Just Two Observations

I just have two things to post about today:

1. If you're sick with a really bad cold, don't go running
2. Classroom friendships are a little awkward but I love them

So what does this all mean? Don't worry, I'll explain

If you're sick with a really bad cold, don't go running: I think this one is pretty self-explanatory. I've been really sick recently with a cold so I've been super congested with mucus (yeah, it's pretty disgusting, but just think of how my roommates feel about it, they have to live with it too) and so I've been super lazy and haven't tried to work out. Until last night. I went to the gym to go running on the treadmill, because it was cold outside and I figured that that compounded with the fact that I haven't gone running in over a week would kill me. Well, running on a treadmill killed me - after a mile, I was gasping for breath because all of the mucus was killing me.

Moral of story #1: If you're congested, don't be a moron and go running. The mucus will shift and suffocate you. You've been forewarned.

Classroom friendships are a little awkward but I love them: Now this one is a little different. I was sitting in English today, which is fairly large, and since I get there about 10 minutes early I just sit there awkwardly watching people come in, because there isn't a single person in that class that I talk to. I saw this one kid sit down next to a girl a few rows in front of me. Since I'm such a sketchy person, I know that these two aren't friends from before, and that they've actually just started talking to each other about two weeks ago. And that is what I mean by "classroom friendships."

To me, a classroom friendship is a friendship out of convenience; you never knew the person before taking the class, and the only reason you're talking to them now is because you've sat next to them for about a month and you feel obligated to say "hi" or "how's it going?" to them. Conversations are short, awkward, and not really meaningful - you wouldn't hang out with this person outside of class, and you definitely don't have any mutual friends so you barely have anything to talk about aside from the weather, Saturday's football game, or something you read in that morning's newspaper.

But I can't help but love them, I have a few classroom friendships myself. They're actually a nice little escape if you think about it: you don't know any of this person's friends and they don't know yours, so if you're having friendship drama here's one person that you can talk to and not have to bring it up; you can take about random things that don't mean anything, or you can make fun of your professor, or just make fun of people in your class. Plus, they're actually there; if you try to tell a story to your friends about something that happened in class you might think it's hilarious but they won't get it because they have no idea what or who you're talking about so it's one of those "I guess you had to have been there" types of stories, and don't we all hate those? Problem solved, this person was actually there; you can bring that story up again about two weeks later and you can sit there and laugh your ass off with this person that you barely know. It's actually really nice if you think about it.

Moral of story #2: make some classroom friendships. Even if it never turns into anything more than just a classroom friendship, at least you'll have some good memories and have a few good laughs during something that would otherwise be complete torture.