I gotta go back, back, back to school again

[listersgirl]

I spent the weekend feeling restless and somewhat down, and couldn't quite figure out why. I wasn't bored, per se, although the weekend certainly wasn't a whirlwind of excitement, unless you count actually getting to do laundry finally as exciting, which most sane people wouldn't. In fact, I thought I was pretty content, puttering around the apartment, buying groceries at the 15 different places I need to shop at in order to get everything I want, going to the gym, watching the last of my Season 4 Buffy DVDs, bitching at my non-existent internet connection. But when I talked to my parents on Sunday night, and I realized I had nothing interesting to say about the last week, something hit me, and I entered a violet funk*.

I think I have it figured out, though. It's almost September. Worse, it's almost September and nothing is changing in my life. It's been 2 1/2 years since I finished grad school, and I'm still not used to not being a student. I measure my life in school years rather than calendar years, and I feel like things should start over every September with new and exciting (well, at least new) activities. And school supplies, of course. Who can resist the lure of new school supplies?

So this morning, after the tiniest of nudges from sarcasma, I signed up for a continuing ed German course. And I tell you, I feel much better. I'm going back to school! September means something again (well, October, but the concept is still the same)! Plus I'm definitely going to have to buy new pens.

*Not as bad as a blue funk, but still pretty sucky

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I bet no one's surprised that you never post your current mood. In fact, I bet most of your friends are so sick of you locking them out of your life that they hate you behind your back. Shame.

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Comments

[starfishchick]

I know EXACTLY what you mean. For the past week or so I have been dying to go buy a backpack, pencils, rulers, binders, etc.

I am planning to go back to school part-time in September too.

I have always felt that Jewish people had it right to have the new year be in the fall.

[listersgirl]

What are you going to be taking, if you don't mind me asking? I'm always insanely curious about other peoples' schooling - half the time it sounds so exciting that I end up thinking that I want to do that exact same thing.

[starfishchick]

I'm going to do Publishing at Ryerson.

Are you doing German at GBC?

[listersgirl]

No, the German course is through the school board continuing ed. I was going to do Goethe Institut, which is right by my work, but sarcasma found this one, and it's So Much Cheaper. So, yay.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Evidently not using the mood indicator thing means you withold your emotions. Of course, writing paragraph after paragraph about your feelings rather than simply restricting them to an icon has no bearing. :p

[listersgirl]

Yeah, I noticed the incongruity in putting that quiz in with that particular entry, but I was lazy.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Heh, I wasn't even thinking about the entry -- just, wow, an even stupider than usual LJ toy!

[bruiseblue.livejournal.com]

What's really weird is being on a uni campus for res week and the first days of school - I'm reliving my first year uni angst and hating being a workaholic grownup.

with no time for LJ.

egads