Beyond Beaver Canyon and Frat Row is a whole other world of nightlifing. A world, virtually so unknown, people hardly go there anymore. This is the nightlife world of — staying in. *EEK!*

I stayed in on Friday night, partly because I had to figure out what I was scheduling at midnight, and partly because I was just plain exhausted.

Scheduling is a big nightlife killer. I sat in front of the Schedule of Courses for the Spring 2008 semester for a good two hours trying to salvage a schedule that didn't have time conflicts and gave me a free Friday. This took five internet windows of the course list and two of my eLion account. Yes, there is an art to scheduling and after Friday I believe I am among those who can now successfully maneuver it.

But when midnight finally rolled around I could only schedule two of my courses; the others had to be OK'ed by the College of Communications. I was just a ball of frustration at that point. Me =
angry.

So I went and got some ice cream, a frustration cure-all. Some half-baked nonsense from Ben and Jerry. It was lovely.

During the day I had gotten sucked into a Friday Night Lights marathon on BRAVO and when I learned that the second season's premiere episode would be on at 9 that night, it solidified my decision to stay in. (By the way, the first episode was quite good. I suggest anyone who likes
football/football movies to just give it a chance.)

I haven't stayed in for a long while, but let me tell you, it's good to do. It's good for rejuvenating. It makes you ready and raring to go Saturday night. I did go out Saturday for the fourth weekend in a row to a birthday party. (There I watched the Phillies lose; sorry guys. Could be worse... you could root for the Pirates *sad face*) But made it an early night. It was so fantastic being lazy the night before, I wanted to salvage some time to be lazy that night.

But next weekend, give it a go. Get some snacks, maybe give Friday Night Lights a try and settle in for the night. And dare I say it, go to bed early? Whattttttttttttt?!

It's OK, you can thank me later.

Happy staying in!

- Erin