Stressful Gratitude

That sums up the day.
I slept through my alarm for the first time in forever. Thankfully I woke up near a good time so I didn't lose too much productivity. The downside was that everything that was supposed to be completed by 10am was not. It made for a rushed morning.
But! At the gym I was able to bench 205. For the first time, I'm above 200.

Then I went through classes, went to work, tutored someone, went through a day.
I got two homework assignments done, and met with a professor that I wanted to submit complaints too and had absolutely everything smoothed out. Funny how that works out?

I also got the financial request forms. Most clubs asked for a reasonable amount. Some asked for an astronomical amount, so my whole percentage idea won't work. We'll see how that goes tomorrow night.
I'm going to be busy right up until I leave. I hope that I get to sleep on the plane.

Ah... My parents are back, and I got to spend the morning venting to my mother. I feel like a child, but when life comes down on you, two weeks is about all that I can handle without talking to mom. No number of surrogate mothers can take the place of my real mother.
A friend of mine told me once that I had a cool mom. (I don't remember the exact words) I was confused to why he said that, but one major point he said was that my mom cooked nearly everything from scratch, something I have taken for granted. I really didn't think outside of my world and it didn't occur to me how many people's mothers did not do that. Thank you, mom.
Flowing nicely into my next subject... She also taught/inspired me to cook from scratch. I made oatmeal raisin cookies for my upcoming trip. They have dual purpose: food on trip, and stress reliever. If I'm busy, I want to cook. Strange.