On Peace of Mind
Nina works at the Binz Refectory, and has been there well beyond my four short years at St. Thomas. The thing that amazes me is her ability to stay cheerful, day in, day out, through all those years. I’ve stopped to get food from her in the balmy fall days of September, the early, dark, snowy mornings of February, and on springtime days looking forward to a summer change of pace. I am sure she’s been subect to belligerent students, dropped plates, and the monotony of a food service job … but she never seems unhappy.
Right now, I am trying to avoid unhappiness - stay cheerful and not get buried under life. Perhaps I could be happy working in food service - happiness seems to me to come more from within than from without. Regardless, I am waiting to hear back from dental schools, a nerve-racking game where I try to keep my hopes down so not to get disappointed upon bad news. I can’t help but invest my hopes into this future - I really want to see this dental school thing work out, it’s hard to function normally with it in the background.
I have to figure out how to be happy with or without acceptance.
Comments
Caley
I KNOW NINA! I LOVE NINA! Did I ever tell you that I ran into her at the Mall this summer? It was strange seeing her outside of the binz. It made me sad because this semester is her last one on campus so I won't get to see her again before we graduate. Do me a favor and tell her I say hi next time you are there? Thanks!
Nils
Don't worry about the dental schools Alex. For one, I think you know you will get in. For two, things always have a way of working themselves out. I think you need to relax more and take into consideration that after you are done with this, your senior year of college, there will be no more room for crazy out-all-night nights with your friends, no more room for irresponsibility or carefree lifestyles. You will have left behind your youth, and at this rate, you will have done it while worrying about dental schools. Is that how you want the curtain to close on this era?