>what it is like to have a crush on someone. i forgot about boy time and girl time. and how i could smile in my sleep. i forgot about the actual chemical changes that take place in our bodies when we are intrigued by someone. and how even those changes can be amplified when we believe that someone is intrigued by us.

i spent the better part of this week getting to know my new classroom. trying to make sense of it and wondering if there is any way that i will be able to endure the beginning of another school year. this year, my class will be a multi-age classroom, with some children who will barely have turned three years old when school starts and others who are about to turn five years old. huge disparity, especially when you consider that when children are that young, it’s almost like dog years. one year of development between the ages of three and four can seem like seven.

can i just say how much i love internet radio? when stationed in an area where the flora blocks radio waves from not very far away, it’s a welcome change to be able to listen to indian, arabic or baltic folk music. random. i actually find it sort of calming in that i do not even have to begin to worry about the lyrical content of what i am listening — i could not understand it if i tried. the instrumentation is generally very mesmerizing as well. i think we have just gone from muslim chanting to a track from the cold mountain soundtrack. or maybe it’s yanni.

i just watched one of my favorite films of all time, amélie. could anything be more beautiful? the film is just beautiful to look at, and the story is enchanting. i highly recommend it.