Cool, Aloof, Ice Queen

That's me today. Cool and icy because my office is freezing. Literally. I'm wearing gloves, a scarf, and I have a blazery-coat on as well. Aloof because I'm trying to tune out the conversations happening around me (with the help of my new U2 ipod!), so I can get some reading done, so I can present it to my comps study group later today. One of the problems with sharing an office with 20+ other people who share some basic love of literature is there is always always something to talk about. For the most part these are interesting people with interesting ideas. How to determine the important from the interesting is something I struggle with. I think I swing between the two ends of the spectrum--sometimes giving everything my time and consideration and then repelling to ignore everything as frivolous. And now I have a headache. Maybe from the cold, maybe from the tension of responsibilities long dormant, or maybe it's because I awoke to an alarm at 6am, something I haven't done in over five weeks. This break was too long. However, both my classes (that I'm teaching) seem like a good group of kids, and I'm in a brilliant computer lab that will make for good times this semester. Hopefully, I'll soon thaw out and get back into the swing of school.