Day 13: Introduce Yourself

Today our task was to introduce ourself to someone we know but never talk to. I thought this would be a really good task for the first day of school because it's the perfect opportunity to introduce yourself to people and stuff. Well, I'm going to be honest...I didn't actually formally introduce myself to anyone today. For some reason I just don't feel that formal, "Hi, my name is Betty, what's yours?" is appropriate unless you're actually meeting them for the first time. I took today's task as, you're going to talk to someone who you know but just never really talk to anymore, for instance...say you had a class with someone in 9th grade and you became friends, but you never had a class with them again and just lost touch...those are the kind of people I was thinking of. And to formally introduce yourself to someone like that would just be weird. I'm probably way off the map with this one, but, whatever.

So, today in homeroom I talked to a guy named Sean who I've known actually since 3rd grade, but to be honest I don't think I have talked to him once throughout high school. Today we just kinda talked about our schedules and joked about teachers and stuff. Then I talked to a guy that I used to go to church with and is now in my Spanish and Yearbook class, and we just made small talk I guess.

Okay, so I didn't even do this task at all I just realized. Both of those times were just cop-outs. I really wanted to put this task to good use...now I'm mad that I didn't. I'm not trying to make excuses but I had so much on my mind today with new classes and classmates and teachers and boy problems that I didn't even want to think about introducing myself to someone. I know it makes me sound like a closed-off snob, but, it's true. Today was a good first day of school though, and I'm really happy with my schedule. I think it will be a good year.

I'm going to do a lot better with tomorrow's task, I promise.