Hump day.
Everybody has one. The day in the week that you dread, but know if you can just get through it everything will be better.
For most people that day is Wednesday, and I am no exception.
Ever since I arrived at VCU, Wednesday has been known to me as a few different things, such as:
- Hump Day
- Murphy's Law
- Comedy of Errors
- Excessive First Aid Kit Usage
- Ouch *Expletive, Expletive, Expletive*
Let me explain. A typical hump day goes like this:
9:00-- Wake up, shower, get ready. (Unless I've slept through my alarm)
10:00-- Breakfast
11ish-- Leave for Cinema. Trip on the sidewalk, bruise or bleed. (Always the same sidewalk)
11:30-2:30-- Cinema. My favorite class, but very busy and sometimes stressful. Plus, we always go way over time.
2:35 (or later)-- Run to 7-Eleven next to Oliver Hall. Purchase 2 Red Bull and a snack.
2:45ish-- Inhale snack on bench outside of Oliver Hall. Normally get some of it in my hair. Chug red bull #1.
3:00-3:50-- Spanish. Enough said.
4:00-- Back to Johnson for a minute to switch out books.
4:15-- Finish Stats homework with my friend. Chug red bull #2.
5:00-- Quick group dinner. Everyone laughs at my fresh cuts and bumps.
6:00-6:50-- Statistics Lecture. Once again, enough said. (I have no interest in GenEd classes)
7:00-- Head back to Johnson to start homework or see friends. Trip on the stairs to my room.
8:00-- Something terrible has happened by now. (i.e. my room is completely flooded, I've lost power, been electrocuted, hit by a car, etc.) (All of these have happened to me since being her, in case you're wondering.)
12:00-- Get to bed, hopefully. After dealing with whatever unfortunate event, and thanking the sweet stars that it is Thursday.
However, this week was different. Hump day was fantastic. I woke up early to find out I earned an A on my Cinema short script. Had a relaxing breakfast, then went to class. Didn't fall or trip. Got to direct an awesome script in class (cough, Emily Knapp, cough). Found out my script is being filmed next week. Class went over so much that I didn't go to Spanish. Had actual downtime to hang out with my friends. Got an A on my Stats quiz. Went to a Cinema Screening then had Chinese food for dinner and watched an awesome movie with my friend. The entire day, never reaching for a band-aid. Overall, very successful.
But trust me, I don't expect it to last. By nature, I am a clumsy, unlucky, and accident-prone person. Traits which hump day only magnifies. But I know how to prepare myself now (i.e. 'walking' sandals, no dresses, portable first-aid kit).
Maybe it's not right, maybe it makes absolutely no sense.
But hump day is just a part of my life, and I'd probably be lost without it.
(Less beaten up maybe, but lost nonetheless.)
I guess I've just gotten used to getting over the hump.
I completely understand where you're coming from, and, although I can't say that I've been hit by a car, I have yet to go a day without getting hurt since I've been in Richmond. I don't know what it is, but there's something about Richmond that turns lucky people into accidents and clumsy people into catastrophes.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get to have more enjoyable hump days because it really sounds like you could really use a break from accidents.
Its good that you had one good hump day. That sucks that you always have a bad day. Is that really true, your room was flooded and you got hit by a car? That totally sucks. I almost got hit by a car in my junior year, by a senior! Though I've never had to deal with tripping that many times or having that much bad luck. I'm not an accident-prone person, but I've met people who are and that really sucks. Hopefully, your next hump days will be as good as this one.
ReplyDeleteHm, this might sound completely irrelevant in reference to your post but my friends and I used to have a designated day of the week called "hump day" though it took on a different connotation then the one you are talking about. Actually, it was more the physical action of hump, to be completely honest.
ReplyDeleteYes, it sounds ridiculous. And no, we did not hump each other in the midst of the school day. It was just an ongoing joke that "hump day" was every Wednesday.
Regardless, this post made me a bit nostalgic for that past. I'm a little embarrassed to be sharing such a ridiculous fact but it coincided too well not to.
- Travis Lyle