The Art of Being Spontaneous

I was on my way home from church when I called Sara.

Me: "Can you make sure I didn't leave my fall skirts there when I moved out?"

Sara: "Yeah. ... Do you want to go to the Renaissance Festival?"

Me: "I want to, but I can't today. I have two papers to work on."

Sara: "Don't you want to go with me? Don't you want to be spontaneous? When was the last time you were spontaneous?"

Me: "... I don't remember. ... Sara, don't ask me to do something I want to do when I have papers to work on."

Sara: "But I don't want to go next weekend and the next week is the Halloween one and the next week it's almost over."

Me: "But then I'll come home and still have two papers staring me in the face."

Sara: "... I kind of feel bad for you."

Me: "Thanks. Let me call you back in five minutes."

So it was nice to be spontaneous for a day; I need to do it more often. One of my biggest problems is that I don't know how to slow down sometimes, and stucture gets boring anyway.

Although now I'm at home, it's 9 p.m. and I've done precisely nothing on my papers. I guess my prayer in church for God to give me motivation for my papers didn't work too well. They're due the 20th and the 22nd, but this Saturday I'm going hiking, so that day is shot, and I usually don't feel like working on homework during the week. At the same time, I don't have class this week, so I don't feel TOO horrible. It was too nice outside to stay in anyway.

Later, I called Mom in a tizzy because not only am I missing my skirts but I'm missing my scarves and leggings. Emily wanted to talk to me.

Emily: "What are you doing?"

Me: "I'm stressing out because I can't find my clothes."

Emily: "What did you do with them?"

Me: "I don't know. That's the problem."

Emily: "You know what I would do? Get something to eat, then think about what you did with them."

Me: "I already ate. Now what do I do?"

Emily: "I don't know."

Me: "Out of ideas already?"

Emily: "Yeah."

So there you have it; even a six-year-old's advice won't solve my problem. But if you see any Gap skirts or a batch of colorful scarves floating around somewhere, give me a shout.