Casi siempre

I go home tomorrow. I have been working this weeks to arrange my ducks in the straightest row possible. Most of my room is packed up in brown cardboard boxes with too much packing tape. I always use too much tape. I'm afraid the bottom will fall out and all of my embarrassing momentos will fall out.

I went to campus today. It is so beautiful outside. I practiced my favorite musical contraption for awhile. I love how the piano soothes me. Music has such a great impact on people. It can inspire, comfort, excite, entertain... and so on. I always have a song for the state my mind is in... whether it's Taylor Swift's "Stay Beautiful," or Miley Cyrus' "Like is what you make it."

I bought a salad today. It was gross... but delicious. I bought it from the Village Pantry, so that is probably why it was wilted. I was craving some vegetables... something without pasta... something without preservatives... mmmm... iceberg lettuce. Almost no vitamins and nutrients... topped with a salad dressing full of artificial flavorings, sugar and preservatives. I guess I settled...

I don't believe in goodbyes. They seem so permanent. So final. It may be the end of a chapter, but it isn't the end of the book.

I think there is too much unhappiness in the world. I wish I could fix it... but I have no idea how to. All I can do is listen. Smile. Nod. Love. And now that I think about it, that is just fine. I mean after all, "What the world needs now..... is love, sweet love... love's the only thing that there' just too little of..."