Good Day

Today was a hard day.

The kind of day you dread all week-- you have papers due, tests to take, essays to write, and that's just the "in-school" stuff! But at the end of the day, I feel victorious. That AP Euro test? Piece of cake. That in class essay? Nailed it. That college essay work shop where you unexpectedly had to give a ten minute presentation in front of the whole grade? No problema.

It's the days like today that test your every nerve, but once you've reached that glorious plateau, the confidence you gain is worth the sweat and tears. It's that sense of accomplishment, when you know you've done your best at a daunting task (or in this case, daunting tasks), that gives you the chutzpah you need to call that hard day a good day.

Today was a good day.