Reminiscence

I'm in a bit of a nostalgic mood right now--packing will do that to me. It sets me thinking about all the different stuff that I've got, and just how cool some of my stuff is, and it makes me especially think about where it came from.

For example, I have a plant thats currently hanging in the corner of my room that I bought last year for two reasons. First, I really like plants, and thought it would cheer up our dreary dorm room. Second, I felt like having something to take care of--just to see if I could. It's alive and well and looks better than when I bought it. This could be because it's finally getting to keep it's dangling arms...since they're not getting shut into the fridge. :) I've also added three other plants to my collection-also all doing well. I really like them, and they're not even the flowering types of plants. They're all just green, with really great shaped leaves. I love some flowers. Poor Uffish gets the same line from me whenever we pass by them on campus. Tulips, Daisies, and Daffodils-all my favorites. If you should ever feel the need to leave me flowers for some reason, stick them by the reading girl in the library--the one who's breaking the honor code by not wearing shoes on campus--and send me a message or something...just make sure they're daisies or tulips, or daffodils. Or don't...no big deal. :D

I've got this great glass cup that my mom bought be when we both went to Gatlinburg for a regional forensics competition. I competed in 5 events- Original Oratory, Debate, Extempranious Speaking, Duo, and Impromptu Speaking. My mom came along as a judge. She was such a good judge too-the kind that actually paid attention and made suggestions for things that you should do in the future, instead of leaving dumb comments. I got a comment from one judge that said, "Hated the shirt." Weird. I also took 5th place overall in Impromptu Speaking at that event, and there were people from about 5 states there-something like 30 high schools...that felt really good...and it was really great to get to share it with my mom, it's always nice to share things that you love with the people you also love.

I also really love all my pictures. I've got pictures of my family, pictures of my friends, several pictures of my best friend, and a few of myself...mostly with those people. They're really probably the best part of everything that I've got in my room. I love stories. I love the why behind each what that there is. I love to find out who people are, and what they're about. I love to find out how things affect people. These are all reasons that I'm currently a History Teaching Major...because I love to study it, and then to tell people about what I find. That part is also one of the reasons that I like to be a Board writer--I love it when a question comes in that I actually know the answer to without further research. Sometimes, after researching some topic on my own, I'm tempted to ask a question...just so I can answer it and find a use for my new knowledge...that doesn't happen often...don't worry. :D

I'm in the mood right now to sit down with my family and just tell stories...not really the newer ones, but the old family stories--you know, the ones that you hear all the time...the ones that kind of explain who your family is. That's what I want to do--sit with some people and just tell stories from a long time ago. Right now, I know what it's like to feel old, because I just want to look at the past. I'm excited to get to have children, and then grandchildren...the ones that I get to tell my history to, and the ones whose future I get to help shape. Life is good, and it keeps moving, I'm just glad that I know where it's eventually going to end up.