Yogurt

I'm currently working on a paper and decided to grab myself a yogurt to snack on, and had the oddest thought:

"Yogurt is sexy."

Way too strange! But then I thought about it seriously and tried to make sense of it, and I'm pretty sure it's because of the way they advertise yogurt and the images those clever, clever advertisers associate with it. The ads mostly revolve around the concept that "if you eat yogurt, you will be thinner!" And the commercials are primarily targeted at women. The image of the young, attractive, fit female suburbanites seductively eating that spoonful of yogurt immediately popped into my head, and I realized that was probably what I was thinking of.

Anyway. It was just a crazy thought, and I decided I'd share it. But sexy or not, my blueberry yogurt really is pretty delicious.

I wanna dance with somebody

I don't think I've mentioned it, but my roommates and I decided that, because it's our last semester and we've never taken a class together (we all have different majors), we needed to take an elective class together. So, we chose to take a recreational dance class once a week.

And I'm SO glad we did, because I love it. We've been focusing on social dances, like swing, salsa, and the tango. I used to dance years ago, and while this type of dancing is completely different and I'm a total novice, I really love it--especially watching all the other dancers while they whirl and spin and demonstrate all their fancy moves. And it's different from a lot of the dancing that you see on popular dancing shows like Dancing with the Stars, because none of it's choreographed. Everybody learns how to lead and follow using classic steps, so everyone can dance with pretty much anybody. So, so beautiful.

I got hurt feelings

More than that, just feeling pretty peeved with a co-worker right now, although it's been a problem for a while. And I'll endure being a pushover for longer than I should before feeling the need to actually address it. It was semi-addressed once, and I was hoping things would get better, but they haven't. But I'm definitely thinking I need to talk with my boss now. The anxiety, stress, and irritation have come to a head this weekend, and it is not good for my health! Breathe.

Note to all the people willing to walk all over others just to make a penny: Don't do it. It's not nice. It's actually pretty horrible. Capitalism at it's worst.

Trying to create a plan for today to take my mind off of all that for now. It's only too bad it's such a gloomy day!

I'm thinking about donning a bright, happy outfit; maybe painting my nails and doing some shopping/spending some quality time with my parents (because it's been far too long) before plopping myself down with some homework. Any other ideas would be welcome, though. :)

Early morning study break

It's 4:49 in the morning and, as I write this, I'm taking a break from studying for a test, which should offer some insight as to my recent absence from the blogging world (if any of you happened to wonder or care).

Aside from school, very little of any significance has been going on in my life. Which is good, I suppose, if you subscribe to the concept that "no news is good news," which I tend to. I'm busy, but I certainly have no complaints.

On my mind as of late:

• The beach. As I've been spending most of my time cooped up indoors, either in class or studying, I've been craving the beach and the outdoors in a big way and spending my study breaks looking up bathing suits I want to buy and resisting the urge to actually buy them (just barely). I am lucky, however, in that I do work in a garden setting. Although that does mean that I have to deal with the yucky weather, too.
  
• Spring. Even with California's mild winters and quite a lot of beautiful sunny days, I'm still craving a bit more warmth and the opportunity to de-layer a bit.
• A getaway. Spring break is fast-approaching and I'm brainstorming where and/or how to spend it. I suffer from wanderlust pretty much nonstop, but it seems worse than usual lately.