One Hundred and Eighty Part Two

     One Hundred and Eight Days ago, I posted a post entitled One Hundred and Eighty. This post you are reading now, was written One Hundred and Eighty days ago, on January 3rd, 2011. 

    

     The inspiration for One Hundred and Eighty came from the song "Old Hazel Eyes is Back", track Eight on One Night Stand in North Dakota's album Dissatisfactions. Singing, "I saw myself through your eyes for One Hundred and Eighty Weeks. Now I'm trying to learn how to see again, looking through to what's underneath." 

     One Hundred and Eighty Weeks, near three and a half years. In that time, it'll be winter again, just like it was when this began. Except it'll be 2014. I'll have graduated by then, and be away in college, my life having made another One Hundred and Eighty Degree turn.

      But One Hundred and Eighty isn't a full circle, just getting there. In Three Hundred and Sixty Days, doubtless I'll have changed from who I am now. In Three Hundred and Sixty Weeks, who knows where I'll be. 

     One Hundred and Eighty Words.

One Hundred and Eighty

    One Hundred and Eighty, the number of days there are in school. It seems like school steals the year from you, but it in truth is less than half of the year's days. But while it may be one hundred and eighty days on paper, it might as well be 270 in my mind.
    
     In One Hundred and Eighty Days, it will be Sunday July 3rd. I will be preparing for the festivities, near injuring myself with fireworks, and all around be enjoying the early summer. The frustration I've had with school will be long gone. One Hundred and Eighty Days after that, it will be Thursday, December 29th. I again, will be well rested, preparing for festivities, and forgetting that homework exists.

     One Hundred and Eighty Degrees is a complete turnaround. Today I've turned around completely from the leisure and relaxation of winter break to the stress of school. I need to do an One Hundred and Eight Degree turn, from slacking for most of the first semester, to getting my act together now.

     One Hundred and Eighty Words.