Despite my original faithfulness to this insignificant blog, I have ruthlessly abandoned it this past month in favor of just about any other activity. However, I have returned in attempt to salvage my reputation as an excellent blogger.
My quest for the Ootz continues, however, my hope is not dwindling, rather, growing stronger and more assured that the Ootz giver is heading my way. This is aided significantly by the complete turn around my college experience has undergone. Last year, I was completely miserable and alone; I had hardly any social contact or support. I hated every day because I felt like there was no hope of life getting any better and that my solitude was immutable. I hit rock bottom this summer and since then, I have been faithful to the saying "Once you've hit bottom, the only place you can go is up..." or something to that effect.
In a short period of time I have been thrust into multiple new families of people and from them I have molded my own family unit. Now my life is not unlike a delicious ice cream sundae! The critical and fudgy bottom layer represents my TA family. I love each and every one of them and I feel a sense of camaraderie wherever I go knowing that we have a special connection oozing with nerdiness (as good fudge should). The next layer is the smooth ice cream layer which represents my students. I could not enjoy them more and my Sundae would not be a Sundae without them. The next layer is the fudge drizzle, representing all the potential Ootz sources which include, but are not limited to, parties, men, musical instruments, and my increasingly creative/delicious cooking. Now, a Sundae is not a good Sundae if it isn't sprinkled with a healthy serving of nuts. I have several of them in my life, and without their nuttiness, my Sundae would be dismal. You know who you are.Well, that just about wraps up my Sundae metaphor. I am metaphor-ed out. You may ask, however, why I have omitted the crucial whipped cream layer...well, refer to the previous sentence.
