back to my old tricks...
to all those who were wondering: yes, i am still alive! i have been back at school for almost 2 weeks now and have been so busy getting things in order for the new semester that i just havent even thought about updating this thing. let me tell ya, i have changed my schedule more times than i can even keep track of at this point, and every time i think i have it totally lined up i decide that for one reason or another it just doesnt work how i wanted it to. BUT i think i finally have the ultimate, non-changegable set up: MWF i have comp (which i didnt want to have to take because i thought i could test out of it but i cant) from 9:00-9:50, then a random 2 hour break that i cant decide if i will want to nap during or not...then i have interpersonal communications from 12-12:50, human communication theory from 1-1:50 and jazz studies from 2:00-2:50. im also taking an independent instruction human nutrition class that meets 4 thursday afternoons throughout the semester to take exams. so that leaves me with tuesdays and thursdays on which i work (yes, i got a job!!!) from 7:00am till 10:00 and then have another random 2 hour break before yoga at noon (its not a for-credit class, just a group fitness thing offered at the sports and health center).
moving on...unbelievably, i am now gainfully employed!!! its not like i have been looking for a whole semester or anything! the day i got back up here i went and got an application to work in the kitchen on campus. and no, this is not the dining center, i am not going to be scooping sauce onto spaghetti noodles and handing it over the counter. i am going to be working down in the basement where all the food is prepared and no one can see me. not that theres anything wrong with working for food service, its just the stigma, thats all. anyway, at least now i will know what is ok to eat and what is not. definitely a fringe benefit! and i will be getting paid $7.10/hr, which is a pretty good salary to come by in these parts. i almost am thinking that i could handle having another job, but i dont want to get ahead of myself here. the main reason that i want to work at all to begin with is so that i have something to do. but now im just going to be waking up earlier and still not have anything to do later in the day. maybe i should be a better student this semester. hmm, now theres a concept. anyway, i guess ill see how this kitchen thing ends up working out and then deciding what i want to do as far as another job goes.
lindsays boyfriend is coming up here this weekend to visit, which i dont usually mind. and he is also bringing us the TV/VCR/DVD player that i got for christmas and couldnt fit in my moms car on the way up here. the thing that bothers me about this particular visit is that lindsay asked me earlier this week if i could find somewhere else to stay tomorrow night. now maybe i overreacted, and maybe this is irrational, but i dont think that i should be kicked out of my own room just so those 2 can get their freak on! i told her i would think about it just because i didnt know exactly what to say to her at the time. ive been talking to other people about it, most of whom side with me, the only one who sided with lindsay was andy. basically what it boils down to, in my opinion is that i have the right to be in my own room whenever i want and if those 2 want to be alone, it should be their burden, not mine, to find somewhere else to go. i tried to explain this to lindsay today and she didnt understand exactly at first. not to attack her, but that i started out by explaining that i thought that it was unfair for her to even ask me to do this because if i say no, then im a bitch, and if i say yes, then it shows that i dont care, which i do! she wanted me to try to see her side of things. which i do understand that she wants to be alone with her boyfriend, they havent seen each other in a long time, etc. she said that the reason she asked me is because if it was the other way around and i was the one asking her to find somewhere else to stay she wouldnt have a problem with it. she kept asking me to see it from her point of view and i kept trying to tell her that, not to be selfish, but her point of view isnt really what we are discussing right now. no matter how SHE feels about the situation and my understanding that or not understanding, it isnt going to change the way i feel. i dont think she totally understood my position until i said "ok, ill look at it from your point of view...if i had my boyfriend coming to visit, i would think it would be rude to ask my roommate to leave for the night. i would think that if i wanted to be alone with my boyfriend then it would be up to me to figure something out, because its not fair to throw all the responsibility on my roommate when she has every right to be in her own room and im the one who wants special accomodations to begin with." after that she got really quiet and didnt say much. tonight at dinner she said that she talked to her friend christine who is going to be staying with her boyfriend all weekend and whos roommate is going to canada, so she and chris are going to be able to stay there. hmm...now how hard was that? she also said that shes and chris are going to try to save up their money and get a hotel room for valentines day. so that was our first big fight, and i THINK it went pretty well. at least from my point of view it did. i dont know if she is feeling resentful towards me or not, i think i will have to have a talk with her when she gets back from rugby. she should be back any second.
anyway, moving on to much much sunnier things (literally), i have tentatively scheduled a spring break trip with sandy and mandy. we decided that since we are all extremely broke that where ever we end up going we have to drive there, and mandy said it shouldnt be a problem to get a decent car from her parents for a week. we were all racking our brains to think of places we should go, places that would be cheap, preferably free. i told them that my uncle lives in orlando, and they got all excited about that. i got his phone number from my mom and called him tonight. i felt really bad putting him on the spot, especially since it didnt sound like he would have very much room for us. i think he just didnt want to say no. i also felt bad because i like NEVER talk to him except maybe on holidays or the rare occaision that he comes into town. its like "hi, this is your neice that you have met maybe a dozen times, if that, in your life, and im wondering if 2 of my friends and i can come and stay with you for free because you live in a really cool place." its not like i called to chat and say how are you and catch up. just need a place to stay, thats it. anyway, i feel bad and i think i might send him a card or something telling him how i feel and that if he really doesnt have room that its ok for him to tell me.
funny how being back at school gives me so much more to talk about! and i guess i have more things to avoid doing now that im back (i.e. homework), which is what im doing right now. not homework, but avoiding doing it. hey, that was an antithesis! i DID learn something last semester! anyway, i could go on and write about my floormate who is in the hospital or about how we are down to 1 gold fish and he isnt looking too good, or about the shelf that i built, or about another half million things, but i should go do some homework since i have class at 9:00 and i do have kind of a lot to do. and i should leave some things to talk about in future posts. goodnight!
moving on...unbelievably, i am now gainfully employed!!! its not like i have been looking for a whole semester or anything! the day i got back up here i went and got an application to work in the kitchen on campus. and no, this is not the dining center, i am not going to be scooping sauce onto spaghetti noodles and handing it over the counter. i am going to be working down in the basement where all the food is prepared and no one can see me. not that theres anything wrong with working for food service, its just the stigma, thats all. anyway, at least now i will know what is ok to eat and what is not. definitely a fringe benefit! and i will be getting paid $7.10/hr, which is a pretty good salary to come by in these parts. i almost am thinking that i could handle having another job, but i dont want to get ahead of myself here. the main reason that i want to work at all to begin with is so that i have something to do. but now im just going to be waking up earlier and still not have anything to do later in the day. maybe i should be a better student this semester. hmm, now theres a concept. anyway, i guess ill see how this kitchen thing ends up working out and then deciding what i want to do as far as another job goes.
lindsays boyfriend is coming up here this weekend to visit, which i dont usually mind. and he is also bringing us the TV/VCR/DVD player that i got for christmas and couldnt fit in my moms car on the way up here. the thing that bothers me about this particular visit is that lindsay asked me earlier this week if i could find somewhere else to stay tomorrow night. now maybe i overreacted, and maybe this is irrational, but i dont think that i should be kicked out of my own room just so those 2 can get their freak on! i told her i would think about it just because i didnt know exactly what to say to her at the time. ive been talking to other people about it, most of whom side with me, the only one who sided with lindsay was andy. basically what it boils down to, in my opinion is that i have the right to be in my own room whenever i want and if those 2 want to be alone, it should be their burden, not mine, to find somewhere else to go. i tried to explain this to lindsay today and she didnt understand exactly at first. not to attack her, but that i started out by explaining that i thought that it was unfair for her to even ask me to do this because if i say no, then im a bitch, and if i say yes, then it shows that i dont care, which i do! she wanted me to try to see her side of things. which i do understand that she wants to be alone with her boyfriend, they havent seen each other in a long time, etc. she said that the reason she asked me is because if it was the other way around and i was the one asking her to find somewhere else to stay she wouldnt have a problem with it. she kept asking me to see it from her point of view and i kept trying to tell her that, not to be selfish, but her point of view isnt really what we are discussing right now. no matter how SHE feels about the situation and my understanding that or not understanding, it isnt going to change the way i feel. i dont think she totally understood my position until i said "ok, ill look at it from your point of view...if i had my boyfriend coming to visit, i would think it would be rude to ask my roommate to leave for the night. i would think that if i wanted to be alone with my boyfriend then it would be up to me to figure something out, because its not fair to throw all the responsibility on my roommate when she has every right to be in her own room and im the one who wants special accomodations to begin with." after that she got really quiet and didnt say much. tonight at dinner she said that she talked to her friend christine who is going to be staying with her boyfriend all weekend and whos roommate is going to canada, so she and chris are going to be able to stay there. hmm...now how hard was that? she also said that shes and chris are going to try to save up their money and get a hotel room for valentines day. so that was our first big fight, and i THINK it went pretty well. at least from my point of view it did. i dont know if she is feeling resentful towards me or not, i think i will have to have a talk with her when she gets back from rugby. she should be back any second.
anyway, moving on to much much sunnier things (literally), i have tentatively scheduled a spring break trip with sandy and mandy. we decided that since we are all extremely broke that where ever we end up going we have to drive there, and mandy said it shouldnt be a problem to get a decent car from her parents for a week. we were all racking our brains to think of places we should go, places that would be cheap, preferably free. i told them that my uncle lives in orlando, and they got all excited about that. i got his phone number from my mom and called him tonight. i felt really bad putting him on the spot, especially since it didnt sound like he would have very much room for us. i think he just didnt want to say no. i also felt bad because i like NEVER talk to him except maybe on holidays or the rare occaision that he comes into town. its like "hi, this is your neice that you have met maybe a dozen times, if that, in your life, and im wondering if 2 of my friends and i can come and stay with you for free because you live in a really cool place." its not like i called to chat and say how are you and catch up. just need a place to stay, thats it. anyway, i feel bad and i think i might send him a card or something telling him how i feel and that if he really doesnt have room that its ok for him to tell me.
funny how being back at school gives me so much more to talk about! and i guess i have more things to avoid doing now that im back (i.e. homework), which is what im doing right now. not homework, but avoiding doing it. hey, that was an antithesis! i DID learn something last semester! anyway, i could go on and write about my floormate who is in the hospital or about how we are down to 1 gold fish and he isnt looking too good, or about the shelf that i built, or about another half million things, but i should go do some homework since i have class at 9:00 and i do have kind of a lot to do. and i should leave some things to talk about in future posts. goodnight!