Eye Candy

So this morning I realized that sometimes I'll only start a project on time if there is something to look forward to while I'm completing it.

For instance, on the weekends, you'll almost never find me doing any of my work that is really difficult or strenuous. It's usually just me catching up on grading, organizing files, reading chapters of books or things for research. However, if my friend Borsey calls me and he's headed to the library, I'll usually tag along for a good couple of hours and actually get my work done. I know once I'm there I'm basically stuck. But when I get bored I can usually get Borsey to joke around a little with me before he goes back to memorizing vet stuff.

This morning I realized how far that incentive actually goes. I hadn't slept too well last night because my neighbors who live above me were snoring quite loudly. Usually I don't hear them because I basically sleep like living dead, but not last night. So when my alarm clock went off this morning at the dreadfully bleak time of 6:15am, I was convinced that working out this morning was a bad idea. So I fumbled around bleary-eyed until my fingers found the snooze button and gleefully hit it as hard as I could.
Nine minutes later I was once again awoken. Luckily this time, I had fallen asleep with my hand still on the alarm, so hitting snooze was a breeze. All of a sudden, in my sleepy stupor I remembered that "Eye Candy" would be at the gym this morning. Due to the fact, I grumpily acknowledged that I would in fact get my butt out of bed in a timely manner to make it to the gym on time.

Background Info:Eye Candy is a guy that I met over the summer at a volunteering gig for Special Olympics, and formed an insta-crush on due to the David Boreanaz resemblance.

Sadly, this morning I was basically done with my workout by the time he showed up...(slacker!). However, I did get the "Good Morning" from him that is the essence of our rather limited interactions. And how funny is this... we both were wearing shirts that said "Happy Camper" today.

After writing this, I know how it sounds. I don't have a legit crush on the guy, I just needed to find another motivation to get to the gym on time, and seeing people I know or interact with always helps me get started.

Now if only there was someone who popped out of my physical geochemistry book every time I opened it, I might already have my homework done.