Fear and Loathing in the English 101 Room

Time again for a new class where i can compulsively worry about new assignments, late nights, massive mind numbing amounts of reading and gallons of coffee. With each new semester comes a sense of calm even in the midst of an overwhelming schedule. I become a machinist overseeing the classes and organizing and speculating assignments like a machine operator in a factory. Strangely I do find serenity in chaos, especially when it is instantly gratifying things like a completed assignment. This may sound extremely absurd to some of you, but there is a "method to my madness." Over the past two years I've learned some important facts of life. I no longer take the little things for granted. The most minuscule things such as a breath of cold winter air, or even cereal for breakfast. I'm taking it all in every last drop of it.....