24 June 2010

True Story

Today was my last day of Jane Austen class. We had to present our final papers, thus read a shortened version of it to the class. It went really well, and I'm all of the sudden extremely grateful for my innumerable public speaking opportunities in my job. It was SO much less scary than my first in-front-of-the-classroom experience 3 1/2 years ago.

Well, on days when I go to class, I typically eat a bagel in the car on the drive down. Today, though, I was distracted by my paper presenting thoughts and wasn't hungry. I left the bagel in the car during the 3-hour class, knowing it would be nice and warm upon my return. What I found, to my great amusement, was that not only was it warmed, but it was slightly toasted, as if I'd put the toaster on level 1. It was delicious, and I cannot believe the combo of the sun and my car actually toasted a bagel over a 3-hour time frame.

Oh, the little things.

2 comments:

Stephanie said...

That's great! Who would have thought.

Did you enjoy the class up until the end?

Lana Joy said...

Steph, I did totally enjoy this class, even the last day. Listening to the 5 other grad students present their papers, I thought--Jane Austen provides so much diverse fodder for academic thought. She's brilliant and I have loved this chance to get to know her work better. I think in August, when I have 3 weeks off of school, I'm going to try to read Mansfield Park. It's still unknown territory to me, and now I think I'm ready to explore it. Fun!