+while scribbling my poetry, like art could save a wretch like me

why do i try to make the first day of classes seem like some sort of momentous event? gosh darnit, i'm excited to have routine again. it's not going to be life changing. just like a mile marker is nothing exciting, it just marks out where you've been and how much you have left, so is tomorrow -- just a marker. nothing more. doesn't that take the stress out of it all? sure it will bring work, stress, normalcy, but not yet. we'll go over a few syllabi and get a few rules. probably end a little early. there'll be hundreds of new faces all trying to act cool and like they know what they're doing in college. it'll be fun to be a little older. to help out and to see what i must have looked like going through the very same thing. i feel quite calm this year. three small semesters left. oh, college! college? college.