The Roller Coaster that Defines Today

Today actually started sometime yesterday. I was searching quotes about optimism after hearing an amazing quote from a friend (unfortunately I don't remember it.) Well, I found a new favorite quote. In some form. It is "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” Pretty interesting huh? It kind of goes against nature. Normally I, at least, have a mind filled with negativity. I'm a bit of a pessimist, you see, and a very negative one at that.
Today was pajama day at school which put me in the most comfortable lounge pants I've ever worn. Today started at the top of the coaster actually. Walking into Geometry class today, I had the largest "WTF?!" moment of the week. Cinnamon roles, 'slope aerobics' scribbled on the blackboard and the sound of techno music emanating from my teacher's laptop. The cinnamon roles were love. Normally I dislike them, but these were still slightly warm and drenched in icing. They were like happiness in pastry form and the icing was the clouds of heaven. After the class rejoiced in our A's and B's of a quiz, our teacher jumped up on a table wearing a sweatband and track shorts. He turned on the music and would call out random slopes. That was our slope aerobics and it was great. Basically we just twisted our bodies while keeping outstretched arms. Still though, it was great.
My day took a bit of a downward spiral during a silent writing period in Reading and Writing class. I don't know why, but I was just not in the mood to write. The piano music that my teacher plays didn't help either. I had other music in my head, not like it helped though. Currently, we are studying Edgar Allen Poe and when we read "The Pit and the Pendulum", we were confused as heck. So, my very proper teacher brought up The Pit and the Pendulum rap. Yeah, a rap. It was hilarious and it was awesome. Day just sky rocketed up. It was pretty good from there until I went to practice. As I've said, we are doing Beauty and the Beast, but I really wanted to go to Math Club. So, my director was fine with it until I was needed for a scene. I refused to go actually. We were in the middle of a practice session and I simply didn't want to go. So, I finished it and went to practice. My director told me that I missed a scene, etc. etc. I asked if I could go back or if I needed to stay. He told me to stay, so I did... I sat there for 30 minutes doing exactly nothing. I wasn't needed. I had no lines, no singing parts. It was torture. The day was down again.
I was delighted to see my friend walking home. We talked and I found out her day was just as bad. I kind of vented to her and luckily she was fine with it. I started on a stupid rant. Stupid stop sign. Stupid trees. Stupid sidewalk. Stupid giant pile of leaves. Wait... Hello giant pile of leaves. It's fall here now and our village's clean up service was working full speed to pick up the raked leaves. So, they put the leaves into giant piles. It was great to just unwind and play in the leaves with some of the neighborhood kids. The day has been nice since then. I still have a homework, but that's not much of an issue.
Well, my whole new quote thing proves that I'm not an optimist. I'm not going to be a joyous person and hope the best for everyone. I can live today and hope for the best.