Preparing for it was…low-key.

My Sunday was fantastic. I did little to nothing, and now I’m relaxing in bed with my dog, organizing my portfolio to hit the ground running once classes start in about nine hours. :)

This morning, I woke up around noon – so I guess I should say this afternoon. After moseying around the house for an hour, I literally went right back to sleep. I know, the lazy life.  I woke up to CFE and Shannon coming over to get some things they had stored in my attic, and as a result got swindled into hitting up Chipotle for lunch.

From there, I headed to Shandyland – which is a portmanteau of two of my best friends, Mandy Shandy + land, meaning where they collectively live, seeing as they’ve been roomates for four years running now haha – and checked out their new place. I then went to the library to pick up a book I had on reserve – Community, by Peter Block – and then went to the bookstore for some more ink. Since I was in the area, I went to Squires to drop in on production of the CT. This week we are running 5 issues instead of the customary 4. Everything was going swimmingly – not like I would have been able to help at all if it wasn’t. :)

I then walked back to Sharkey’s, where I had parked my car just before lunch. This was definitely the highlight of my day. I spontaneously decided to stop into Rita’s, which is a beautiful and delicious frozen ice store here in Blacksburg, and ran into someone I had met before. Her name is Ash, and she is a freshman. She actually was at open house this past year when I was able to give a speech on why Virginia Tech was the right choice for me.

I love being able to meet up with someone that I expected without even knowing I had affected them. Ash reminded me that I had met her and her family just outside of Burruss Hall right after my speech that day. To be completely honest, I met a ton of people at day, so I didn’t really remember her, but she especially made an impact on me because she said that my speech was the reason that she decided to come to Virginia Tech, as well as the reason that she is going to be at Gobberfest this year to get more information on how to become a Hokie Ambassador. This definitely made my day. :)

Just as I was leaving Rita’s I was greeted by a gentleman I met last night, I assume, downtown. He looks at me, in passing, and goes “How was your night last night?” haha…that was awkward. I was perfectly coherent haha

From there, I grabbed some gas and the Sunday paper (coupons), and came home. I relaxed with a good friend, Julianne, for a few hours before finally sitting down and finishing up a few items that I’ve had on my to do list for days.

Gonna go ahead and continue getting organized for the rest of the day. :)