Coming off a high and I still feel good

Coming off of the weekend this morning I thought I would be exhausted. However, I rolled out of bed with pretty good energy when I woke up and I felt damn good. I spent the weekend with B and we had an extremely good time. We didn't do as much stuff as I thought we were going to, and at first I felt bad about it because I thought maybe he would be bored but after a while I realized that it wasn't that we didn't do anything so much that we usually do an insaaaane amount of things and we just did a normal amount of things this weekend. It kinda sucked though because I developed Impentego or something weird that is supposedly pretty contagious so we spent quite a bit of the weekend taking showers. I hope that he doesn't get it but he was really cool about it in general which was nice because I felt generally disguesting especially Friday night.

I spent part of today going on a walk and collecting pretty leaves. I haven't done that in a really long time and at first I felt kinda silly. Kind of like a 4th grader when every leave she finds is better than the last in some way. After a while though, I started to become overwhelmed by the breathtaking quality that is the diversity of nature. It is actually completely fascinating to pick up the leaves, compare them and examine each little thing about each one. It really made me appreciate fall in a way that I haven't for a long time.

I am not really a political person and normally I wouldn't mention much about elections. But, I think that this is a crucial time in America, a time when people who consider themselves "not really a political person" need to get their act together and realize that you dont have to be a "political person" to be politically active. We live in this country too along with all the crazy poli sci majors and the pissed off angry young men. If we want to change this country at all and protect our nation from falling apart (which it is bound to at some point I just want to delay it a while) these upcoming elections are going to be very important. I want to take a second and endorse Al Franken for senate. Reading up on him, I admire his clear view of the turns that the republican and democrat parties have taken, and the practicality of his views. I think that his platform is a little vague but I guess its my responsibility to actually look up interviews he has had and get a little more narrowed down idea of what he believes. I love his realistic view of the immigration issue and his understanding of the potential positives of renewable energy, not just because of global warming but also in its ability to create more jobs for people in the midwest.

I don't have much time to write so I think thats it for now. I am sure sometime this week I will have more to say.