My whole rush of busy three days has ended with a happiness. I won’t have to do this again until the second Thursday in November. It seems like Rick is changing my schedule so I don’t keep requesting time off. That’s all right with me. I get to go home early on Fridays and I have Saturdays off. But my Tuesdays and Wednesdays are completely filled ( Read more... )

You know how I said that I wanted to experience that feeling that says “This is the one; the search is over!”? I didn’t even get to experience the depression that resulted from the lack of it. For the second time in my life, I was stood up. The first time was Freshman Homecoming, by a boy named Sullivan. I had gotten all gusty up. I had a beautiful ( Read more... )

This week has been very interesting, to say the least. On Wednesday, I went to Open Door and volunteered. The adults were much more accepting of me. Or perhaps it was not them. I realized that East Denver had lost some of its original shock the second time around. It finally felt like I was still in my home city and not on an alien planet. I felt ( Read more... )

Some days have themes. Today's theme was race. My social structure professor lectured an hour and fifteen minutes on the topic. It was an interesting lecture, one without the use of powerpoints, chalk, and dry-erase markers. He compared the experience with Socrate's classroom, with the exception of wine and the anal classroom setup design with its ( Read more... )

The orange juice that I downed last night was apparantly not enough. I woke up this morning with the burning throat. Cough syrup and drops have been keeping it numb. Other than the throat, I am okay. I did okay physically in karate today, although I somehow forgot Kata One and made something up. They were trying to make me sweat. They did not see ( Read more... )