Friday, September 19, 2003
Alright, people. It is time to get back in the swing of things.
I am starting school on Wednesday, and I dig. I've just returned from a three-day orientation (camp!) held by the U at a Christian (Christian! Grace-saying Christian!) retreat, and I'm impressed with the quality of the people that organized and attended the program. Some of my books have already arrived in the mail, some are on their way, and another couple are waiting for me in the store. My schedule is friendly, although it makes obscenely early provisions. Am expecting good things.
A good realization was occasioned by the time I spent at camp. The days were busy and long, and involved the common participation of something like 60 people. That, however, did not seem to be a problem for me. I didn't feel alienated or inadequate; I actually enjoyed the company of everybody around me. In spite of that, though, I made sure to take a couple hours off by myself every day. Not as an antidote, not even as a prophylactic -- but rather as a hygienic measure. Time by myself does re-charge my batteries; it is as necessary to me as, um, eating. And just like eating, it does not possess a dramatic dimension -- if it is not drastically denied.
I am starting school on Wednesday, and I dig. I've just returned from a three-day orientation (camp!) held by the U at a Christian (Christian! Grace-saying Christian!) retreat, and I'm impressed with the quality of the people that organized and attended the program. Some of my books have already arrived in the mail, some are on their way, and another couple are waiting for me in the store. My schedule is friendly, although it makes obscenely early provisions. Am expecting good things.
A good realization was occasioned by the time I spent at camp. The days were busy and long, and involved the common participation of something like 60 people. That, however, did not seem to be a problem for me. I didn't feel alienated or inadequate; I actually enjoyed the company of everybody around me. In spite of that, though, I made sure to take a couple hours off by myself every day. Not as an antidote, not even as a prophylactic -- but rather as a hygienic measure. Time by myself does re-charge my batteries; it is as necessary to me as, um, eating. And just like eating, it does not possess a dramatic dimension -- if it is not drastically denied.
