ah, st. patty's day...

today's been an interesting day. scratch that. it's been a horrible day. i should've known it was going to be a bad day when i couldn't sleep through the night. i got out of bed this morning, ready to give a speech in my speech class. i was confident. again, i should've known. somehow my five minute speech turned into a two minute, five second speech. how did this happen, you ask. wish i could tell you. i've been trying to figure it out all day. i haven't even come up with a theory. i'm completely flabbergasted. on top of that, i got back a test on which i got a 76 (so much for the luck of the irish). THEN i came back to my room, completely defeated, and opened the new york times website only to find some more horrifying news. apparently the U.S. has ended negotiations with the U.N. and will most likely be going to war in a matter of days or weeks. to some of you, this may be good news, but to a girl whose boyfriend is in the army and currently stationed in iraq, it is anything but. i'm having slight difficulty deciding whether or not to watch President Bush's address to the nation tonight. on one hand, my day has already been so horrible, i fear a nervous breakdown; but on the other, i think i want to know what's going on. ignorrance is only bliss in some situations. plus, i'm probably going to find out anyway, so i might as well get it straight from the source.

somehow st. patrick's day has lost some of it's luster for me.