terrypurple73 | (no subject)

I felt like such a bum last night. I told my housemates that I was going over to Vicky's after Salvation Army to study, when I had no intentions of studying at all. I even brought my backpack along, but Vicky and I didn't even open it. I just knew that if I told them I was going over to play (especially after I stayed away from home all afternoon long in the CCSJ office), they would give me crap about it. I have two finals this week- one was yesterday morning, and the other is tomorrow. So did I need to be studying Sunday night when everyone else was? No. Did I need to be studying last night when the rest of my house was frantic? No. Will I study today? Yes, because I need to. But I really didn't see a reason to hang around last night, especially when they were all stressed. So I didn't. So I feel like a bum, not doing any work, but.... what am I supposed to do? And then I was going to get up early and do some things this morning, but after going to bed at two, I knew that my alarm trying to get me out of bed at eight was not happening. So I went back to bed until ten. I know that I can not do good work if I am dead tired, so I eliminated that problem. I shouldn't have to factor nap times into my ethics studying today, and I'm glad about that.
Salvation Army is going really well. I'm having to cram in so many hours at the end of the semester, but it's been fun, actually. Now that I know what's going on, that is. Ellen and I have been counting the kettle money the past three nights, and it's a good time. I envisioned up sitting there with stacks and stacks and stacks of coins for a few hours. No, there's a machine that sorts and counts all the coins, and it takes us the two hours to count out all the bills! It's really uplifting to see how much money these kettles bring in. Even if I don't agree with all of the Salvation Army's principles, it still makes me happy to see how much people will give. I had no idea. And on Saturday, I am going to take a bell-ringing shift in the afternoon, so that should be exciting. Or cold. :) I think Pat is going to come hang out with me and the bell and bucket for a while, and that's after a morning of playing with (Salvation Army!) kids with Jen for a program's Christmas party!
So I might go study soon, now that I am awake and maybe done being a bum. And I might steer clear of Jeffy, since he has two ten-page papers due tomorrow. Ew.