francium

And just like that, I'm already behind on writing an entry a day for a month.
But, in my defense, it's a holiday weekend and I've been spending quality time with boyfriend (i.e. sprawled in bed, reluctant to move).
In any case, the prompt:
"What was your favorite part about returning to school?"
--Mainly using all the new school supplies my parents bought me for the year. New pens and pencils, reams of wide-ruled paper, and a binder with dividers to keep the subjects separated.
I think one of my favorite memories of school was third grade. I'd just moved to Virginia and had been out of school for some time after my family and I drove down from Alaska. All I remember was this mixture of anxiety and excitement because, for me, it was a new place and a new school filled with new kids to make friends with.
To this day, I still get that feeling with each new location I visit. It's almost like an opportunity to be a new person, not that it's my goal to do so each time or anything (hello, disassociate identity disorder). But I certainly think that a person's persona adapts to their social surroundings.
As a kid, I grew up the class clown and was often the rascal that the teacher had to put a little extra effort into. Junior high, I mellowed out a bit but still had that silly streak in me that a few of my teachers noticed and enjoyed.
High school is where the classroom goofiness ended and my family of friends began to solidify.
Since I went to a community college, there wasn't too much of a change; most of the people attending were the same faces I'd seen months ago, excited for high school graduation.
Through it all, my love for fresh writing utensils and paper spilled over into the whole 'office supply' territory and now Staples is one of my favorite stores to frequent.

Unrelated: what's the significance of people putting hashtags everywhere? I have a hunch that it's Twitter related (which I don't use) so forgive me if I sound ignorant, but... I dunno... it looks silly to me.