posted 2004/08/24 at 23:23
Hi. I'm a graduate student and an employee of the University of Toledo now. Aren't you all proud? I didn't think so.
I've been to all my classes now, and I have to say that I'm more than a bit intimidated at what I have ahead of me. And I still have to get my assistantship duties established at a meeting tomorrow afternoon. At least now I have my own office up in University Hall (the main building on campus) so I know I'll always have a place to be alone.
I also got a chance to see my counselor today for the first time in three months. We spoke about how my summer went and all the various things I'm going through. (Except for the situation with C., which is something I don't know if I can go into any detail with.) With any luck I'll be able to meet with one of my friends later this week and figure out how to deal with the Rowan situation. Yeah, that's still getting my a bit teary-eyed just to think about.
Tonight we had our first Spectrum Coffee of the new year, keeping it only to previous members so we all can catch up with each other now, and spend more time talking to the new members on Thursday. It was good to see everyone again, but it's more than a bit awkward to be part of the group without being President. I'll get used to it, though. I hope.
I guess that gets me to something that happened earlier today. I had to go shopping before I hit campus, and as I'm driving to the mall I get behind this car with a Dubya '04 bumper sticker. Nothing too out of the ordinary about that, but when we were stopped at a red light I was able to make out what the other bumper sticker said: "Marriage is One Man and One Woman -- So Says God." Yeah, that had me fuming for a bit, but then I looked down at the license plate frame. What did it say?
"I <3 MY HORSE"
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