Dancing Through Life
So, today
- Finally, we have fine weather! It’s so good to see the sun again.
- Finally, found Trader Joe’s, the cheapest place around for decent shopping. Good selection, too - currently I’m trying some strange crumbly cheddar with apricots in it.
- Didn’t do well in seminar today, but work generally seems to be going OK. I’m rekindling my love of Philosophy for its own sake.
- I got the definite pleasure of introducing someone to the film ‘Hero’, which gets better (and no less gorgeous) every time I see it. Same person also likes Oscar Wilde and Jewel poetry! Hooray! Also, he occasionally laughs at my jokes - actually laughs, as opposed to a puzzled smile. That makes me feel better.
- Whether I’m mad or just looking for a new Experiment In Living, I’ve signed up for the All Grad Student Speed Dating evening in early February. I don’t expect to get any call-backs (I make a better second impression), but I suppose it can’t actually *hurt*, right? Other members of my Department are going, too. Yikes. I’ve screwed up the courage to sit at the Bi table, so maybe I won’t bump into them. (And then there’s the whole admitting-I’m-Bi-before-colleagues issue.)
- My first counseling appointment is tomorrow. I thought I was doing better over Christmas, but I’m seeing signs all may not be well (sleeping with my pillow in a death-grip, difficulty contributing in seminar or concentrating on reading, forgetting to lock my front door - very important given my next-door neighbor is mentally ill and not well-disposed towards me - worrying details that are individually insignificant, but I don’t want to wait until they develop into anything worse.) It’s free for the first five sessions, and honestly I’ve felt better just knowing I have the appointment. The fact that we’re understaffed for counselors on this campus and I’m not genuinely sick is a bit troubling, but better prevention than cure, right?
- I seem to intermittently mislay my self-confidence lately - usually at the least convenient moments.
- Finally, we have fine weather! It’s so good to see the sun again.
- Finally, found Trader Joe’s, the cheapest place around for decent shopping. Good selection, too - currently I’m trying some strange crumbly cheddar with apricots in it.
- Didn’t do well in seminar today, but work generally seems to be going OK. I’m rekindling my love of Philosophy for its own sake.
- I got the definite pleasure of introducing someone to the film ‘Hero’, which gets better (and no less gorgeous) every time I see it. Same person also likes Oscar Wilde and Jewel poetry! Hooray! Also, he occasionally laughs at my jokes - actually laughs, as opposed to a puzzled smile. That makes me feel better.
- Whether I’m mad or just looking for a new Experiment In Living, I’ve signed up for the All Grad Student Speed Dating evening in early February. I don’t expect to get any call-backs (I make a better second impression), but I suppose it can’t actually *hurt*, right? Other members of my Department are going, too. Yikes. I’ve screwed up the courage to sit at the Bi table, so maybe I won’t bump into them. (And then there’s the whole admitting-I’m-Bi-before-colleagues issue.)
- My first counseling appointment is tomorrow. I thought I was doing better over Christmas, but I’m seeing signs all may not be well (sleeping with my pillow in a death-grip, difficulty contributing in seminar or concentrating on reading, forgetting to lock my front door - very important given my next-door neighbor is mentally ill and not well-disposed towards me - worrying details that are individually insignificant, but I don’t want to wait until they develop into anything worse.) It’s free for the first five sessions, and honestly I’ve felt better just knowing I have the appointment. The fact that we’re understaffed for counselors on this campus and I’m not genuinely sick is a bit troubling, but better prevention than cure, right?
- I seem to intermittently mislay my self-confidence lately - usually at the least convenient moments.