In a few days I will be returning to school and starting my second year of study. I'm already loathing the lack of time that will soon be upon me, but knowledge is addicting. It's funny how as a youth I didn't care a thing about school, but now, many years later, I can't learn enough.

I'm enjoying this greater appreciation I now have of things, all the way down to the little cells we can't see that help us function. We, as humans, are pretty huge compared to our cells. I often forget about them. But everything we do- what we eat, drink, how long we sleep, and when we chose to take a breath, has some kind of impact on them. It really makes me look at the world differently, especially since it's MUCH bigger than we are, and that everything WE do impacts it.

My cat, Nip, for example has conquered it with only two paws.