Earth Day

Although, the focus of my yesterday was this lovely lady, I would like to commend the earth for shamelessly tooting its own horn.

As the semester winds down I find myself scrambling to find time for myself between school, work, visiting my family and spending time with friends. And of course, yesterday was no different. I was running on a very tight schedule that required me to wake up at the ass-crack of dawn only to trek to URI before classes even began. Upon arrival I needed to access an article, read the article, start a paper on the article, go to class, finish the paper, go to class, go to the doctor's, drive to Providence, go to class, and hand in the paper.  To be honest, Earth Day was dead last on my list of "Things to Remember."

So, at about 2 in the afternoon with still five hours of the schedule from hell left to complete my day took a turn for the worse. Literally. You see, I had exactly half an hour between class and my appointment and as I turned the corner to leave URI I heard a horrible dragging sound coming from the car. The damn Saturn had foiled me again. This time, the muffler had detached itself from the car and was trailing crookedly underneath. Furious, I called AAA, then the doctor's to cancel, then my mother to cry, and finally Pep Boys to solve the problem. Talk about a monkey wrench.

With no means of transportation to drive to providence, to go to class, to hand it my paper, I was forced to slow down and enjoy the rest of the day. And what a day it was! The few hours I spent outside showcased some of Earth's finest stuff.

 My mom and I were really digging that rainbow outside of Pep Boys. I found it to be terribly appropriate that the Earth share this lovely rarity with us on a day dedicated to appreciating its beauty.

Side note: In addition to everything else, the girls and I have been house hunting (yikes) for next year. Thankfully we settled on a cute little fiveish bedroom house in Bonnet Shores. Although, we are trying to be open minded about the house's location you readers should understand that the right side of Bonnet is the Brooklyn of New York. Its affordability and desirable distance from the beach does not necessarily matter when you started in Manhattan. We will miss "to the left of the fork, and pass the community center" very much. (More on this later.)