It's not even 5 o'clock

This has been one of the busiest weeks of my life. Am I stressed? grumpy? thinking about joining the circus? lighting a match to my textbooks?
No! I'm absolutely loving every minute of it. I've been up at 6 or before for the past three days and overnight nannying in addition to daytime nannying. But I love- it, because packing your schedule full of commitments and responsibilities stretches you. It proves to you that you're capable of so much more than you think you are. Responsibility is just an opportunity to get to know yourself better.

It's not even 5 o'clock, I have zero classes on Wednesdays, and I've watched absolutely zero television and I feel that I've learned so much...
- a man told me about what life was like here during the vietnam war at the hospital this morning
- I got to read an entire fortune magazine- I'll be spending my time on the khan academy website watching biology tutorials. This finally trumps sporcle.com
- I learned the best way to let two 4 year old girls drink chocolate milk is straight from a bowl like kitty cats
-that sarah peters is one of the kindest, most encouraging, and interesting indivdiuals I know...even at 7 o'clock in the morning
- that the homeless sell quarters for a dollar downtown. I imagine it's almost lucrative. I absolutely never have quarters for parking meters. I paid 2 dollars for 2 quarters.
-that perhaps kids shouldn't be scolded or threatened into doing what you tell them to do. chasing them down with a can of silly string works wonder. and it's a lot of fun.
- that pretend weddings consist of crowns, wands, purses, silly bandz, barbies, and glitter. woody, from toy story also attends. watching ella and her playdate mary frances have the time of their lives getting ready for their weddings made me wonder- perhaps I should have all these essential elements at mine?
- playing dress up still rocks.
-the study abroad office still has the magnetic devices that drive me crazy because I can't stack them all up in a straight line. over all...trips there at still not enjoyable.  study abroad is life changing and amazing...someone over there should at least be a little bit excited about it.
-enthusiasm is my favorite thing to encounter. especially in strangers.
- a man told me about the costa rica trip he works with- and you could just tell that he loved it. I'm tempted to go and I know hardly anything about it.

Enthusiasm really could change the world.