Wow, my second post THIS WEEK! I'm on a roll.
Today was a good day. I meant to work out this morning, but alas this did not happen. Note that I am not entirely surprised. It's so easy to be lazy, and so enjoyable. Luckily, having a class that involves running next semester (yay half-marathon class!) I will have no excuse to be lazy!
I went to La Crosse to meet one of my friends from Ripon, a sorority sister who happens to live in La Crosse! I think it's quite ironic that I met her at Ripon (3 hours away) when we live in the same area (within 25 minutes). Granted, La Crosse isn't THAT small, but it is nice to find these little connections. It's nice to have someone who knows what I'm talking about when I talk about home.
So, we went to Panera for lunch. I love Panera, and now I have a "My Panera" rewards card--it's wonderful. Everytime (2 out of 2 times) I have bought something, I have gotten something free. Last time it was a pastry. Now I have a free espresso/smoothie that I can redeem. Exciting! Panera was absolutely packed, making it *nearly* impossible to find a seat. Shelby and I sat on "comfy" chairs that, although quite cozy, were not easy to eat on. We both really enjoyed people watching...and the battles for tables. Every time a table was cleared, we gathered up our belongings only to find that somebody else sat down while we had looked away. There was an older couple that really bothered me. They seemed really nice, but when someone asked to sit at their table, they said no. And they really took their time eating, and then sat and laughed for a while when they were done. It looked like they were done eating when Shelby and I got there...and they were still there when Shelby and I left. It was kind of obnoxious. It was obvious that there was an extreme lack of seating availability, and common courtesy would dictate that perhaps they should make room for others. But they didn't choose to do so, and I thought it was very rude.
After lunch, Shelby and I spent hours at the mall and nearby stores. I'm loving all the clearance that is everywhere. I bought a couple long-sleeved shirts at Macy's ($2.99 a shirt, BEFORE using my employee discount, etc), a clutch at Wet Seal ($3.15), a ring at Kohl's (somewhere around $9), etc. It was a lot of fun to shop around.
Finally, once our shopping was finished (around 5) we went downtown to the Rotary Lights. I go to the lights several times each Christmas season. It's so much fun to walk around looking at the displays and fun animations. The weather was quite warm, which meant there was a lot of melted snow/puddles--and although the melting snow is not my favorite, I think it was a fair trade for some nice weather. Shelby and I spent about 30 minutes walking through the lights, taking pictures and talking--random topics, of course, as was the theme of the day. We talked about how we both ended up at Ripon, how neither of us really knew/cared about greek life before Ripon (yet we both ended up joining Alpha Delta Pi sorority and LOVING every second of it), how nice it was to grow up in the La Crosse area (but how nice it also was to get out), etc.
Although I've enjoyed relaxing, reading, and doing hardly anything, I think today has been my favorite day of this break. It's so much fun to just TALK to people (as well as listen to the things they have to say). I'm big on talking and personal relationships...I think there wouldn't be much meaning to life otherwise.
I suppose that's all for now...hopefully I'll blog at least once more this week (you know, ease back into the whole blogging regularly thing).
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