I read a book today by Nicholas Sparks that's about how he and his brother went on a three week trip around the world. It's a memoir too though. Sparks weaves you in between his life and the trip beautifully. There a lot of things that Sparks talks about that kind of hit me. One was his relationship with his siblings. It wasn't always perfect, but even when they were fighting it was more than what I have with my brother now. I don't know what to do though. Everyone says, "Oh, it's just a phase for him." So I guess I wait?

Another thing was the constant theme of the busyness in Sparks' life. It echoes back to me something Peter said once. Spring semester I had kept myself hard at work and often neglecting him. Sad, but true. Anyway, I had failed to finish a machine problem and so I just sat at my desk, drawing my fingers through my hair. I was texting him because I couldn't stand to look at my computer anymore. He asked me what I was doing and I responded with, "Playing with my hair." He sent me back something to the effect of, "I bet you look really pretty right now." I was in my pajamas, not at all ready for the day, with probably slightly greasy/wavy hair. I replied with something like, "Oh yeah right, if only you could see me." He replied once again, "You're always keeping yourself so busy. It's just a beautiful picture to think of you relaxing." Hopefully next semester I'll be better about that. My credit hours are much less, but I'll also have a 1.5 job which I didn't before. I won't have a boyfriend though, and my homework load should be less as well. We'll see.

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