"Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address."
~ One of my favorite lines from 'You've Got Mail'
~ One of my favorite lines from 'You've Got Mail'
I plan to do precisely that. I have a canister full of school yellow #2 pencils with little pink erasers and I have been saving them for just such an occasion. I am going to sharpen them all in celebration of my news... I am going back to school. I'm off to the hallowed halls of knowledge. I sound like a dork, I know. I like taking notes and doing homework. I pride myself in knowing those weird facts that really aren't good for anything but garnering a laugh in an awkward life moment.
I will be 29 when I graduate. I will be a photographer with a diploma. Which might sound odd considering I am currently an interior designer with a business of my own. You might be wondering what I am doing ... and you'd be right to do so, because so am I. What am I doing throwing away all of the hard work and networking time and marketing on which I have spent so much money? Simple: Chapter 3.
I once asked a woman that I admire greatly how many lives she has lived. She thought for a moment and replied: seven. She proceeded to tell me all about her time in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan in the 70's, her time on the stage, and in the legislature of our state, now she is the director of a woman's development non-profit. I asked if she had ever been married before (I know her current husband) and she said dismissively, "Yes for a few years, but that was in my early twenties, so it doesn't count." I found that amusing. It all sounded so unbelievably adventurous and I couldn't help but wonder what my next adventure would be.
