Why is today interesting?

Today, everything I did revolved around me. First, I slept in. The normal 5 a.m. wake up call waited two hours due to my son’s exemption from an early final. We both started the day rested and happy.

After I dropped the boy at school, I went across town to start summer classes. Taking nine credit hours in roughly five weeks will be difficult, but after reviewing the syllabi I think it can be done.

During six hours at school, I learned that I know almost nothing about poetry or web mastering, and little more about copy editing. I thought the classes I chose were basic, and they are fundamental, but this semester may prove more informative and useful to me than any to follow. I already see holes in my education – they are my fault, but they are there – which will be filled before fall.

Due to a scheduling conflict, I was unable to pick up my son from school. Call it self-centered, but I actually sent someone else to retrieve him from the last day of his freshman year so I could attend class.

Since he is staying with friends to celebrate the beginning of summer, I had the house to myself all night. With the time and lack of distractions, I spent five hours (so far) working on class assignments. It may make me a nerd or whatever the word of the decade currently is, but I enjoyed every minute of it.

Today, I have not done anything social or that could be considered part of summer “fun” by the masses. The most interesting part of today is that today, it was all about me.