Sick

Being home sick is the best and the worst... On one hand you get to sleep and watch tv and chill but on the other you feel like shit. On one hand you miss school/work/soccer but on the other hand you have a ton of work to makeup. Ugh. I feel gross. That is all. 

                                    - a very Icky Alice 

School...

It's that time of year again....back to school *millions of children and teenagers' cries are heard throughout the world*.  As usual the beginning of summer went by slowly, until we hit July which went by in a flash, and then August moseyed along at a good pace, and now we're here...September first. Back to school means many things to many people, some have a positive outlook on it, while others dread it like it's the second coming of the plague. Personally, I fall somewhere in the middle (although I lean more towards the plague option). Going back to school means school shopping, seeing friends, learning new things, and also getting back to a somewhat normal schedule. Unfortunately, for me, school also means lots of stress, lots of work, not enough sleep, seeing people I don't like (yay for social anxiety), mental break downs, and general chaos at times. Being the realist that I am, I try to balance out these two things...even doing this the feeling of impending doom never seems to go away. Take right now for instance, I have butterflies in my stomach for school tomorrow, but whether they come out of fear or out of excitement I do not know for sure. What I'm trying to get to here, is the fact that yes, going back to school sucks on a whole lot of levels, but, it can also be really fun and exciting. So I advise you to follow in my (tentative) footsteps in trying to view going back to school holistically, rather then seeing it as the end of all days. Over and out - A butterfly filled Alice