All you touch and All you see

I'm sitting in the library on campus between classes. I got out of Chemistry class early today. My professor graded our first test with the wrong answer key, so needless to say he was a little preoccupied and only gave us a few notes. Apparently we're ahead of schedule on our notes anyway. I have a "homework quiz" in Pre-Calc this afternoon. As long as I have all the assigned homework done before class at 1:25, all I have to do is copy the work from my notebook. It's almost done, but not quite. I have to say I'm surprised how easily all this comes back to me. Not just the subject matter, but the study habits. I don't remember being this organized the first time around, but ever since school started I've been able to sit down (almost) every day and put a little time into my studies, even if it's just reading over the notes from last class in order to be prepared for class the next day. I have a 5-page paper due in November for my U.S. History class, and an independent research project due I don't remember when in Biology. I already have topics picked out for both, and I don't even have to give my Bio lab professor my outline until Thursday. I'm writing my History paper on Levi Strauss. You know, the guy who revolutionized blue jeans by putting little metal rivets on the pockets. (He didn't actually come up with that idea, one of his distributers did, but he put up the money for the patent and they became partners.) I think it's going to be fun. I love having over an hour between classes! It gives me time to get all my work done and still have some left over to come and talk to all of you. I know I haven't been posting as much as I used to, but to be honest, I don't feel as much need anymore, because I don't have as much on my mind, relatively speaking. I'm sure you don't want to read my internal dialogue on how biology and chemistry interact based on the interconnected and occasionally contradictory notes I'm getting in each class, or how much unexpected fun I'm having learning about the daily life of the colonists from 1700-1750. There are a lot of details about colonial life they don't teach you in high school! I'm slowly settling down into my new routine, and slowly growing into my new home. Life is...pretty good. Everything outside of school has seemed to fade a little, in a way. That's such a good feeling. I've been waiting five years for this.

There's so much to learn.

:)