Everyone has days which just aren’t good. It’s not that anything particularly bad happens, its just not a good day. For me today was one of those days. The day reminded me of the children’s book Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day. If you have never read the book, first of all go and check it out from the library because it is really cute, and it was one of my favortie books as a child. Basically, the plot centers on Alexander who from the moment he wakes up nothing goes his way. My day, similarly, just didn’t go my way. I woke up late and didn’t have time for breakfast, couldn’t get the combination we were learning in ballet, my english teacher didn’t like my paper, and the girl I tutor was aweful (I don’t think I have mentioned this before, but I tutor a fifth grade girl in hebrew twice a week. I got the job through the JTS career development). Now, I am sitting waiting to meet with my english teacher to meet with me about my essay. She extended her office hours and said she would wait here until she met with anyone who wanted. I have already been waiting for an houe and there are still 3 people in front of me in line.
Though the day was frustrating, I am far too much of an optimistic person to jsut express frustration. I always try to look at bad days and see any good in them that I can. First of all, tomorrow is my roommates birthday so today during a break I had I went shopping for her present. I got her a bunch a cute little things which epitomize our friendship and rooming relationship. She has been a great roommate thus far. We live really well together because we both are pretty messy, like the room warm, are extremely heavy sleepers, and are considerate of the other person. Being considerate is really the most important thing in being and having a roommate. The room is a home for both people, and it is so important for both people to feel comfortable. In my case, I feel even luckier because not only do we live well together, but we have also become close friends. I am sad we won’t be living together next year (she is an RA next year on a freshman hall), but I am very excited about my potential living conditions. Hopefully next year, I will be sharing an apartment style suite with 4 of my friends. The housing lottery for Barnard isn’t until after spring break, so I have to keep my fingers crossed until then. So I got a little sidetracked, but thing number two that was good today: It’s is really nice of my English professor to stay here and meet with each of us. It may be annoying for me to be waiting here, but she has been in meetings with students for almost 4 hours already and the fact that she is staying shows the unbelievable commitment and caring nature of so many of the professors here at Barnard (and also Columbia and JTS). Professors and advisers here just care about the students. It is one of the best things about going to such a small school. I ran into my adviser on the street the other day, and she stopped to say hi to me. All Double Degree students have Deans as their Barnard advisers, and all three are amazing, caring, and extremely helpful. Finally, having a bad day gave me something to write about here. All of yesterday I was fretting about what I would write today. I am in the middle of midterms, so my life has been pretty rutuine and its nice to have something real to say. Comments are closed.
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