1) I'm always on the look-out for school supplies.
2) August brings me a sense of renewal and hope - not so much New Year's Eve.
3) I want to share my knowledge with everyone. All the time.
My syllabi so far are showing me how much work this semester is going to be - and yes, the first one was exciting, the second one was overwhelming, and the third is still an unknown. I think there is a parallel to life here, but I'm too excited about my pencil case to follow through on that one.
It is perfection!
It is the perfect combination of pretty and functional. And it will keep all of my multi-colored pens handy for "fun-with-notetaking."
During my trip to Office Depot yesterday (whence I found said pencil case), my sister and I went a little crazy for the $.01 notebooks and $.50 items to donate to our university's school supply drive. Does anyone else do this? The cashier was not amused with how excited we were about the deals. But $.50 for highlighters?!? That is amazingly fun in our world.
As we were scoping out all the deal bins, a father and his three little teeny, tiny school children were scooping up the great deals too. I overheard a child asking if they were buying more school supplies for him and the dad had the best parenting answer I've heard in a long time. To paraphrase, "We are blessing others today, sometimes things are about others instead of you." I promise it was said with the most caring tone, and I can't quite capture how nicely that dad gave a lesson on charity. All with the help of penny items! I hope my items bless students as well.
My first class isn't until 6:55pm, and I cannot wait! My bag is packed and ready and this day cannot go by fast enough at work! Good thing I have some fun* data entry projects.
*Fun of course being subject to perspective and personal ideas of a work day's success.
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