Day of Hearts

So today was a pretty regular, ordinary day. . . honestly just the way it should be. Other than society setting aside a day for us to pay extra attention to one another, Joe and I have no reason to celebrate Valentines Day. Why should there have to be a holiday with so much pressure and so much expectation for a couple to treat one another nicely? Can't that just be a spontaneous thing, something that you share with one another on a day you choose rather than with everyone else? Joe and I had our meals together like we always do, then after dinner we went and took a drive. We played the penny game: at every stop sign or light we flipped the coin and decided to go left or right. We went to Parma, Albion, Concord, and Homer. Nothing too exciting. But we then had some time to spare before I had to be back for on duty night and we went to Hillsdale to one of my favorite places: Slayton Arboretum.

It was still very snowy. Its like a garden in the middle of Hillsdale, so its not like it gets shoveled or plowed or anything. It was still beautiful and on such a clear night, warmer than it has been in months, it was wonderful.

Winter

I'm trying to be joyful right now, but its difficult. Its winter, and winter always proves to be the most difficult time to be joyful for me. Everything is the wrong temperature and full of loneliness. Boo.

Classes

I'm starting to wonder if I should lower my expectations for my classes. I expect them to be more engaging, more professional, more "higher level" but we're still having silly group discussions and wasting time, not learning anything about what the specific course description says we're going to learn. Yes, maybe I should hold my complaining horses, its only the second day of class. But really, they want us to think for ourselves, why do they put us in groups and have us try to find a definition of a concept that we all agree with? That isn't thinking for ourselves or having our own opinion. That's conforming, compromising our ideas. And groups? maybe for a project, but in class discussion? No, not a fan. And adult learners? Not going to even start on that one. I need a nap...