The Day of Love

I do love the English language. I think the problem with it is that we don't have more than one word for love. That's a bummer. I don't have the stats on this, but I think that every other language has different words for love. I love the English language differently than I love my dog and differently than I love McConn and differently than I love my family. I think I've been down this ranting road before.

On this day that's all about love, here are a few things I love:

• Getting mail. Seriously. It's awesome. I got a package today from Kelly that was AWESOME. She's so generous and thoughtful and talented.

She drew me this picture and wrote me a note. She filled the package with candy (yay!), Silly Putty (which I've already made great use of in my class today to keep me focused) and glow stick straws which I have never heard of but sound insanely cool.

• Also, another thing I love is badminton. 

• I love gym teachers that are really cool like Miss Monken and Mrs. Fowkes. Seriously. They are awesome ladies. Mrs. Fowkes used to babysit Kayla and me and, because the Fowkes family has 4 boys, this is when I was first exposed to Star Wars.

• I love Star Wars! I own all 6 films, but have only seen the ones with Harrison Ford because I'm afraid the prequels will ruin the story I love. By the end of this semester, I will probably watch them all. 

•  love my Old Testament professor Dr. Wilbur Williams who dresses like Old Testament characters. Someone took this photo of him in class when he was Abraham. On Thursday, he is coming to class as David and he teaches the whole lecture in character. 

• I love friends who answer your questions without judgement. The other night I had a brain lapse and could not for the life of me think what language the ancient Romans spoke. I was reading for World Literature and could not think of it. Naturally, I asked Hannah. She's pretty awesome. She took insanely difficult classes in high school and then got into Vanderbilt. What a rock star!

• I love getting Valentines! The pink card is from my grandparents, the balloons are from my parents, as is the animal print bag full of candy hearts and the puppy card which was adorable to say the least. The striped box is from my roomie and the card with Anna Howard Shaw on it is from my suitie.

 

Happy Valentine's Day!