i got bored and cleaned the whole house yesterday, which was weird because i was, hello, completely exhausted from working my hardest at school and life all day. i have gotten used to working and going to classes everyday as best as i can. i just think that if i have a moment to stop and sit down then it will suddenly overwhelm me, so i keep moving, moving on through. i feel like i am just passing through this very strange time period and i will soon be out of it, looking around at the leaves growing green on the trees, and wondering how i got there. it is a season of run on sentences. and run-on everything else. my manager announced to us today that she is not coming back to work after her maternity leave. i am excited for her but also a little nervous because of that big of a change.

so lately what has been happening, to bring me back to the real world, is that i spend all of the moments that i am in motion--walking across campus, on the bus or in my car, cleaning--listening to this american life. i have been catching up on old episodes and i love every single one. it is refreshing to hear other people's fears, romances, dreams, and even their thoughts on the economy, occasionally. i wish i had ira glass's job most of the days of my life. i guess i should just start asking more questions of our members at work. everyone has at least one interesting story to tell. i'm sure of it.