Currently chewing 5 pieces of After-Coffee gum at one time.

I feel like I have a creative build-up right now. And, build-ups are never good, as those commercials say.
I get this way when I cannot write or create something, for whatever reason. I think it is because I have been pretty busy and have had a lot of other things on my mind.

Today has been very quiet at work. I am chewing what seems like 5 pieces of gum right now, because I am really hungry, which is why I should not eat my lunch at 11:00 a.m., which is why I should not eat breakfast first thing when I wake up. Which, will never change, because I have been that way since I was little. It is funny, actually, that my mom use to intice me out of bed by saying "Mandy...guess what I bought...POP TARTS!!" And then I would run to the kitchen in my Winnie the Pooh pajamas with my blonde pig-tails bouncing. What can I say, I am a sugary-bad-breakfast-food lover into the depths of my soul.

I am looking forward to school starting this week. My photo class should be lovely, and my other class involves reading a bunch of books that are also movies (Fight Club, Chocolat, Big Fish, etc)--so that'll be fun.

I want to take a vacation. And, since I want to see the fam, it'll be to the Great City of Salt. Waiting on being able to schedule the time off sort of sucks, but hopefully I can make it there soon. Even if just for a weekend if I have to. Today I was looking on the newspaper's website and it had pictures of the lightrail system in Salt Lake City. I guess Phoenix is trying to take some pointers from their system. Anyway, it sort of made me sad. Until I saw the people wearing gigantic puffy coats for fear of freezing to death. :)

I forsee tomorrow will be a great day, because:

a. No work because of the holiday.
b. I am going to try to go to a yoga class at the gym, where I will breathe deep breaths and think of frolicking through a lush green field that probably resembles Costa Rica (or whatever they tell you to imagine when trying to find your 'center')
c. I am going to get very organized to start the semester off the right way.