amanda -

my days have been monotonous, but not in the negative way that the word tends to carry.

i wake up, wash my face, put on my sports bra and my sneakers and go to the gym. i run while looking at myself in the mirror, wishing i could see someone else staring back at me. i watch cnn and shake my head at what is considered news.

i come home and take a shower. recently i've been standing there longer, trying to work out the kink in my neck that has prevented me from turning my head to the left at all. it would be much funnier if it didn't hurt so damn much.

then i usually eat, read, run errands, relax until dinner. the rest of the night is generally spent reading more, watching the olympics, and endlessly googling things about boston. what to do, where to eat, how far away ikea is, how much it costs to use zipcars, if i should buy my books used or new, getting loans, paying tuition, scrambling to find photos of my room so i can have some idea of where i'm going to be living. well, the list goes on. i'm clearly going crazy.

for the most part, this is how my life has been playing itself out recently.

these events have the possibility of being interrupted by trips to the zoo, writing in my journal, weekends in baltimore, target sprees, going to bookstores, laying in the sun, window shopping on ebay, doing laundry, baking, and spending time with j.

how is everyone out there doing?