Rolling (in chairs)

There was a nervous voice in the back of my head, nagging at me about the first day jitters i always get when i start a new semester in school. I had already taken a class earlier that day with Mr. Todd Shelton and was waiting around for my 3 o'clock class with Miss Lykins. Time vanished as i went to go eat lunch with a friend, only to realize i had 5 minutes to get to class before it started. I was so full, i felt like i had a food baby growing in my stomach, and it wanted to be let out. I waddled to class, trying to quicken my speed so i could find a seat. Upon arriving, i was greeted with a bunch of stares, as is everyone that walks into a class for the first day in the semester. I spotted a chair on the opposite end of the classroom. I sucked in my gut as i walked across the classroom, trying to avoid eye contact because I'm extremely shy, which i need to get over! I collapsed in my chair, surprised i didn't break it after eating a giant bowl of nachos i couldn't even finish. I felt like i was about to go into a food coma when class begun. After the introductions, came what resonated with me. Our silly Instructor had told us all to leave the classroom without getting out of our chairs. I looked around, dumbfounded because this was something i had never been told to do while in school. Thats when i knew i was going to like this class. This class will make me do things i wouldn't normally do in other classes, which was good because i need to get out of my comfort zone, and exercise my creativity. As soon as she said that, i noticed that everyone was taking their rolling chairs and charging towards the door as to get over the hump in the doorway. Since i was in the back of the classroom, i had to wait a while to get out, thats when the creative part of my brain kicked in. Everyone was using the wheels to wheel themselves out of the classroom, but getting over the hump by charging at it with a chair had some people bouncing back off it, which was funny, but it made me feel better around them now then earlier because we were all having a shared experience and were watching everyone struggle out the door. So when my turn came , i decided i wasn't gonna charge at the door like everyone else, i was gonna stand up, while still sitting in my chair somehow, and walk out the door. I don't know why no one else thought about it, but on my way out i heard someone say, "that's cheating". But i was still in the chair when i walked out, so technically it wasn't cheating because i never left my seat. That was the only rule, she never said we couldn't walk with our ass still on the seat. So i just felt really proud for thinking outside the box, which was something i hadn't done in a while. This is going to help me through my creative journey by always trying to challenge myself to think differently and that no abstract thought is bad, because i could have just rolled out of the door like everyone else, but getting lost in your own creative mind will lead to think where no man has thunk before, haha. I can't wait to see what other creative challenges she throws our way!