I love you too

Whoops, I meant u2. Not "you too". Even though I'm sure I would have some sort of affection for you if I ever happened to meet you.

Ever notice how certain songs or certain bands get eternally connected to times in your life or specific feelings you've had?

Early in my high school years my friends got me listening to u2 and they steadily grew to be one of my favorite bands of all time. I'm sure part of it is the music (they can't have been international superstars for over a quarter of a century playing bad music now can they?) but I'm just as sure that more than that it is the people I think of when I hear u2 playing.

I remember a time in my life when I was growing, when I was glad to be where I was and excited to think about where I was going. I had good friends (the best, some might say) and I got to do the things that I loved (for the most part).

I'm listening to "All that you can't leave behind" right now and it's taking me back to that place. Cause you know, this last week was tough (god help me if I don't collapse from sleep deprivation before the end of the semester) but the weekend was good. Last Friday was all ROTC all day but I got a lot of stuff done and it felt really good at the end of the day. It's a lot of pressure to take responsibility for the development of the juniors (or MSIIIs (pronounced "em-es-threes") as we call them) but if you do your work and don't slack off then you get the immense reward of seeing them grow. Saturday I hadn't done much work but I planned a small ROTC party to get our freshmen and sophomores together to unwind and have a good time. It was great! Some of the cadets who are on sports teams showed up and a few of the MSIIIs showed up and we just had a great time. It went a LOT longer than I had planned but somehow today my schedule opened up and I got to sleep late and everything was okay.

So everything's okay. Bono's sweet falsetto mixes with the Edge's wailing guitar as I continue working and everything's okay. God willing I'll get my work done tonight, I'll get some sleep and this week I'll do it all over again. I wasn't sure if I could keep going on this semester like I had the past few weeks but now I think that I might be able to. :) We'll see how it goes, eh?