Snowing again...

Had yoga class this morning, but for some reason I wasn't able to relax. Every time I looked out the window and saw the snow coming down like crazy it would stress me out again...admittedly, with some reason, considering the amount of tension the last four-day snowfall we had caused. (The University Housing people are rather lax with the snow removal process, and the parking lot was in chaos - half the spaces were unusable, most people's cars were buried and some people [like me] tried to dig their cars out only to be unable to move because of the ice...) Even when I started closing my eyes so I wasn't looking at the snow, I still was feeling stressed, enough to the point where I was getting really frustrated with little things like not being able to bend over as far as I'd like. And at the end, when we're supposed to lie down and relax and not think of anything, I was having a really hard time quieting my mind. Whatever happened to the days when softly falling snow made me feel relaxed and happy?

Admittedly, a lot of it may be that I've been feeling somewhat overwhelmed the last few days, and the snow is just making it worse. It's not that there's anything particularly stressful going on in my life at the moment, but I'm suddenly coming to the realization that my chosen career is not very big on the whole "spare time" idea. My Acting II class has a small production that we'll all be doing in April, and come March we're going to be spending 20 hours a week in rehearsals for a month (this is why the class is 5 credits). This on top of my normal school/work load. I'm really not sure I like this idea very much - I rather like having time to spend either with myself or my boyfriend, just relaxing. And this is hardly going to be the end of it, if I'm planning on doing theatre as a career...is it any wonder that most actors date other actors, if they date seriously at all? It's rather hard to have a nice domestic home life when you're spending every day at work and every evening in rehearsals...

And yet, that's the kind of dedication it takes.

*sigh*

I don't think this would bother me quite so much, were it not for the fact that I seem to have forgotten how to relax...

Snowing again...

Had yoga class this morning, but for some reason I wasn't able to relax. Every time I looked out the window and saw the snow coming down like crazy it would stress me out again...admittedly, with some reason, considering the amount of tension the last four-day snowfall we had caused. (The University Housing people are rather lax with the snow removal process, and the parking lot was in chaos - half the spaces were unusable, most people's cars were buried and some people [like me] tried to dig their cars out only to be unable to move because of the ice...) Even when I started closing my eyes so I wasn't looking at the snow, I still was feeling stressed, enough to the point where I was getting really frustrated with little things like not being able to bend over as far as I'd like. And at the end, when we're supposed to lie down and relax and not think of anything, I was having a really hard time quieting my mind. Whatever happened to the days when softly falling snow made me feel relaxed and happy?

Admittedly, a lot of it may be that I've been feeling somewhat overwhelmed the last few days, and the snow is just making it worse. It's not that there's anything particularly stressful going on in my life at the moment, but I'm suddenly coming to the realization that my chosen career is not very big on the whole "spare time" idea. My Acting II class has a small production that we'll all be doing in April, and come March we're going to be spending 20 hours a week in rehearsals for a month (this is why the class is 5 credits). This on top of my normal school/work load. I'm really not sure I like this idea very much - I rather like having time to spend either with myself or my boyfriend, just relaxing. And this is hardly going to be the end of it, if I'm planning on doing theatre as a career...is it any wonder that most actors date other actors, if they date seriously at all? It's rather hard to have a nice domestic home life when you're spending every day at work and every evening in rehearsals...

And yet, that's the kind of dedication it takes.

*sigh*

I don't think this would bother me quite so much, were it not for the fact that I seem to have forgotten how to relax...

And in today's forecast, we have a 95% chance of weather...

Still snowing somewhat, though not as heavily as it was earlier. Supposedly it's not going to stop for the next couple of days, but if the temperature stays where it is (hovering right around freezing) I'll be the happier for it. Yes, it makes driving tricky (slushy roads are not fun), but it's nowhere near as bad as when it was out-and-out piling up all over the place. I'd really prefer to be able to get my car *out*, thank you. And I'm sure Juneau-Brian would rather not get his car stuck every single time he comes out here to see me because the parking lot is in such chaos...

In related news, the Yahoo! weather people have quit trying to say if we're having snow or rain or freezing rain or snowy freeze and have officially dubbed this "Wintry Mix". For some reason this amuses me greatly.

And in today's forecast, we have a 95% chance of weather...

Still snowing somewhat, though not as heavily as it was earlier. Supposedly it's not going to stop for the next couple of days, but if the temperature stays where it is (hovering right around freezing) I'll be the happier for it. Yes, it makes driving tricky (slushy roads are not fun), but it's nowhere near as bad as when it was out-and-out piling up all over the place. I'd really prefer to be able to get my car *out*, thank you. And I'm sure Juneau-Brian would rather not get his car stuck every single time he comes out here to see me because the parking lot is in such chaos...

In related news, the Yahoo! weather people have quit trying to say if we're having snow or rain or freezing rain or snowy freeze and have officially dubbed this "Wintry Mix". For some reason this amuses me greatly.