I am two steps into making a friendship this semester! Hah!

My journalism 3 class let out early again today so I went to my Politics of Poverty classroom half an hour early to get more reading done for my Music of Latin America and the Caribbean class done.

I entered the building through a different entrance and was a bit disoriented but was pretty sure I was closer to my classroom than last time when I got to run around the building because I entered near room 217 and needed to be at 275.

When I got to class there was only one person in the room but I recognized him from last class and told him that, if he wasn’t there, I would’ve been second guessing my memory.

We talked until class started—nothing special or anything, but it was just nice to have casual conversation with a stranger you’d be seeing at least twice a week for a full semester.

We spoke a lot about ourselves (and asked the other questions) and when class started, that was that.

But, as I just found on my Facebook, he friend requested me, which I think is cool because: 1. my Facebook is a bit difficult to find if you don’t know my nickname is Jesi (and I always introduce myself as Jess) and 2. Class ended at 11:30 and the request was already there before 3 p.m.

So far in my other classes I haven’t made any progress in getting to make casual in-class friendships, but this just made me a little more optimistic. :)

I know it’s silly. I sound like I just started at a new school or something but, I think, it’s harder to open up to strangers when you’re older since a lot of people don’t see the need to. So even if I’m happy about a completely mediocre event, at least it’s something that made my day a little bit better.