I feel like I’m pumping diversity in my schedule constantly lately. I’m also, somehow, being more optimistic than I usually am. I see everything falling into place and tonight is just one of those nights that I’m really thankful that it’s all happening.

School has been so great so far this semester. I now have my driver’s license, so doing my mentor visits for senior project will be like 30 times easier. Everything is looking up so much schoolwise. I talked to Mrs. Sugden this last week about college a little bit. I haven’t been reading into physics much lately, but I have been reading. I talked to her about maybe majoring in math instead or maybe applied math and she kicked my butt into gear. She just told me there’s a lot higher demand for physicists and that I’m more built for it. She told me, “Remember this conversation when you’re being nominated for the Nobel Prize for physics.” Haha… so I’m going to take Mrs. Sugden’s advice and stick towards physics. All the other classes are going great.

The next thing is just my attitude. My attitude is becoming (somehow) more positive. I feel so free. My faith has just brought me to this point where I have such confidence in the way I want to live. My main goal is to never be employed…. ever. Now, that doesn’t mean I won’t have a job. But I won’t look at it as a job, and I’ll most likely be my own boss… or I’ll be doing something in creative thought… with science and what not. The verb “employer” in French literally means “to use”. So, you can see my attitude towards being employed.

The final thing that makes me gleam lately is a little more personal. I was on the phone a while tonight talking about all this and among less serious conversations with a certain… person, so don’t think I’m some kind of freak that just bores a girl (oops… did I say girl? dangit… I gave away my secret) with depth and seriousness. As I said above, I am free. Of course, I’m too indirect about this. Whatever. I guess I’ll just leave this topic open-ended to the reader’s interpretation.

I have not updated in quite a while so, here’s the scoop. Jared is over right now watching the Colts with my dad. The Colts are sucking. We’ll see if they pull together. I’ve been recording with him more often. We have a nice pop-rock/acoustic song coming along. It’s sounding nice.

Last night, I went to Winter Formal with this girl Olivia Russell, her twin sister Mica, and Drew went with Mica. We got to meet their parents, who were very nice people, and we got a tour of their house. I wore solid black dress pants, slip-on pointed shoes, a white dress shirt with a baby blue tie, and this sweet argyle sweater vest to top it all off. It was a great idea… I saw no one else wearing a sweater vest. Afterwards, we went to Waffle House. It was their first time going…. I know, I was surprised, too. Then, I spent the night at Drew’s.

School has been great this semester. It’s looking brighter than last semester, so that’s good. I enjoy all of my classes and I’d say my favorite is Accounting II. Senior Project is looking like it’s going to be really easy. I’ve been super busy lately regarding recording and what not. It’s gone well. And lastly, I’m FINALLY getting my license next weekend! Or at least attempting to. Haha. But I should do well… I’ve been driving with the permit for quite a while now and I’ve got a ton of practice.

A bird is not a bird until he realizes that he has wings and starts to learn how to fly so that he can leave his nest and live life the way birds should live. The remarkable thing is that he is born from a mother who teaches and inspires him to fly.

The same can be said regarding the human spirit.