January 9, 1996 - Tuesday - UF Classes

     My year started a little sadder than my life has been lately, when I didn't see Nedda at all the first two days of class last week. It's not that I really looked, especially since I sat in the second row, but I seemed to run into everyone else so why not her, too. I waited for my two hours of class yesterday afternoon studying German flashcards. I was wearing just shorts and a flannel, with a jacket at my side, despite the fact that the wind chill this morning when I biked to class was in the single digits! Just before everyone who had waited for the class ahead of us to end started heading inside, Nedda
bounced up and pulled on my sleeve.

     I cheered right up. Even more so when she admitted that she thought classes started Monday and not Thursday, which is why I hadn't seen her. She called me crazy for being in shorts and I refuted by saying I brought my jacket "in case" it got tonight. He he. Her friend Erika was there and I let her motion me to come sit with her.

     Fortunately her annoying and loud friend Justin only has the second class with her and my ass was firmly planted next to hers long before he got there, and whined. I'm praying that she will still let
me sit by her from now on in view of this fact...     

We talked about our breaks, of course, and how she sews a lot in the rare instance that she has any free time. She makes a lot of her own dresses and some stuff for her sister and cousin. She turned to
me at one point and asked if I had gotten an A in biochemistry and looked away in disgust when I said yes. She did admit that he got a B, but the rest of her grades are "none of my business", as usual,
which means she thinks she did worse than me. I've never had such a tough time getting certain personal information out of a girl who is otherwise so revealing. Maybe there's the challenge?

      I did kiss ass during one class when Previc came in and put a pile of handouts in the front of the auditorium style room and told everyone to pick one up. It was a mad rush over tiny, tiny chairs with huge people in them, so I offered to get them each one. I headed to the back which was closer where he had placed a few and picked up the LAST two, so had to climb over everyone up front anyway. I was glad to do the service, though.

     We were talking about Previc during his class. He was supposed to be dead or retired at least considering he had triple bypass or something in November. I've always known him as a slow witted piece of shit in his role as my advisor, who will always say no to any flexibility off of stringent graduation, but then won't even help with that. He's a better repeater of information in class though than communicator in his office, at least. Nedda said something derogatory about him and I asked if she wasn't having just the best time in his class, to which she frowned. I then asked if it wasn't love at first sight (kind of going off topic!). She replied that she doesn't believe in love at first sight... and I left THAT alone for now...

     I was happiest as we left our classes and all got lost in the crowd. I figured it would be as it used to be and we would just part without a goodbye. But wait! Up ahead, she turned around and picked
me out to give me a big smile and wave goodbye! Cool. Not really a big deal, but if it makes me happy, I want more!!! Actually I'd rather her say hello to me like that than goodbye...