My Room is (now) a Happy Place

My family went to Columbus today. I chose to stay home, mostly because they were going to look at violins for Rachel. The store has a very small room to try out the violins, and with 3 members of my family, one of Rachel's conductors, the store associates, and whoever else, my presence wasn't exactly required. There may not even have been enough room for me to breathe! As it was, her perusal was standing room only.

So. I was at home by myself. At first I didn't really know what to do. No school work. No family around. Most of my friends were busy or today was too short of a notice to do anything with them. What is a college co-ed to do? Free time? What's that?

First, I went to the YMCA and swam because I'm getting ready to try and be a lifeguard this summer. I'm in desperate need of some endurance before I attempt training in a few weeks at camp.

When I came home, I tackled some projects. One of them was my room.

I left for college in August, and when I came home this summer, my room was, with few exceptions, exactly the way I had left it. One of the biggest messes was all the graduation memorabilia. It sat on the floor in my room where my big chair used to live. Otherwise known as the focal point of the room. Every time I walked in, I saw this stuff again. Argh!

Today I decided to fix this problem. I moved my desk, which used to sit in the right hand corner, to the center of the far wall. I moved the graduation paraphernalia to the corner where my desk was, with some reorganization to make it look nice (or nicer anyway!).

Now, when you walk into my room, you see my nice, relatively orderly desk first, then after you round the corner you can see my graduation pictures, which look pretty good if I do say so myself. :) I swear, oftentimes it's the little things that make my day.

View from the door to my room now.

Finally, I took my books, which had been littering my floor, and put them all nicely on my nightstand. Ah....much better.

The fight to bring my room to 2012, where I actually like using it and it is arranged the way I want it has taken major steps. Now, every time I walk in I think my room is such a happy place. I'm sitting at my desk, blaring my Owl City and blogging. Life is good.