This Day

This week has full of craziness. I devoted more time to the Democratic Party, campaigning for Patty Murray. Another day I learned about geoengineering from a renowned scientist from the University of Calgary. On Thursday I got payed for participating in a research project on water rights auctions in the Yakima River Valley. Friday was spectacular. I dressed up in my classy purple and gold tie and went to an early morning lecture from Bjorn Lomborg. He was really interesting and it was cool to have a famous speaker at my lecture. I then enjoyed a lovely afternoon with a good friend and chatted with my RA afterward. But the best part of this week was last night.

I spent last night with friends who I had largely abandoned last year because I couldn't handle watching their happiness while I was so morose. Finally I was honest with them. I told them the truth and opened up to them. I feel like I have become a stronger person, but also I am a more trustworthy person by opening up to them. I hope this makes my friendships stronger. I hope that I am able to rebuild all that I lost last year through my depression and closed off character.

It has been unbelievably beautiful this week in Seattle. The weather has been inspiring. It has been sunny almost every day and reasonably mild for this time of year. I have never seen so much sunshine in Seattle in October! I am thrilled. I went to the arboretum today and enjoyed the gallant trees changing color in the brilliant sunlight. This city is so beautiful and I am being reminded every day by this gorgeous city and campus that life is really worth living.

I am having such a wonderful time here. I thought in many ways that UW would be a horrible experience. In some ways it is not that great, but in every way that UW is not great, it turns out to be much better than what it seems. Like my classmates seem somewhat unintelligent at first, but when I learn about their backgrounds, I realize that they are much smarter than I ever imagined. Also I feel like learning at UW is really up to the individual. The professors and programs try really hard to make learning accessible and help expand your knowledge, but it is up to me to really make the difference. I guess every college is like that. The biggest difference I have noticed though is that my stress level is so much lower here than in high school. There is so much freedom, and in high school all the conformity was my biggest stress.

I'm free. I'm happy. It's sunny. This day is marvelous, and I hope that many more days continue to be this way.

"This Day" - Emma's Imagination