The Next Five

A new semester is upon me. I am excited.

I have had a restful break. One that provided much rest, a little bit of money and anxiety for the next semester. Mainly the anxiety stems from the anticipation of taking another semester of Spanish. Nevertheless, my break was one that was full of familiar faces from years past, and that made it all worth enjoying.

As classes are beginning I like to think that I prepare myself. I always get in this mood that is ready. It is like, "I'm going to do it this semester. I am going to be organized. I am going to be motivated. I'm going to focus. I'm going to do great........." and then, I think we all know what happens....after about a month, that ambition slowly fades and is replaced by this: " I have so much going on....if I just do this, I should be fine....we'll see though........." It is interesting to me to think about how the ambition quickly fades and the mentality of settling surfaces.

Even though the prospect of losing ambition seems to be a fitting cast for the future, I would like to think that I really will start out this semester with passion and intent to do well. I am excited about the courses that I will be studying. I am excited about being back in school for the social aspect. And, pathetically enough, I am excited about the routine that school presents.
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I am also excited for the prospect of the future semester: One that seems to be full of little travels here and there to Oklahoma, Florida, Southern Missouri, Texas, and Kansas. A semester that will maybe provide as much growth as the one previous. And a semester that hopefully displaces me more out of my box.
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Oh. and in Five months I am returning to the Mountains.
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Here's to Spring of 2008---

Cheers.