It’s been one of those not quite great weeks.  My alarm clock and I have been disagreeing, I have been running around stressed out all week, and I cannot understand why all of this is occurring.  Good thing tomorrow is Friday, the start of a new month, and a day when I can relax and see Sam.

Hopefully today shapes up, it is Opening Day after all.  Let’s show the Reds how quality of a team we have, and I hope Yo makes a good appearance out on the mound.

Tomorrow’s plan with Sam will probably involve keeping tabs on the baseball game, but I am treating him to dinner.  We’re going for formal round two, since last weekend didn’t turn out the best.  I’m taking him out to dinner, we’ll split a bottle of wine, and have a fun night together without any real plans.  I’m looking forward to it.  I need a 100% good day soon — these days with those pesky issues are just adding up.

I also have a dentist appointment today.  I’m not a dentist-hater, but I’m just not looking forward to this today.  At least I have the PAVE celebration at seven tonight to go to, and then I’ll be home resting and getting myself ready for a relaxing weekend.

What are your weekend plans?

There is some form of construction going on at Social Sciences right now.  Right near my floor.  Just a loud powered machine doing something to make a pretty pungent odor.  I hope this gets done quickly so I can have some moderately quiet time to get some reading for class finished.

This week has just been one of those weeks that cannot go right at all.  I have been stressed out for no real reason, and have just been making errors that I am not used to making, such as leaving my phone with Sam and completely spacing out on taking on a shift for a coworker.  Those small things have been adding to even more stress, and I have had no energy lately.  I really need to get healthier, work out more, and get into a proper sleep schedule.

I’m trying to look at the highlights in this all.  Not every day is filled with these road blocks, and with April beginning in a few days, it will be a fresh start.  Plus, I think spring is actually trying to show itself in Wisconsin right now, so that will make this all a little more pleasant.

This whole Euro-trip planning is getting more and more exciting by the day.  I am purchasing a sexxxxy money belt to carry around essentials, but I need some form of a secure bag to carry around to store the other essentials, such as my camera, sunglasses, phone I’ll buy there, etc.  Does anyone have any good suggestions?  I have a lot of large-sized bags from using them for school and such, but I have not found anything perfect to carry around in Europe yet.  Let me know if you have ideas.

Or if you think any of these would work:

This Marc Jacobs bag would work — if it had a zipper. $58.

This North Face bag is cute, but might not be so stylish.  $25

Any other ideas?

Edit:

This is Sam’s option.  He scoured Zappos for a good ten minutes telling me what I should do.  What a nice boyfriend.  One who listens to me discuss handbags and travel bags for Europe, but won’t listen to my idea on getting a waterbottle.  Hmm.

Dooney & Bourke, $43