can this much optimism be healthy??!

6 days now. either something really horrible is about to happen, or i'm becoming an optimist. wait... what??!

yeah. so i dragged myself out of bed this morning, and after deciding it was too cold outside to walk all the way to school, i headed towards the bus stop. i'd gotten about halfway there, when out of nowhere, i heard someone calling my name. now were my name, say Eva or Sabine or Katja, i probably wouldn't have bothered turning around, but it's not, and i can pretty much guarantee you there isn't another bethany within a 100 mile radius of this place. so i look around, and sure enough, there's one of my students pulled off to the side of the road some 10 yards away, wanting to know if i need a ride to school. heck yeah!! i mean, sure, why not, right? (in the US that would soooo be against any school policy ever written, but whatev.) this is two days in a row now, that i've been offered a ride by students who've seen me walking somewhere in the freezing cold. isn't that the coolest thing ever? who are these people??!

well, if that little gem of a story didn't brighten your day, maybe these Top 10 lists will make you crack a smile. if nothing else, you'll feel better knowing there are people out there who are crazier than you...

Top 10...
Reasons to drive across the US
Misconceptions about the English language
Reasons NOT to travel to a foreign country
Best uses for garden gnomes