Man, have things been crazy. Good crazy that is. What with hours upon hours of reading and studying, I have no idea where the days go. As Nick knows, life always has a prodigious stack of things for me to do. But I love it.

My New Year's resolution is to never give up, to focus on my passions and desires and to do my best. Added to that is to not let the slacking, downtrodden, and reactionary actions of others slow me down or keep me from enjoying life. While outside influences can be just the thing I need to get motivated, relying on the backing of others often is a letdown. I know I have within myself the ambition and determination to accomplish my desires. Sometimes I let the situation of things, like the lack of youth and vigor at Channing-Murray, handicap me with defeatist thoughts. I am resolved to rise above negative influences.

So with this new attitude and my love of learning, especially about Classics, this semester has started of relatively well. The classes are all amazing. I am so psyched by the overlapping subjects in most of the courses. I am taking two dif. Archeology courses, one of which is about Rome which coincides with my Roman Achievement course, which coincides with my Classical Allusions course. And of course all of the Rome/Classics courses coincide with Latin.
That reminds me that I need to google Julia Caesaris tonight.

I have learned from recent events that diplomacy is a huge necessity in some cases. This will come in handy in getting my goals enacted at CM in the coming months.