Hot chocolate, people getting engaged, the new game that came into the toy store (Tenzi, have you played it? Go play it), the Detroit International Auto Show, eating waffles, curling up with a blanket, pretending that I don't have to work on a project due tomorrow.
Chelsea, Michigan. It's quite possibly the most picturesque little down town I know. And it can be further improved when Ethan meets you there. Well not you, you can meet your own man-friend there. Or lady-friend, if you're a man.
Finding out that I can wear pants in Uganda. Maybe even JEANS. Did you see that, JEANS. Skirts are still coming along with me though. I can't leave out skirts for jeans. I do that to them enough.
Two girls from across the hall knocked on my door, "We were facebook stalking you and noticed you were watching Psych, can we watch too?"
My RA, she's just about the sweetest person you've ever met. She really is.
My heater is fixed!! My room is warm!! Ah, what a lovely feeling. (My vent has been blowing cold air since I moved back to school, this is a seriously wonderful development!)
Getting a great deal on my books for this semester, less than $70 for every single textbook!Awkward:
Going to say hi to someone and then standing behind them waving for a good minute before they turn around. Of course everyone else in the cafeteria turned around and noticed you waving, "hey guys."
Realizing the Super came to fix my heat and running over to make sure you couldn't see anything questionable in my dirty clothes basket. We're good. Then looking over and seeing the massive pile of dirty dishes. We're a slob. I hope Mr. Super doesn't do his dishes either.
Dropping the very expensive, high-tech clicker while giving a presentation on Free and Appropriate Public Education. Ironically, I was just about to say "Your student is entitled to technology listed in their IEP (Individualized Education Plan) for free, but if he breaks it, you may be charged." And que the irony.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."-MLK jr.Because Martin Luther King Junior Day is in January too.
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."-John 1:5
"And all of the sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions Eclipsed by Glory"
Forgetting to use swipe my ID card before opening the dorm door. Every. Time. Then having to put down my books, purse, bag, phone, and what have you to search for the card all while someone in the lobby looks on and eventually takes pity on seemingly new girl and opens the door for me.
Wearing an exceptionally long skirt and having it get stuck under your chair as you walk away. Poor skirt, I probably stretched it out with all the times it got stuck today.
Going to shake someone's hand who was not reaching for me. He was reaching for the woman standing a few feet away from me. Hands ran together and all I could say was, "oh, heh, intercepted."
Remember those pictures I showed you from Julianne, Hannah and Elizabeth were visiting? Well here are the "blooper" versions:
The beauty of not putting things away: you find fun DVDs you didn't realize were at school with you! See Mom, putting three DVDs in one DVD case is not all bad. Unless you're looking for Everybody Loves Raymond and Mad About You at home. In which case, I'm sorry.
My J-term class. J-term is 15 school days in the month of January where you can get 4 credits completed. It's great. I'm taking Law as it Applies to Special Education and it's so interesting! All about past cases and how they've influenced how we approach Special Ed today!...Ok, you can call me a nerd. It's OK, really, I can handle it.
The beautiful weather outside this past week. Although everyone has said this already but 45 degrees in January? What a happy week!
Remember Julianne who visited this week? She's now in San Diego being trained to be a roadie for Invisible Children! She'll be driving around the country showing documentaries, selling Invisible Children merchandise and pretty much saving the world.
Driving. It's really one of my very favorite things to do. Even when I watch my gas needle sink, it's still so relaxing. I sincerely suggest that all of you go out and buy a manual car. You'll drive your stress away.
"The refusal to recognize the handicapped child's right to grow is a travesty of justice and a denial of equal protection under the law." -Senator Harrison WilliamsMy personal goal that has stemmed from my calling in life is to start the first special education program in Uganda (in Central Africa in general, actually). Quotes like this that come from my Law as it Applies to Special Education class only make me more excited to get going.
