Exercise and Other Good Things!

So recently, I've been on this thing where I just feel the need to exercise every single day. I don't really know why, or what started it, it just kind of came at me and has stayed there ever since two weeks ago. I was bored, so I decided to go on a walk around campus one morning since I had finished all of my homework the previous night. I had a feeling I might want to sleep the following morning, so I just went ahead and completed everything. I ended up not sleeping that morning - I guess I was feeling restless - so I went on a walk, instead. I was curious about what the other side of campus looked like that I had never been to, so I took a look around as a carried my coffee-bloated stomach around the lake. It was such a nice, relaxing feeling, going on that walk. Even though I had to dodge a lot of geese poop, it was still completely worth it. So I started doing that and on days I didn't walk around, I would jump rope in the evenings. Now I'm just used to doing that. I must have exercised at least 4 times last week for at least half an hour a day, which isn't so bad. One day, I think I even did it for 45 minutes. I wasn't sure if it was doing anything for me, but I've found that I don't fall asleep in class like I used to. I seem to have more energy. And when I walk up flights of stairs, I'm not panting like it's the biggest deal ever when I reach the top. Now, it feels almost as if I practically floated up the stairs when I reach the top step because it feels as if it takes so little effort to get there, unlike before! So it's a really nice feeling. ^^ I've been trying to keep a pretty regular exercise routine because of that feeling. :)
Another thing I'd like to share is that two of my closest friends - the ones I wanted to go to Chicago with - are currently getting along, it seems! I really hope that they can steadily become really good friends, or something like that. It would make me really happy. ^^ I heard that they talked for 3 hours yesterday, and I was so surprised! I still don't know what triggered the conversation, but all I know is that it makes me so incredibly happy. I love them both. Maybe we can still go to Chicago, after all. If we have the money. ;)

The Windy City: Chicago!

I really want to go to Chicago this summer. No, cross that out. I will go to Chicago this summer because I need to go visit a school there, but what I want more than anything is to go with two of my closest friends in the world: J and Chris! I love these boys so much and we've discussed going on a really fabulous trip to Chicago before, but I don't think that either of them thought that we would be going this early or that we would all be going together. However, nothing could be more perfect, other than if Caity could make it, too. But I have a feeling she may be working, so it would be just the three of us. I don't want this trip to be a dream or a plan that we make for the distant future anymore. I want to make it a reality! J will be 18 at that point, and Chris will either be 19 still or 20 (he's a summer baby). We'll all be legal adults. What is there to lose? Hopefully not jobs. I really wish that we could go in the middle of the week, like M-W, but I doubt that would be reasonable. We could just do a weekend. We would leave on Friday night, stay in a hotel, I could visit my possible future school, then we could all hang out and go places with a map and then go home that night! We could probably only afford one night for the hotel. I'm really excited. Mama said that I could go with her and her bf, but that just doesn't sound fun, risky or adventurous at all, to me. I want an adventure. I want memories. I want something special, and this could be my chance! So I hope that I can take it with the two most important men in my life, other than Papa and Jesus Christ (haha, Gaga moment!). Please God, help us get through this semester and be with us on our (possible) future trip~! I haven't even told either of them my idea yet. Lol. I hope they don't cringe at the thought of spending that much time together because I love them both! They have so much more in common than they realize. This could really be a chance for them to see that in one another.