Ann Arbor + School HOLY SHIT!!!
This past weekend I went down to Ann Arbor to visit Amia. I went down late Friday night, aka Early Saturday Morning, and left Sunday around 5:15.
I've coped fairly well since she's left, but life still hasn't been the same. It's the little things I really miss, like seeing her every morning before first hour, walking with her between classes, and eating lunch with her whenever one of us didn't have a meeting. Our discussions on the web cam have helped with her being gone because I can actually see her when we talk, but nothing beats in your face physical contact.
We had too much fun that weekend, and in complete honesty we didn't really do much more, maybe even less, than we did back here. We went to bubble island twice, shopped around some really cool stores, walked around campus to see the sites, and watched a movie, or attempted to until college life interrupted everything. We even did some things which most would consider boring, like studying together and taking a nap. A fuckin nap! That's what we did for fun, and guess what? It was actually fun. I did not have one dull time when I was down there.
I can't wait until I go back. She's coming up this weekend for my friend's wedding, and then Im going to try to get back down there the weekend after that. If not then, the weekend after that will be a definited Amia weekend.
I can not wait until college. The freedom of it is just so amazing compared to the dull life of highschool. Speaking of which...
It's not so bad so far, but holy shit is there a lot of work for some classes. I knew my two AP classes would be hard, and I expected a heavy workload. Im not surprised at all, nor am I complaining, just stating that my year will be full of work. Luckily a lot of it is on my own time, giving it that college feel I loved when I was in APUSH. All the work might turn out to be a positive too. Im using a lot more organizational skills than I used to, thanks to some prodding from Amia, and it's working great. Budgetting my time is easy and writin things down makes life feel a bit smoother and easier. Though I don't know why I honestly budget my time. I always get my homework done, but nothing else since there's a lot of it.
You know what that means? No flash work what-so-ever. I've storyboarded a lot for my new movie so far, but animation on LFD2 is at so much of a halt it might as well be going backwards. I have NO time to work on it without staying up late, and I don't plan on doing that anytime soon. I really hope this changes soon. Im missing my tablet. =(
I also need some advice. Today, Tuesday, was the first tech meeting. Im the President of the Tech Society, but I missed it. Why? Because National Honor Society moved their meetings, which were always on Monday, to Tuesday. I had to go to this one because I thought points were due from summer work, and because I wanted to know what was going on and how to earn points for that club. I told Covey and Eldon I would be missing meetings this year, and they seemed understanding at the time. But then I hear only two people showed up to the meeting and Covey is pissed and planning a rant session on us. I don't blame him. Attendance started to suck near the end of last year, and me being president doesn't help the situation either with my lack of attendance. Where am I going with this?
Im having mixed feelings on what I should feel and do as President? I can't move NHS meetings but Tech meeting times should change soon beecause of freshmen lunch and other factors. Until that happens Im stuck missing one meeting a week, and valuable information. I can't decide which club is more important. Tech, where I've worked hard for the past three years and won the election meaing people count on me to show up, or NHS, which is an honor to be in because of all the shit you have to do to get in it. Points are rare in that club and I need them to get chords and justify my entry into the club. So what the fuck do I do?
My plan now is to just skip one meeting a week until tech meetings move, if they ever do, but that sucks for both clubs, nor is it fair to anyone in either club, especially tech, which I care more about.
Im also having mixed feelings if I should tell people to get their asses to tech meetings when I myself wasn't there. Is it hypocritical? Probably. But is it different than if I just completely skipped without reason? Maybe. In my mind it is, but it still doesn't feel right. The Tech Club elected me to do a job which I can't do fully because of a conflicting scheduale. It's some bullshit basically, even more so because I care more about tech than NHS, but can't throw away what I did to get in even though I have no interest in the club whatsoever. I know that's not the "right" thing to say for a student trying to get into college, but damnitt it's the truth.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me? Im stuck.
I've coped fairly well since she's left, but life still hasn't been the same. It's the little things I really miss, like seeing her every morning before first hour, walking with her between classes, and eating lunch with her whenever one of us didn't have a meeting. Our discussions on the web cam have helped with her being gone because I can actually see her when we talk, but nothing beats in your face physical contact.
We had too much fun that weekend, and in complete honesty we didn't really do much more, maybe even less, than we did back here. We went to bubble island twice, shopped around some really cool stores, walked around campus to see the sites, and watched a movie, or attempted to until college life interrupted everything. We even did some things which most would consider boring, like studying together and taking a nap. A fuckin nap! That's what we did for fun, and guess what? It was actually fun. I did not have one dull time when I was down there.
I can't wait until I go back. She's coming up this weekend for my friend's wedding, and then Im going to try to get back down there the weekend after that. If not then, the weekend after that will be a definited Amia weekend.
I can not wait until college. The freedom of it is just so amazing compared to the dull life of highschool. Speaking of which...
It's not so bad so far, but holy shit is there a lot of work for some classes. I knew my two AP classes would be hard, and I expected a heavy workload. Im not surprised at all, nor am I complaining, just stating that my year will be full of work. Luckily a lot of it is on my own time, giving it that college feel I loved when I was in APUSH. All the work might turn out to be a positive too. Im using a lot more organizational skills than I used to, thanks to some prodding from Amia, and it's working great. Budgetting my time is easy and writin things down makes life feel a bit smoother and easier. Though I don't know why I honestly budget my time. I always get my homework done, but nothing else since there's a lot of it.
You know what that means? No flash work what-so-ever. I've storyboarded a lot for my new movie so far, but animation on LFD2 is at so much of a halt it might as well be going backwards. I have NO time to work on it without staying up late, and I don't plan on doing that anytime soon. I really hope this changes soon. Im missing my tablet. =(
I also need some advice. Today, Tuesday, was the first tech meeting. Im the President of the Tech Society, but I missed it. Why? Because National Honor Society moved their meetings, which were always on Monday, to Tuesday. I had to go to this one because I thought points were due from summer work, and because I wanted to know what was going on and how to earn points for that club. I told Covey and Eldon I would be missing meetings this year, and they seemed understanding at the time. But then I hear only two people showed up to the meeting and Covey is pissed and planning a rant session on us. I don't blame him. Attendance started to suck near the end of last year, and me being president doesn't help the situation either with my lack of attendance. Where am I going with this?
Im having mixed feelings on what I should feel and do as President? I can't move NHS meetings but Tech meeting times should change soon beecause of freshmen lunch and other factors. Until that happens Im stuck missing one meeting a week, and valuable information. I can't decide which club is more important. Tech, where I've worked hard for the past three years and won the election meaing people count on me to show up, or NHS, which is an honor to be in because of all the shit you have to do to get in it. Points are rare in that club and I need them to get chords and justify my entry into the club. So what the fuck do I do?
My plan now is to just skip one meeting a week until tech meetings move, if they ever do, but that sucks for both clubs, nor is it fair to anyone in either club, especially tech, which I care more about.
Im also having mixed feelings if I should tell people to get their asses to tech meetings when I myself wasn't there. Is it hypocritical? Probably. But is it different than if I just completely skipped without reason? Maybe. In my mind it is, but it still doesn't feel right. The Tech Club elected me to do a job which I can't do fully because of a conflicting scheduale. It's some bullshit basically, even more so because I care more about tech than NHS, but can't throw away what I did to get in even though I have no interest in the club whatsoever. I know that's not the "right" thing to say for a student trying to get into college, but damnitt it's the truth.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me? Im stuck.