Ironically Ironic

Sometimes I just have to laugh at what life throws my way. In these short few months back in cedar, things have kicked into high gear, and I am left in many an awkward situation. Already the somewhat more sophisticated (though hardly recommendable) college relationship dramas have began. I have watched several friends go through such experiences, and experienced some of this myself. A few years ago, I would have looked at these situations and would have become stressed beyond belief. But now I find myself (more often then not) laughing, because I've been there before, and I've seen others go through those same things. And the more I think about the irony and misplaced emotional importance of such situations, I can't help but be more than slightly amused. And I'm not just talking about my situations, my experiences. I've come to realize these experiences aren't unique to just one person. I am not the only one who has experienced these things. And those of you who are reading this and saying "I haven't" don't worry... you will.

I guess we (humans I mean) just have a tendency to attach importance to things that really won't matter in a couple of weeks from now (let alone a decade). And in a couple of centuries, what will be important is that we lived. And hopefully we can say that we lived a full life, taking full advantage of what every day has to offer us. (This is, just for clarification, something that I really need to work on). This has also been brought to sharp relief in my mind by the high school students who are here at SUU campus, for the annual Shakespearean festival. Looking at a high school student (any at random), and they are worried about "what does my hair look like," or "what does she/he think of me," and that all won't really matter in the end.

As an update, I turned in the form for late hour submissions (I took a little time for the administration to cool down, in the hope that they will overlook my blunder, saving us both time and the effort it will take for arguing amongst each other). The form really isn't due in until the submission time for the next paycheck, so I still have about a week and a half really. Anyhow, I haven't heard anything about that yet, so I'm hoping that things will go smoothly without incident. I will keep you updated.

I found out today that ballroom (and this is kind of ironic that I didn't really hear about it), will be having free Salsa Dance lessons starting this thursday, every tuesday and thursday from 8 to 9 pm for about 2 and a half weeks! This makes me really excited, since Salsa (though it isn't one of my favorite dances), is definately up there. I'm going to see if I can convince people to come with me, though even if no one else does, you can bet I will be there for all of it.

All in all, it's shaping up to be a fair weekend so far. We'll see what the rest of it brings. But I'm feeling good about things, though this might be due to the fact that I was able to take time to meditate, and practice a little Tai Chi not more than two days ago. Anyhow, that's all that's new.