It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

[katekat]

Last night I spent just a little too much money on flowers for the front of our house.  Then I managed to clear the ground in our flower bed, add better dirt, and plant almost all of them by the time the sun set.  Finally our house looks like people live there (instead of the weedy patch we've had since we moved in)!  It was wonderful to stick my hands in the dirt, and to welcome each little plant to their new home as I stuck them in the ground.

Today?  Today I'm back at class!!!  Ye gods I still cannot believe I'm back here, doing this, learning in a classroom, taking notes, being a student.  And, glory of all glories, my second government class isn't just about the amazing world of American Politics (because, frankly, even though American government is way more interesting to me than American history, I'm still just not as excited as I could be).  NO, instead it's about American-European international relations!  Hallelujah!  It means I'll actually learn things I am vaguely interested in.  And the instructor is a woman from Turkey who is trying to curb her more dictatorial tendencies (but who also laughs a lot and seems very sweet).  I will NOT dodge assignments or show up late or anything to earn her displeasure, because I know just how little leeway there is behind her smile.  However, since I do talk, and I will not screw up, I think I'll earn that smile more often than not.  Sadly, when she did the name thing, she somehow got it into her head that my name's Katie.

Although Katie's a perfectly good name, and I've known many Katies or Katys that are delightful and intelligent and generally great to know, it's just NOT me.  Not by any streatch of the imagination.  I detest being called Katie (well, ok, there are a set of circumstances - like being called Katie by Neil's grandfather - that I simply adore it, but that's different).  So hopefully I'll be able to correct her out of it before it becomes habit. 

Now I wait for my 60's lit class, and look forward to the fact that I'll finally get to take a literature class at this university! It's been ... way too long. 

Comments

[elizabuffy.livejournal.com]

Yay for class! that is so groovy! Altho' the prof sounds really intimidating (I'm sure you'll do fine, tho' :)), the class sounds like a hella lotta fun.

I totally understand about the "katie" thing. One of the my fave teachers got it in his head that I was Liz *ick*, and called me that all three years of H.S. (he retired when I became a Sr.). After the first year, it became really endearing, altho' all the other teachers who picked up Liz because of him? Ticked me off.

You'll hafta tell me all about the lit class! It sounds like it could be a lot of fun.

~e!

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

I despise diminutives and have a name that's perfect for it -- Robert. Thankfully, most don't try it and the one most commonly used, Rob, is at least tolerable due to my former best friends using it. I still don't mind it even after things soured with them.

[secondalto.livejournal.com]

See, I had the exact opposite problem. Profs and such would see Katy and assume that it was short for Kathy or Katherine.(HUGE pet peeve!) Ummm, no, it clearly says Katy on my birth certificate. My mom did it deliberately so I wouldn't get nicknames and she's the only one that gets away with calling me anything else (which she rarely does). And I've only ever let one other person call me Kate (a really close friend), there's a y there for a reason people!

Getting of my soapbox, I hope you enjoy your lit class!

[pmolvera.livejournal.com]

thanks for the comments Kate! Good luck on your classes.

[katekat]

thanks sweetie! so far they're not too bad at all. Here's hoping they stay that way.