Survived

Yes, I survived the county fair, though I was pretty wiped out afterwards. Sorry I didn't get anything posted last week. I was still recovering.

School started Thursday, too. I can't believe we're into the school year already. It seems like we should have another week at least. I must say I don't miss being in school. I never really liked school. I don't know if it was the structure of the day, being forced to be social or not being able to read all day, but I didn't like it. Some of my teachers understood and didn't take my book away from me. :)

It was nice to see friends again after the summer and catch up on what had happened since school got out. We lived next door to my best friend Lisa, so we didn't have much catching up to do since we'd pretty much spent the whole summer together anyway. But my friends who lived on the other side of town or out in the country - it was good to see them again.

One trick I learned to help make the interminable school days more bearable was to do my homework quickly and take tests fast. Once I was done with my work, I could go back to my book. That carried over to college, and I think I surprised one of the professors. My senior year I took an Intro to Business class - freshman level and much easier than any of my other classes as far as that went. The day of the first test, I think I finished it in about 10 minutes. I took it up to the teacher's desk, and I think he expected me to ask him a question. I didn't have any questions other than "where should I put this?" I went back to my desk and spent the next 40 minutes happily engrossed in whatever book I was reading.

Ah, school. I really don't miss you.