First day back at school so far has been very productive for me and Lady Luck is smiling down upon me. Silly me I wore heels to school...bad idea. I don't know what I was thinking but apparently I wasn't when I got dressed this morning. Luckily I had a pair of flats in my trunk and put them on. I've been at school since about 8:45 am and my class is at 2pm. I finished a drawing I was working on last night. I was even able to buy a textbook (okay the teacher said it was a textbook but really it's a paperback textbook which is very nice indeed). Well once that was finished I sat in my car for a log time and read a book and knitted a little until I got hungry. I go to the Student War Memorial for food. It's a zoo (or war zone...I think war zone is a better way to describe it right now). It was like going through a human car wash only with 500 or so people bumping into you instead of the scrubbers in a car wash. Well I grabbed some sushi and edamame and got out of there (mainly because it was too noisy and I don't do very well in crowds (not that I get sick, I just feel like finding a corner to sit in and hold my knees to my chin until the crowd goes away). I didn't realize that I had picked up edamame (soybeans), I thought I had picked up sugar snaps or snow peas and my sushi of choice was grilled salmon rolls (not trusting the raw sushi at school) not realizing that it was spicy. Needless to say that when I got out of the food court I made a beeline for a quiet spot to eat close to my class outside the building. Regardless of it being cloudy and a little damp, it's a very nice day and I wanted to enjoy the bliss before the chaos of school work took over my life.
So I found my quiet spot and eat my lunch...first roll very good and then the heat kicked in (I started with a 33 oz bottle of water I now have half). It was good don't get me wrong but my nose was athletic. I had about 4 bites left, decided to go take a picture of a flower but couldn't because my camera is dead, get back to my seat and the rain starts. I had just enough time to calmly pick up my lunch, purse, phone, and computer bag and get under shelter. But I didn't go inside. I will be stuck in class for an hour and 15 minutes quite possibly with no windows so I'm taking every moment I can to be outside. It's a little chilly but I'll live. Anyway, the rain reminded me of a part in a special book I read a while ago and felt like one of the characters covering his head with his shirt so he wouldn't get wet while 2 others were dancing and laughing in the rain. However, I had my computer (among other electronics in the computer bag) to worry about getting wet (and I wasn't sure what the temperature will be like in the classroom and I'd rather not freeze if I don't have to). The smell of the rain cleared my mind as I ate and I enjoyed every bite. The rain kind of washed away every care, worry and thought I had while getting my lunch. It truly is amazing what happens when you clear your mind of everything. I have no writer's block right now, and I'm a little more energized so I'm ready for class.
This is a new year, my last semester and I've come full circle. I started college with 18 hours a new hair style, and no job. I end my college career with 18 hours, a new hair style, and no job. But I walk away with experience and new material to start my own business. In about 117 days I will walk across that stage and get my diploma. But each day from now until then, is a challenge. I will face that challenge head on with everything I have.
~I would like to thank Dan Millman for his book The Way of the Peaceful Warrior (the part of the book I was remembering when the rain came down).
