Blog 48

GRASS.

I know, boring right? So what Catherine…grass is everywhere. It’s green… hum really nothing to it. PSH. Well, have you ever sat in a field in the summertime and just watch the clouds and think? Have you ever looked at someone’s lawn and think how soft it looks? I’ve been one of those people who analyze everything. For work breaks, I would spend the whole forty minutes outside in the ravine tearing blades of grass. Please, I hope you consider me a weirdo after reading this. Believe me, I am perfectly okay with it;) I wrote my college acceptance paper on worms for God’s sake. Really, anything about nature fascinates me. Mostly plants, which could be seen by the fact that I wanted to be a botanist since, well forever ago.

Seasonal affective disorder.

You could say I have it. I am just fine with the snow and cold, but I can’t handle the dead plants and naked trees. I would pick nature over city any time, which is weird since I picked a campus smack dab in the middle of a huge city. I guess this is where I found out I have this disorder. The outdoors has nothing for me in the wintertime. This is the most saddening thing for me. Thank God school was wonderful enough to distract me with loads of chemistry studying. Nature is my place of serenity. It’s my site of meditation (which I do practice). For me, keeping a connection between my mind and nature is one of the most important things. It keeps me in balance.