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Oct. 4th, 2003 11:03 amthis week was awesome. no extraordinary events, but just a really good week. i'm happy, really happy. consistently happier than i've been in a while, outside of bci, where i was just happy a good deal of the time because it was such a great place. i'm not sure what's causing it, but i'm certainly not complaining. and the funny thing is, there are still things i worry about, still lots to do, school work and lots of thinking about life and values and such, but it's not getting to me the way it usually does. i know it's just the beginning and it will probably get worse around test times and stuff, but right now, optimism seems to be working wonderfully. i'm enjoying my life, and that's all there really is to it.
( rather long highlights of my week are here )
conclusions i've come to this week: 1) i'm really glad to be living with the people i'm living with. you all know i like being roommates with cindy, and that hasn't changed. i also love the rest of the girls in the apartment. i feel like i learn so much from shelley, both in terms of religion, and just in general. we have really good conversations...we did last year, too, but now that we're living together, it's easier. abby is really funny and cracks me up all the time. mary is a sweetie, so nice and really thoughtful. it's just a good group, and the place already feels like home.
2) i talk to strangers a lot. heh. that sounds bad. i don't actually talk to random strangers on the street, but i'll talk to people in my classes, people on the shuttles, stuff like that. i generally don't start the conversations, but i'll definitely continue them if the other person starts. my mom says it's a good thing since it means i'm easy to talk to, so i'll be a good psychologist. i think it's kinda funny, but in a good way. of course, it can be odd...like when the grad student whose lab i'm a research assistant in proceeded to tell me all about his and his wife's infertility problems. that was really something i did not need to know. like really really didn't. yeah. heh. grad students are odd.
3) people enjoy my enthusiasm. the lady at the child development lab said that she really wanted to have me in the lab because i seemed really outgoing and nice. the people at tryouts were amused at me, but ( i hope) in a good way. the grad student i work for said it was nice to have an excited research assistant. so yes. i guess being hyper can be useful.
4) like i said in the beginning, life is good. i think my goal for the coming year is to keep this feeling close to the surface so i can use it when i'm feeling down. yeah. this rocks. i am happy.
( rather long highlights of my week are here )
conclusions i've come to this week: 1) i'm really glad to be living with the people i'm living with. you all know i like being roommates with cindy, and that hasn't changed. i also love the rest of the girls in the apartment. i feel like i learn so much from shelley, both in terms of religion, and just in general. we have really good conversations...we did last year, too, but now that we're living together, it's easier. abby is really funny and cracks me up all the time. mary is a sweetie, so nice and really thoughtful. it's just a good group, and the place already feels like home.
2) i talk to strangers a lot. heh. that sounds bad. i don't actually talk to random strangers on the street, but i'll talk to people in my classes, people on the shuttles, stuff like that. i generally don't start the conversations, but i'll definitely continue them if the other person starts. my mom says it's a good thing since it means i'm easy to talk to, so i'll be a good psychologist. i think it's kinda funny, but in a good way. of course, it can be odd...like when the grad student whose lab i'm a research assistant in proceeded to tell me all about his and his wife's infertility problems. that was really something i did not need to know. like really really didn't. yeah. heh. grad students are odd.
3) people enjoy my enthusiasm. the lady at the child development lab said that she really wanted to have me in the lab because i seemed really outgoing and nice. the people at tryouts were amused at me, but ( i hope) in a good way. the grad student i work for said it was nice to have an excited research assistant. so yes. i guess being hyper can be useful.
4) like i said in the beginning, life is good. i think my goal for the coming year is to keep this feeling close to the surface so i can use it when i'm feeling down. yeah. this rocks. i am happy.
