bad (or maybe neither... probably neither... and who am I to judge anyway?)...

The good/thankful for things-

-Cookies from grams! I was woken up this morning by Suzy running down the hall and into my room screaming "Your bikkies are here!!!"... but I reckon that's the best breakfast in bed, cookies from the other side of the world. We were all delighted to eat white chocolate chip, milk chocolate chip, and butterscotch chocolate chip cookies... we've starting putting together some amusing things for gram as well.
-a letter from Megan Bihn... with a fun invitation for letters pleading for the safe release of everyone's favorite mascot, Boblet
-also receiving dice from Grams... I played dice tonight with my housemates Ryan and Ellie... I lost big time, but it was a hoot and I was excited to have something interactive to do with housemates... so that was good
-I had another lovely run today at dusk... I think that's the best time to run (I'm off the public roads by dark)... Today was good because I had that flying feeling that you get when you're having a good run you really needed and are a teansy bit in shape.
-the songs I've been diggin' lately by Switchfoot... Lyrics like
"Don't close your eyes, this is your life, are you who you wanna be? this is your life, are you where you wanna be?"
-The maintenance man who has returned from a long leave and now is back... he's a hoot to chat to and he rakes the horse poop off the trail between the dorms and classes
-(this one's from yesterday)-I played my first game of netball in an intramural game... the best part was when I would keep thinking I was playing basketball and break rules left and right. It was a hoot... we might've lost by a little bit though... it was 8 to 22.... but a goodtime, nonetheless.

the challenging parts of the day:

-I forgot to read A Course in Miracles... so I won't lie and share a quote with you...
-I think when you're away from home and there are changes there's a delay in your feelings. (Just like how you can transport yourself quickly to the other side of the world via plane but jet lag says to your body that you're not there yet, for a few days)... over the issue I mentioned in the last entry, I'm starting to feel a sharper confusion that comes in pangs... and I was planning to go to Melbourne this weekend which would keep me busy and my mind off of things that can be painful at times, but Colleen's sister is coming up from Melbourne to visit her (instead of Colleen and I going to visit her sister)... so now I'm in Albury this weekend... and tempted to just get a train ticket to somewhere with Alana and have an adventure to distract myself... so it's just heaps of confusion and emotion that is like misty rain in those inopportune times... like how you can go some place and get rained on, get inside (the rain stops) only to commence raining again when you're outside again... if that makes any sense to anyone other than me, let me know.

hope your hearts are well...
love,
meg