Goodbye, Summer

And autumn can't come soon enough. 

Having banged my head against the wall wishing for people all summer, it is time to begin a new chapter - one that will in all probability last only one semester.

This semester, I'm taking five credit courses and one non-credit. My junior corps won't kick me out until I transfer in January to a residential school, but I'm still joining one or two more corps, and signing up as a youth leader at my church. 

Oddly enough, I am excited again. Excited to take literature and ed courses because when it comes to those, not only can I play the scholarly game, I'm good at it and even enjoy it. Less excited for math and science, because those are, typically enough, my problem areas, but confident that it'll go fine. And excited to be back in people's lives, ready to serve in new ways, ready to see and be part of God's love for and plan for the world in more active ways.

So, one more weekend. One more parade. And on the fifth, it's back to school.