Yay! Gezer Info!

Yay! I just got information about going to Gezer this summer! Dates I'll be gone:

departure Wed., June 10th; return Sun., July 19th.

My room & board AND airfare (up to $1800) are covered this time around, which means it's going to be SUPER nice! I can't wait to go talk to Lesley about it! yay! Her, Marcella, and I were thinking about splitting the cost of our own rental car, instead of taking a bus like last year. Cheap, but definitely more reliable, lol. And way less cramped and smelly. Does it make me too eager to have already filled everything out for it?

AAAH I HATE THIS!!!!

i guess my conversation with my dad earlier today was a precursor of how the rest of my day would be going, but i certainly hope not the rest of my week, or life for that matter.

i didn't get into University of Michigan either. but what the hell is in Michigan anyways? bailed out and failing car companies. well screw you Michigan, you can just eat it. you're cold anyway.

on a slightly happier note. i went to the Financial Aid office after the conversation and asked about what would happen to my loans if i took a year off and then went back to grad school. turns out i could defer my payments again. that makes me feel a little better. at least i won't have to worry about paying back loans and trying to get a higher education. at least the banks are hoping for a better education population.

Man, I am SO happy I have this eye appointment coming up soon. Last night I walked down to The Pub to meet up with Stuart and his friends (and Brent returned from New Hampshire!), and realized that there was a lot of fuzzy. I'm going to need to write some things down to talk to the optometrist about. I'm glad I made sure that it was a time when I could bring Stuart with me - because I wanted him to help me pick out my new glasses - but I realized that this is my first exam in two years, so they'll probably do the eye drops that dilate the pupils, so I wouldn't be able to drive myself back.

Last night was a really good time. I listened to some of Stuart's jazz radio show, Heather and I went down to Stammtisch, Kevin cooked BBQ pulled pork in my crockpot for us for dinner (with Eric, Jordan, and Stuart too). We watched the first season of Frisky Dingo and then at 10:30 I went downtown to meet up with Stuart's gang of friends to hang out for some of the Williamsport Mardi Gras festivities. Except that we only ended up having one drink at The Pub and as we were thinking of going down town for the actual festivities, Stuart's nasty cold began acting up, so we came back a little midnight. He instantly fell asleep, poor boy. haha. Usually he's the one who stays up reading while I instantly fall asleep. This time he fell asleep first - and I only ended up reading for 15 minutes.

Tonight the gang's going back out again for more Mardi Gras festivities, and we will definitely join them for that. Heather already left for a party with her peeps at College Park. I've been trying to do homework to get most of the week's stuff out of the way. I'm picking Kat up at the Williamsport Region Airport Wednesday night and I'd like to have all homework for the rest of the week completely out of the way so as to catch up with the German. haha. But having looked at this week's homework, I became instantly lazy - I have a midterm in Hebrew and History for Friday, so our only homework for the whole week is just to study. So of course I immediately lost all productivity and went on the computer. haha. German should be relatively easy, since we're on E.A. Poe right now, which means everything's in English. Though I DO have an essay due for Thursday that I really should get started. What's my other class? Oh yea, ceramics. Erm, that I can just work on during class.

Now I must get to the library to get some quarters for laundry. I think Stuart and I are making spaghetti tonight. yum!
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As I did dishes earlier, I thought about how a little cleaning sometimes brings a lot of pleasure to life. Then I think of how nice it would be to not have to worry about work or schooling and just stay home all day cleaning and cooking and what-not. Then I realized how horrible it would be. Women throughout the entire 20th century worked their asses off so we wouldn't be stuck doing that all the time. And not just distant women from the past, but also our own mothers, aunts, and grandmothers, too. What a disservice it would be to give up everything they've worked so damn hard for so that their daughters, nieces, and granddaughters wouldn't have to be cooped up and forced to do what they had to do for so long. Also, I think I would just be bored out of my mind and feel it would be a disservice to myself for not doing something with my life. I think I'd be very unsatisfied with the whole thing.

Not sure what brought that on...

IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY!

Aw, man. I have been waiting for Friday for so long. It actually started, like, Sunday night. Even though I've had a pretty lax week as far as work and extracurriculars go, I've been sleeping horribly. Either I just can't get to sleep and/or stay asleep, or I have horrible nightmares which frighten me so bad it takes me forever to fall back asleep. I'm not sure what that means, but I took to either completely taking out coffee or drinking only half a cup and only before noon and skipping out on afternoon naps, so that I am entirely exhausted by midnight or 12:30 so I can at least easily fall asleep, if not stay asleep. I wonder if it has to do with waiting for the other responses from my grad schools, figuring out expenses for the rest of the month and into March (which doesn't mean I need money, I'm just trying to figure out how to budget myself so that I'm NOT in need of money), or maybe just because I'm not running around nearly as much as I usually do, so I'm not actually tired enough to sleep. Maybe it's a combination of all of it, though I'm always figuring out my expenses.

Oh wells. I'm just glad it's the weekend. Today I'm getting beers for Heather and I at Stammtisch (thanks to the Valentine's Day moolah from my momma! Don't worry, momma, that will only be $7, the rest will go to good use, haha), and then Kevin is making us BBQ pulled pork for dinner (with the help of my amazing new crockpot!), which will then be followed by a marathon of Frisky Dingo Season 1. One of Mark and Stuart's friend who left Lyco sophomore year has made a treck down here from Vermont and will be the first time anyone's seen him since! So maybe later I'll go over to wherever they're all hanging out to hi to Brent. He was so cool.

Tomorrow Heather and I are planning on attending a Saturday training session of KENDO! Zazen meditation has literally been the only way that I've been able to fall asleep this week. I might tell sensei that. haha.

Alright, now I have to decide whether to catch up on some late reading for history or chill out with some Harry Potter. Hmmm...I wonder which one I will pick. Wait...our exam for history is next Friday. damnit, I might just have to force myself to do the make-up work.

Aw man, I have two finals next Friday! Guess this weekend will also be spend reviewing Hebrew vocabulary and working on the history study guide...

Busy Week....

...but not so busy week. I've managed to almost completely catch up on my readings for history. I finished my Hebrew homework super early yesterday so that I was able to finish reading what I needed for history today. I'm nearly finished my German reading. Wait, this is the week before Midterms...why is this being easy? OMG DO I HAVE A MIDTERM IN HEBREW THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD?!?!

On another note, my next paycheck after Spring Break is going to be quite hefty! Yay! Finally! On a sadder note, my paycheck this Friday will be fairly nice, but will be instantly leaving to pay for a much needed eye exam for new glasses (it's getting so much harder and harder to see...), my prescription, and Netflix...that's fifty bucks right there. Maybe I can squeeze a few bucks extra out of it for a few beers on Friday at Stammtisch. :) But seriously, a few nights ago I was looking at the TV and my eyes just would NOT focus on it correctly. It was weird.

I also realized that a huge chunk of my next paycheck will be geared towards paying my membership to two national honors societies. Man, that better pay off within the next year, I want a Fellowship!!!!

And Kat's coming next Wednesday! This time next week I'll be driving to the Williamsport airport to pick her up! yay!!!!

Anyways, back to German...in English because we're reading E.A. Poe....