It’s so close now. Just a couple of weeks away and I’ll be back in school. After, really, six years I’m going to school. The downside of all this is that I’m a freshman and very nearly 26 years old. The good news is that I’ve got enough credits to be a sophmore after this semester, and after this year I should be mostly out of the crap general classes that I have to suffer through.

It’s odd, you’d think I’d be scared of Organic Chemistry, or bio-chem, anatomy or something I’m supposed to be terrified of. Well, I am, but not really. I’m scared of grades and things being difficult, but I’m excited about the subjects. I’m excited to learn. Freshman art history is what scares me. Me and a bunch of kids, a bunch of kids and an old guy.  I’m so far behind and I see a very long road ahead of me. I can barely remember what it’s like to be in school.

I had the fewest credits in the transfer orientation, fewest of what had to be 500 students. They asked for a show of hands, who has more than 100, 60, 30… anyone with less than 30… me. Everyone laughed. I laughed, raised my hand in the air tentatively, looked around like a panicked bird. It was funny, me with my hand in the air, everyone else far ahead of me.  I’m sure some were there for the same reason I was, to work on getting into medical school, though I didn’t meet anyone.

A future engineer, psychology (poor guy), undecided and a nurse were all at my little table. I guess the point is that I’m behind all of them academically. Which will be kind of funny when they try to cheat off me. Ha! The joys of being a 26 year old freshman.  I picked up a couple of calculus books and a chemistry book. I also got algebra for dummies and a novel, something about elves for what it’s worth. I’ve even managed to read more calculus than fiction. I’m holding off on the chemistry, it’s all new, but I think I can manage that better than the math. I need a head start so I can avoid getting behind, I feel like being serious which is something I haven’t done for a long time.

I’ll even do homework.

Shocking. 

BTW and totally unrelated, I love the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It’s so real, in it’s whacked out quirky way. Real emotions in a bizarre, mentally unstable world. I love the reverse romance. A love story that starts out with hate and works back to where they fell in love. My all time favorite romantic movie.