Surprises

111. The house always looks and smells and feels so welcoming.
112. Soft water for the summer!
113. I got much better grades than I expected.
114. I think my professors feel bad for me. Actual... pity, not just a vague sense of sympathy, "Well, you're a nice kid"-- no, I can hear the distinct gurgling, "You wound the heartstrings I didn't know I had." And I mean, it's kind of a weird, uncomfortable feeling, to be pitied, and I don't know what I'm doing to cause it, but I can't deny it helps me out sometimes.
115. Mrs Reddick is so cool that I actually miss being in her class.
116. My second year of college was really good. It scared me.
117. I'm glad I went on that trip to West Virginia. It scared me.
118. I'm trying to get a second job, though that scares the heck out of me too.
119. Mother bought me flowers, and they're really big and pink and soft and smell so wonderful I want to eat them, and I think this is the first time she's ever got flowers for me.
120. She is so patient with me.
121. So is Sherrill. And he's so gentle.
122. Sherrill likes Brayden, and Brayden likes Sherrill.
123. I keep finding out that I underestimated the incredibleness of my brothers and sister.
124. Jason Power seems to be kind of a miracle.
125. I like my car a lot.
126. Dad called me to find out when I'd be coming home.
127. He wrote a sweet card to Jenny and Jason.
128. Marty talks to me like an adult.