A Good Day

Today is April 22. Earth Day to Americans. Everyone keeps saying how much they love the Earth. I love it, too. Only...it's dying. Yep. Like everything else in this miserable Planet. The Circle of Life and all.

But, today was a good day.

Yes. A good day, indeed. The sun hiding behind clouds and a little bit of snow in spring to remind us just how fudged up this world is. But go outside and take a deep breath. And, then, take another one, because half of the one you took was probably carbon dioxide. I worry one day plants will get tired of having so much work to do and go, "You know what? These stinkin' humans get to breathe all the oxygen we give off and what do we get in return? Even more work! Because if we don't suck up all of the CO2 from the air, the whole planet, including us, dies. I mean, it's only a matter of time, so let's sit back and wait for extinction." And, then, when the majority of the population is dead, they'll laugh, take pity on us, and start cleansing the air once there aren't enough humans to ruin it.

Just a thought. But, today was a good day.

I have been procrastinating so much of my work, it doesn't matter if I finish it all up today; it would still be about a week late. In fact, I haven't even done my laundry, which is what I'm supposed to be doing right now. Instead, I'm sitting in my couch, a diet coke in my hand, writing about what a good day today was. And it's so sad the reason my work is late. I have been reading. I started a new series that I quickly became obsessed over and just finished the 3rd book.

I started the 1st one 2 days ago.

It was worth it, though. I loved it! And I'm not done yet. But, I thought, I'm going to try to be responsible and NOT start the next book of the series until I turn in my late assignments. In fact, I have a 300 point presentation tomorrow that I'm sure to fail and drag down the rest of my group along with me. And that is why I don't like working in groups. I hate presentations as much as I hate deadlines.

But, today was a good day.

I was falling asleep on the bus, and I got very, very, VERY annoyed because here I was, trying to rest, when all of a sudden I hear laughter. Fine, laugh, whatever. But, no. They DON'T STOP. They kept laughing for over 5 minutes, I swear. The reason? Someone else was asleep and they woke him up. Apparently, his reaction was priceless.

But, today was a good day.

Remember how I mentioned I was sitting on the couch, writing in my laptop? Well, everything was great until my stepfather decided to put on some stupid music about how "Holy is the Lord!" Over and over and over and over, again and again and again. I don't mind him listening to his songs, but, I swear, HE IS DEAF! He has to turn it up SO HIGH, you can hear all throughout the house. And, now the old man is singing for God to "give him strength to go on!" Really, I don't mind listening to any kind of music, I love all genres, but right now...I AM NOT IN THE MOOD.

But, today was a good day.

After all, I did accomplish some things. Like I said, I finished the book I was reading and it is SUPER exciting! I finally tasted Hershey's chocolate mousse, and it is really good. A girl brought dirt worms dessert and we ate it in Biology in honor of Earth Day, though it has nothing to do with saving the planet and we ate it AFTER finishing a biology test on how photosynthesis works. And I'm making myself a hamburger later. Also, I'm going to do laundry because if I don't, Mom is going to be very upset and when she is upset, she isn't sad upset, she's angry upset.

But, today was a good day.

Because I like the cold and today was specially chilly and windy. And the fact that I can say that in French is another accomplishment. Il fait froid et il y a du vent.

But, today was a good day.



Right?



PS, I did the quiz "What animal are you?" that Google posted for Earth Day and I was a Cuttlefish! Do you know how COOL those tings are?! I think they're my favorite animal from now on.