Believe You can Shine when You're Silver and I Promise You Gold.
Shall we do a quick rundown since last we were together?
SCHOOL:
...is going okay I suppose. I've tried to get ahead in some classes and in some classes, admittedly, I'm desperately behind. I don't know if it's possible to have senioritis when you're in college, but if it is, I may have one of the most apathetic cases ever. It seem that with each class meeting, I am finding more confidence in myself to become a teacher. I can hear my dialogue making the metamorphosis from student to educator. It's self-satisfying. Tonite in English 498, my partner and I won the proverbial teacher's pet prize for best planned and presented mini-lesson plan--when we were only given about 5-7 minutes to complete said plan. Small victories like that are encouraging me each day. And I find that more and more often, it does feel like a true calling.
HOME:
Home has been an interesting dynamic. My mom and dad are wonderful. I have been blessed to have a family that is supportive, encouraging and just plain "there." I think it says a lot about parenting when your child is 22 and doesn't mind living at home. And, if I wasn't so hellbent on being independent, I'd take my parents advice and live at home another year to save money. But, we shall see...
FRIENDS:
I'm feeling so damn happy that things are on the up and up in this department. It was a long time coming, but some of my friendships are beginning to mend and find common ground again. I'm looking forward to see what is coming...
ELIPSES
I...use...these...entirely...too...much...
LOVE/BOYS
There are two prospects at the moment. I went out with the first last nite. We'll call him P(1). He was such a gentleman. He picked me up from school and we went to the Plaza for dinner. We ate at The Cheesecake Factory on the patio under the heat lamps. It was a really nice atmosphere for a first date situation. Then, he planned (major bonus points for a plan) for us to go to Barnes and Noble to have coffee and read the "If..." books. We didn't have coffee (it was getting late and I didn't want to drink a bunch of coffee, potentially risking getting terribly slap-happy with a stranger), but we found a secluded corner and read those books for about an hour and a half. It was a great, neutral way to get to know someone better and a lot of fun, too. :) The best part of the date is that he didn't even try to shove his tongue down my throat or get in my pants at the end. He walked me to my car and we talked for a minute and hugged. We're going out again on Thursday. :) I'm excited.
P(2), my other prospect, is someone whom I've been interested in for a while now, but it doesn't seem like it's going to work out. He's owns a coffeehouse here in the city and it's his baby. Things have just been going wrong right and left in his life recently. I've been very patient and understanding (you'd be soooo proud of me!), but I'm getting to the point where something just needs to happen. I don't want to waste my time on something that won't pan out. The kid is so nice and funny and spunky though that I feel like I want to wait. I just don't want to make an ass out of myself unnecessarily.
And with that kids, I'll be putting this little black book away. Hope you have a good one...
love-love-love-
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Arianne
