Best idea I ever had

The best idea I ever had was deciding to come home for fall break. You know you are in a funk when you aren't looking forward to a 6 day vacation. I seriously did not know what I was going to do with myself with all that time on my hands and all my friends gone.

I'm feeling completely rejuvenated already. Getting away from the school environment, which even back at the apartment you can't quite shake off, has completely refocused me. This is really going to come in handy once midterms start up in the weeks right after break.

I will admit, I'm feeling a bit left out knowing that my best friends are tearing it up at UVA homecomings without me. But ultimately I'm a homebody, and going up to Cville for the weekend would really just defeat the purpose of me coming home. I'm just enjoying the heaps of puppy love that I've received since walking in the door.

On Why I'm Dying

I almost bought a fish the other night. That's how desperate I am for a pet. I also literally sat staring and gushing over the parakeets in Petsmart that same evening (how can you not love those little birds, especially after seeing one hold onto the tail of another as it was trying to fly?!). I'm an animal lover plain and simple, and I've never felt so deprived in my life.

I've become that weird person that has to run up to every dog I see (always making sure I ask the owner's permission of course) just so I can get my fix. Yes, my fix. The animal fix. I even get excited when I see a squirrel nowadays. Just not a lot of nature where I am. Of course I could be a good samaritan and volunteer at the animal shelter... for $25. You have to pay to volunteer. WTF.

Allie girl <3

Don't even get me started on horses. Seeing a picture can get me all misty eyed. I'm not even that great of a rider, but damn do I love me some horses. It pains me that I'm never around them as much as I could be (my friend and I missed our orientation for a therapeutic horse riding place last weekend due to our overindulgence in alcoholic beverages the night before :/ ).

So this is what my life has become. I'm so pet deprived that I almost bought a fish. At the same time, I semi-can't bring myself to do it. They're just so insubstantial. But beggars can't be chosers, and my plant just isn't really cutting it...