Exhilaration
From time to time I'm wondering whether it's normal that _very_ small things can make me feel so exhilarated. I just came back from the administrative office with lists of students I'd be teaching as of Wednesday. When I picked them up I had this strong flow of feelings rushing through me - excitement, adrenaline, anticipation, joy, pride. But ok, that's work related and I used to have it quite often in my previous job. What is weirder is that I noticed I started feeling similarly about cooking. I bought a soy sauce this weekend and when I put it on the shelf next to the other small bottles standing already there (containing what I used to consider very exotic products which could be used only by cooks) and I realized it's all MINE and I actually AM using it and know HOW to - I felt the same way. Cooking, for the love of!