I was talking to my sister on the phone this evening (always a pleasure I might add…I love phone calls) and I mentioned that I had become obsessed with country music over the past couple weeks. She, of course, found this extremely amusing and said, “Boy, Mindy, you must really be homesick” hah, it’s funny because I hadn’t even thought about it like that. Although, it does all add up…I mean, I seriously want to go outside and play in the dirt. I am really missing the farm and apparently the associated music :)

Okay, so what does this have to do with an identity crisis? Well, not only am I enjoying country, I’ve been jamming to it in my car…like speaker’s cranked up, me dancin’ & singin’...the whole 9 yards. So..I’m this girl with black & mahogany-red hair, dressed in a pseudo-preppy manner (tailored shirt, tucked in, my “sexy” belt, and my leather knee-high boots…about as preppy as I get) and I’m jamming to country music and lately a bit of rap too…isn’t that a pair? Anyone else see something strange with that? Yeah, so I have this thing where I pretend that people outside my car actually pay attention to me in my car and I try to guess what they would be thinking if they really were thinking about me. “wtf” is my typical guess. haha yeah so umm anyway…to outsiders, I might look like a classic identity crisis case. (although, I still do feel quite at home in plaid)

But, all of this deep-pondering has left me feeling quite wonderful. I finally think I’m pretty cool. I’m finally being me…little farm girl, pseudo goth, sarcastic, nature-obsessive Mindy.

Now, that’s something to smile about.

P.S. The professor sent me an email telling me how much my students like me as a TA. hehe who knew I could be so wonderful at 7:30 in the morning?