sitting chillin at Caribou

So I don't write for months but then manage two posts in one day. I am currently at Caribou coffee because it is actually easier for me to concentrate here on my homework than it is at home. I have been reading a book for my writing class that I need to finish by Thursday for class. The book is "Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. I am usually pretty good at powering through books and I devour them quickly, but with this book I cannot do that. I frequently have to stop and think, letting the meaning of what I have just read soak in. This is one of those moments.

More and more this semester I am learning so much about myself through the writing class I am taking. The lessons taught have nothing to do with anything listed on the syllabus. It is like I am going deeper into myself and being taught on a different level. I have been humbled in many ways by the lessons. If nothing else I know that I have much to learn, about being a writer and a person.

Oddly enough, my math class is having a similar effect on me. I am learning to be more precise and ordered in my thoughts and in my actions. My life and my thoughts have always been chaotic and disorderly. I am thinking now that might be the main reason for my lack of success. My professor frequently speaks of not being "ambiguous." I don't think my professors have any idea of the profound effect they are having on me and my life.

I may write more on this at a later date. But for now I had better get back to my homework...