Yesterday felt different than any other day I’ve ever experienced.\u00c2\u00a0 For the last few years, each day has been the same work-school-home or school-work-home routine.\u00c2\u00a0 The day started in a normal fashion, I suppose..\u00c2\u00a0 Went to work and then I went to my ballroom dance class.\u00c2\u00a0 I arrived only to find out that class had been canceled.\u00c2\u00a0 That was disappointing.<\/p>\n
As I was leaving I noticed the sun setting.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve always loved watching the sun set.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m so busy that I never have time to catch it.\u00c2\u00a0 Yesterday, however, I decided to stop.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead of just rushing and zipping from this place to the next, I stopped.\u00c2\u00a0 I leaned against my car, enjoyed the wonderful late afternoon breeze and watched the sun as it gradually and gracefully fell behind the houses and trees across the street.<\/p>\n
Many years ago, before the parking lot outside Duerksen was renovated, there used to be this hill where I loved to just sit and watch the sunset.\u00c2\u00a0 Once in a while, the sprinklers would come on and drive you away.\u00c2\u00a0 But most of the time it was the most relaxing place to be.\u00c2\u00a0 It wasn’t quite the same feeling that I experienced yesterday, but it came pretty close.<\/p>\n
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Brian and I decided to go to Sumo for dinner last night.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s his favorite place.\u00c2\u00a0 I told him I would wait for him outside.\u00c2\u00a0 It was beautiful day, totally unlike any other day I’ve ever witnessed.\u00c2\u00a0 The colors were different.\u00c2\u00a0 The sky was green and everything else was tinged in a reddish-yellow hue.\u00c2\u00a0 Almost like I was looking at my surroundings through a Photoshop filter that made everything so yellow and picturesque.\u00c2\u00a0 Even the ugly tree on your front lawn appeared beautiful to me.\u00c2\u00a0 I took a picture of it, but my camera phone just could not capture the vivid colors and do the moment justice.<\/p>\n
The irony is that I feel calm and tranquil when I should be stressed out.\u00c2\u00a0 With my promotion at work, I am faced with many new challenges.\u00c2\u00a0 I am still attending college classes fulltime and I should be worried about keeping up with my school work.\u00c2\u00a0 I tell myself this each day as if to remind me of how I ought and ought not feel.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet, it seems that I don’t feel as apprehensive as I should.\u00c2\u00a0 There must be something in the air.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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