You are USELESS to me

Well, I got as close to a snow day yesterday as I'll probably ever get for the rest of my life. Which means I got one class cancelled. But when you only have two classes and chapel, that's a pretty good deal. I skipped chapel. I hear it was a good one, but I needed to sleep. I was SOOO congested yesterday morning. Besides eating meals and going to Social Stratification, I spent most of the day on the futon blowing my nose. I used enough tissues to develop the "addict" look (thank you B) and also discovered some blue tissues halfway through the box. That was fun, almost like a prize at the bottom of the cereal box. I also utilized many double-torpedoes (see picture below.) It was actually pretty marvelous. Not so much the nose-blowing, but I love the occasional veg days. I watched Robin Hood twice, once consciously and once unconsciously. I haven't watched it in ages. We didn't own it, so I'm not really even sure I've seen it all the way through. I've come to the conclusion that foxes are so boss. I feel like a tool saying that, but seriously, foxes are just the coolest. I had started to feel this way after watching "The Fantastic Mr.Fox," but Robin Hood really just confirmed it for me. I have a confession. I thought my crushes on animated animals had ended once Simba and I didn't work out and I moved on to Aladdin, but I kind of have a little thing for Robin Hood now. He's such a fox. There's probably something deeply psychologically wrong with me, but at least I'm up front about it. Ooh de lolly ooh de lolly golly what a day.

So despite having 16 credits, I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy this semester. All of my classes (except one) have proven to be enjoyable and intriguing so far. My favorite is Practice Interviewing, which I would NOT have guessed coming in. But I LOVE Nate Foster! My gosh he is just so good at teaching! And he teaches wonderful, applicable things too. He's just so cool. I may or may not have been writing "I <3 Nathan Foster" in the margins of my notebook when he decided to move from the front of the classroom to next to me. That was embarrassing. But today we were talking about empowerment and finding and using people's strengths, and it just seems like a really great way to approach people. He described weaknesses as strengths that are out of proportion or somehow got a little distorted. At first I wasn't sure, but we tried it out, and it really is true. I also really like my Social Stratification class. It seems to really resonate with where a lot of my heart's hurts and passions lie. I don't think Sociological Theory will be terribly awesome, but I do like Jeremy Norwood and I do like Sociology. Research Design isn't my favorite, but I really like Amber and it's a smaller class. However, Social Work Practice with Individuals and Family, despite it's ridiculously long title, has not proven to be very good yet. The title sounds like a class that I've really been craving at this school, a course that will teach me exactly HOW to do my job. But so far, it's been her showing up late and rambling on about stuff with little structure. Maybe it will get better. I don't know. But on the bright side, I have gotten to know a couple girls in my "field" better, so that's been cool.

Well I am off to lunch and then Research Design, and then it is my weekend :) I LOVE not having class on Fridays.

I think my occasional suitemate, Subconcious B, hates me. Last night she told me that I was USELESS to her. And she told me it loud enough that Emily could hear her in the other room. I'm just not sure what to do...


Double Torpedo (with blue kleenex, I might add)