Bliss

Ahhhh...it's so nice to feel again. Classes for second semester just started up yesterday, and so far I am off to a nice start. I am taking six education classes so I'll be plenty busy, but I'm actually very excited for what we are going to cover. For one class, we get to learn how to write in Zaner-Bloser, which is the official "teacher" handwriting. In another we have four pages of basic algebra problems to solve. (Am I a huge nerd for being excited to work on it?) In my art class we got to make paper. And tonight at another class we got to write to 4th grade pen pals in cursive. (Am I an even bigger nerd for being excited to practice writing in cursive?) So yeah, classes are off to a good start, I'm just a little nervous for how busy I'm going to be later this semester when I have to actually start writing unit and lesson plans.

So here's why I am feeling particularly blissful. Being back on Luther's campus for second semester is like being back for a new school year in the fall; everyone is getting back from their J-term trips and everyone is excited to be back and see everyone else. Add that to the beautiful weather we have been having (it's supposed to be 51 degrees tomorrow!) and everyone is just in the most friendly, welcoming mood, and it's really great to feel. You know how some days you walk around campus and it seems like everyone forgets to say hi to you or doesn't see you? It has been the opposite the past couple days. It seems like even people I don't expect to say hi to me do, and with such enthusiasm! Maybe it's wrong to find happiness in the friendliness of people, for reasons such as the one described previously, but I can't help it. I have been working on my self esteem boost, and being around people in such happy moods has helped me immensely.

So for my art class we were assigned to find someone who has never made paper before and teach them how, any time before class on Tuesday. I chose to ask a particular someone I got close to last semester, and am curious as to see how it goes tomorrow. (Lynnea...it's Scott) (Lynnea...I think you are the only one who reads these...) He was gone for J-term, and I saw him back for the first time Tuesday night when we were out downtown (at La Rana) and it was so fantastic to see him. There was an instant reciprocated attractedness toward each other, and it was like it was before things got weird right at the end of our hanging out last semester. Don't worry. I adore him as a person and friend and am not willing to risk things ever getting weird again so I can just have a good relationship with him. I would be so content to be good friends with him, and am just excited to hang out with him again.

Welp...I have Ben Jelen going right now. I am getting tired. I think I'm going to write in my journal, read some more of David Sedaris, and call it a night.

Bonsoir.

PS:
I like to play with Lanyacks.