happy LEAP day

Days like today only come around every four years. So I was thinking I should make a time capsule to open on the next leap day. If I could, I might include:

• Something from outside. I wish I could save one of the mammoth icicles hanging just outside my window. I've been searching for a poem called "Icicles" that I read in high school; it gives images like "beards of light" that expertly describe the way the icicles look midday when the sun comes out. I guess I could just put the poem in, rather than the icicle itself.
  
• Something from my room. Maybe those crazy sunglasses that I took from Alison's car. Every time I see them I laugh. Or maybe one of the pictures from my wall. Or maybe one of those textbooks from last semester that I couldn't sell back.
  
• Something from a trip. Sometimes I miss London so much I can't even breathe, but it is primarily the people that I miss and the being there- which would be hard to include in a time capsule. I've been on some other excellent trips, though. Maybe I'll include something from New York, like a postcard from the Guggenheim. I still have my boarding passes from my most recent trip to Arizona, so those could be a possibility. There are many things in my travel journal from various places that would also be good candidates. Plus, there is always the option of including something from dear old Rexburg (because living in this place sometimes feels like a trip).
  
• Something from Hebgen. My cabin on Hebgen Lake in Montana is my favorite place on this earth, quite possibly.
  
• Something from my roommates. I think I would want to remember this part of my life in four years, and there are three specific people who are a very big part of it right now.
  
• Something from home. This category provides so many options. I wish I could take a recording of Bailey and put it in there, because she is fuuuunny. Or something crafty from my mom. Or one of my dad's guitar songs.
  
• Something from school. I don't think I have ever before been so into school. I think including an assignment or some other school-ish thing will be necessary. I like it (usually).
  

That would be a pretty good representation of my life this leap year. And every year. But especially leap year.