Day 114 of San Diego

I woke up at 6 AM today. I haven't woken up at six in a mighty long time... However, I shot awake! I didn't have any coffee until about 9:00. But I was fairly wide awake when dad told me to get up and get dressed. Before I was woken up, I kept dreaming about my parents leaving me behind and them simply going to the race by themselves. Each dream had a different scenario: one made me think that my parents wanted me to sleep in and that's why they left me at home, and the other dreams were just about my parents leaving me at home and I would wake up, see the sunshine, and realize, "I'm not at the race!"

Oh yea, by the way - if I didn't mention before, mom celebrated her birthday today with a half-marathon.

She did good. :)

I didn't run it, of course. I stayed in the car while dad, mom and a friend named Wendy ran it. I waited with them until they had to cross the start line. That's when we parted and I rushed to the car in order to keep my body heat.

It was a beautiful, sunny morning as well. Dad had parked in the perfect spot; where the sun would shine. I brought a blanket along, thinking I would freeze while waiting for the old folks to finish, but I didn't use the blanket at all! Then again, I wore very comfortable sweats, two layers of shirts, a jacket and a beanie. I was ready for any source of cold.

My dad passed the finish line first. Wendy was next and once we three met up, we stood in a particular area, waiting for mom. We wanted to cheer her on and run with her to the finish line! We saw her after a thirty minute wait. She was glad to see us! When we saw the finish line, we held hands and crossed together. Hopefully the photographers took a great picture of us.

We got home around noon. An hour or two later, mom and I visited Grandma and Grandpa J. Grandma seems to be doing better. I really hope the medicine isn't doing worse things to her health... Maybe there's another cure for gout? Something herbal?

Well, right now I'm relaxing with Mason on IMVU. Guess what tomorrow is? Philosophy final at 11:30 AM. I'm telling myself that I'm ready. That I can do this. But I could have done SO MUCH MORE STUDYING. Yet I blame my procrastination problem... I know it may sound like a lame excuse, but procrastination is something super hard to beat for me.

Tomorrow morning before the final, I'll have some time to study more notes. I've been studying the guide for a couple days, hour after hour, until I had to stop myself tonight or I think I would have burst from stress...

Wish me luck, everyone.

And happy beloved birthday, mom. :)