Sep 18, 2006 11:45
Funny news: I completely lost the key to my U-lock. I had a spare but I lost that one about a year ago. So, I have a functional albeit rusty bicycle chained to a rack outside my apartment, and it looks like its going to stay chained there for a long, long time. :(
I'm not sure when I lost my keys...it must have been Friday morning at some point, but the keys to my parents' house are gone too. Big deal, I know, I hardly ever make it home anyway...but if I did try to go home, I would have to knock and have someone let me in. That thought made me a little sad. It also made me realize how long its been since I've been in Rio Rico. I don't think I've made a trip down there since before school started...and its probably the longest I've spent away from Rio Rico my entire life. Sometimes I even find myself daydreaming about what it would be like to live there again. I find that all I can really remember is driving to school in the mornings during fall of my senior year.
I felt a strange kind of disconnect last night as nearly all of my class pinned their sons and daughters at first degree dinner. My "mother" is leaving after this semester and was upset tonight because I wasn't able to give her a grandson. My only remaining family in the brotherhood is Brother EAL, so I sat with him, Brother RJ, his wife Kristen, his dad Scooter, and his daughter. I talked and joked with Matt and pretended being orphaned and childless was funny.
I'm glad I had the chance to bond with him a little, because I never saw him last semester. I gave him a big, (borderline desperate) hug, perhaps because I'd been trying to fight the feeling of isolation all evening. He's still the only brother that hasn't signed my paddle.
On a different note, most of Epsilon Kappa looks promising and I think that most of my class will make great fathers. I'm excited for lessons and bios to start. I get to teach drawing. :)
I'm going to shower and find something to eat before class.