I’ve already missed a class this semester. This semester that just started Monday, and that sucks. I probably should have gone to bed last night… before 3AM. My first and only class today started at 9:30. My alarm went off at 8:15 and I went back to sleep. Not only did I miss class but Eric, my boyfriend, missed his 10:00 appointment with his adviser. It’s pretty safe to say that this day did not start off well.

I went back to sleep. When I woke up at 2:15 I remembered that I was suppose to go to Hibbs #201 to talk to some lady; part of the reason why I am now in Ms. Gordon’s 11:00 class and no longer her 12:00. As a resident of VCU’s MCV campus, in order to get to the other campus I have to catch a bus. Getting up and catching a bus all the way to the other campus just to spend a few minutes with one person is more than annoying. But I had to do it. I didn’t want to go by myself so I asked my boyfriend to join me. He didn’t seem too willing but decided to join me anyway.

I guess because we didn’t start the day off right there was some degree of tension between me and Eric. Most days we seem like a happy couple. We’ve only been together 3months and 7days. Some days we love our relationship, or love each other, if there’s a difference. Then there are days where we both have attitudes and few words are said. Today was awkward. As we walked to the bus stop the cold air seemed colder as it beat on my cheeks. I believe it felt colder because Eric and I seemed so distant. Normally he’d attempt to keep me warm or at least hold my hand. But not today.

On the trail to the bus stop we walk under naked tree branches. Have you ever walked beneath trees during or after a shower, rain that is? I was wearing my black jacket and hood. It wasn’t raining that hard, just drizzling. But when we walked beneath the trees I heard a loud thud. Obviously it was a rather large rain drop that fell from one of the braches and on the top of my head. This actually took my mind away from the fact that Eric hadn’t said a word to me since we left the dorm, that I felt it was partially my fault he missed his meeting this morning, and that for some reason I also felt upset, and knew not why.

All my attention was on this rain drop. It felt as if it dropped right in the middle of my head like I was a target walking by. And it was almost amazing to me as I thought about it. Was that rain drop just hanging from the tree branch waiting for the right hoodie to walk by? Waiting to let go just in time and that rain drop did have perfect timing. It dropped just in time to not land on the concrete. It dropped just in time to take my mind away from such sad thoughts.

The entire day was not so depressing. By the time we reached Hibbs #201, we were talking again. From Hibbs, to Chick-fil-A, to Subway, back to Cabaniss Hall; somewhere on that rout our relationship went back to normal. The weather seemed a bit depressing today but in some way it made me and my man friend feel better.