A random collection of Megan's recent thoughts:

- Where am I working that it doesn't surprise me to see a spool of barbed wire as I walk down the hall?

- Is the added interest of the Olympics due to the venue, or the fact that NBC is covering it with good camera angles and film quality rather than ESPN3?

- It really doesn't make any sense that communication and relationships should be as hard as they are. Honestly, what evolutionary logic does that represent?

- The downside to my new internship is that all of the other interns are undergrads which means inane conversations and low expectations. The upside is that all of this means everyone is inordinately impressed by absolutely everything I say and do.

- I miss Bryce. =(

- I'm realizing that the upside to having been emotionally stifled for the past several months is that it insulated me from my customary cycles of depression.

- Looking at the lives of several of my friends, I wonder whether it's better to have the hardship in your life front loaded. Honestly, am I psychologically scarred, or just better able to deal with tragedy? I can't seem to decide.

- Even if a girl has expressed that she thinks Valentine's Day is kind of silly, the boy she's dating should still ask her whether or not she wants to do something. At least acknowledge that you know you're supposed to do something for her.

- I don't know how I got lucky enough to have so many amazing people in my life.

- When I do inevitably end up depressed, standing there on the metro platform at the threshold of tears for no apparent reason, the biggest problem is that I feel guilty. My life is relatively wonderful and blessed, and feeling sad or pitying myself just acts as a sign that I'm not valuing that sufficiently. You take the girl out of the church, but you can't take the Catholic out of the girl.