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Last week was so uneventful I didn't make a single entry :P That, and I spent every night since last Saturday over at Josh's. I didn't always mean to stay over there; on one occasion a thunderstorm started up as I was going to leave, and not only did I not want to walk home in the rain, but also I'm not a big fan of thunder.
I suppose there were a few highlights, though. On Thursday morning, myself and a few other people from Pre-Vet Club went over to the Penn Stater, the hotel/conference center we're hoping to have the APVMA conference at. I'm facilities co-chair, which is really exciting. Myself and two other girls have the responsibility of figuring out where everything is going to happen. That night the PVC put on a spaghetti dinner social, which was a lot of fun. The more time I spend with the people in PVC the more I wish I hadn't waited until this year to get so involved with them.
This weekend was mostly uneventful, since it seemed EVERYONE went home for Easter. State College was DEAD. Honestly, I didn't even think to go home, since going home on weekends is nearly impossible when you live four hours away and you have a lab on Friday afternoons that goes until 3:30 on good days and until 4:25 on bad ones. That translates to hitting rush hour traffic and a 5 or 6 hour drive home instead.
On Saturday morning Jere and I volunteered at Centre Wildlife Care's "Wild About Animals" day. Centre Wildlife Care is the wildlife rehab organization up here, and the place I'm hoping to get an internship with over the summer. (Speaking of internships, I was offered the one down in FL. Depending on what I hear in the next few days from CWC and elsewhere, we'll see what happens!) I had a blast volunteering. I chose to man the face painting table, and had a great time painting the faces of all the little kids. I think I did a pretty good job, too, with the exception of a few weird things requested of me (an owl comes to mind...).
Once I got back to Josh's, though, things got bad. He wanted to go out and do something since it was such a beautiful day. I, on the other hand, was happy to sit inside. And if we were going to go outside, I would have been happy to just sit on a blanket and read. This turned into a rather large fight between the two of us, where Josh accused me (in so many words) of being lazy, and I was just annoyed. Everything he was suggesting (picnic, hike, drive) just didn't sound like any fun to me. I had a "been there, done that" attitude and I'm not entirely sure why. At the end of it, Josh stormed off to the shower to "cool off," and I... overreacted in true soap opera form. I grabbed everything of mine from his place, grabbed his keys, and drove back to my place. Once I was here, I grabbed everything of his - including stuffed animals he gave me - and put it all in his laundry basket. Put that in my car, drove over to his place, left the basket of stuff on his table and left again. Yes, I was really that angry.
If I'm totally honest with myself, I expected Josh to cave and promptly apologize for the arguement. I didn't expect to break up with him. I really don't know what I would have done if he had said, "Fine. If that's it, then that's it." That sounds terribly manipulative of me, but at the time I wasn't thinking about that, I was just mad.
I ended up going back to Wild About Animals and painting more faces. Josh eventually texted and called me until I talked to him, and he apologized and said he hadn't wanted it to get that out of hand. That was why he had gone to take the shower in the first place, to remove himself from the situation. Unfortunately, he had gone to take his shower with a dismissive, "Do what you want," to me, which just served to really piss me off. We both apologized for our ridiculous behavior, and went and ran a few errands just to "go do something."
In retrospect the whole thing was stupid. I suppose since Josh and I don't fight much on a regular basis, we compensate by blowing up smaller arguements into humongous ordeals. But as long as it all turns out alright, I suppose that's all that matters. And since I'm not writing "Josh and I broke up," you can assume everything's alright.
Sunday was Easter (happy hoppy day to any/all of you who celebrate) and Josh and I celebrated with our usual tradition of dying eggs. I also got an AMAZING Easter package from my mom. It's all See's candy, which is hands down my favorite brand of chocolate, but unfortunately only available on the west coast. So having three hollow chocolate bunnies, various assorted chocolates, etc. from there is making me very happy (and occasionally sick from eating too much!)
This week is yet again uneventful, which is actually a good thing considering the upcoming weekend. I'm REALLY looking forward to the Spring Fling this Saturday. Like I said, I have an AMAZING dress, as well as some great accessories, and I'm getting my nails/hair/makeup done, too. And I get to see Josh in his brand new suit :D And then on Sunday there's the Altoona Curve game with the PVC, which will also be a blast.
I think I'll probably spend all week looking forward to this weekend!
I suppose there were a few highlights, though. On Thursday morning, myself and a few other people from Pre-Vet Club went over to the Penn Stater, the hotel/conference center we're hoping to have the APVMA conference at. I'm facilities co-chair, which is really exciting. Myself and two other girls have the responsibility of figuring out where everything is going to happen. That night the PVC put on a spaghetti dinner social, which was a lot of fun. The more time I spend with the people in PVC the more I wish I hadn't waited until this year to get so involved with them.
This weekend was mostly uneventful, since it seemed EVERYONE went home for Easter. State College was DEAD. Honestly, I didn't even think to go home, since going home on weekends is nearly impossible when you live four hours away and you have a lab on Friday afternoons that goes until 3:30 on good days and until 4:25 on bad ones. That translates to hitting rush hour traffic and a 5 or 6 hour drive home instead.
On Saturday morning Jere and I volunteered at Centre Wildlife Care's "Wild About Animals" day. Centre Wildlife Care is the wildlife rehab organization up here, and the place I'm hoping to get an internship with over the summer. (Speaking of internships, I was offered the one down in FL. Depending on what I hear in the next few days from CWC and elsewhere, we'll see what happens!) I had a blast volunteering. I chose to man the face painting table, and had a great time painting the faces of all the little kids. I think I did a pretty good job, too, with the exception of a few weird things requested of me (an owl comes to mind...).
Once I got back to Josh's, though, things got bad. He wanted to go out and do something since it was such a beautiful day. I, on the other hand, was happy to sit inside. And if we were going to go outside, I would have been happy to just sit on a blanket and read. This turned into a rather large fight between the two of us, where Josh accused me (in so many words) of being lazy, and I was just annoyed. Everything he was suggesting (picnic, hike, drive) just didn't sound like any fun to me. I had a "been there, done that" attitude and I'm not entirely sure why. At the end of it, Josh stormed off to the shower to "cool off," and I... overreacted in true soap opera form. I grabbed everything of mine from his place, grabbed his keys, and drove back to my place. Once I was here, I grabbed everything of his - including stuffed animals he gave me - and put it all in his laundry basket. Put that in my car, drove over to his place, left the basket of stuff on his table and left again. Yes, I was really that angry.
If I'm totally honest with myself, I expected Josh to cave and promptly apologize for the arguement. I didn't expect to break up with him. I really don't know what I would have done if he had said, "Fine. If that's it, then that's it." That sounds terribly manipulative of me, but at the time I wasn't thinking about that, I was just mad.
I ended up going back to Wild About Animals and painting more faces. Josh eventually texted and called me until I talked to him, and he apologized and said he hadn't wanted it to get that out of hand. That was why he had gone to take the shower in the first place, to remove himself from the situation. Unfortunately, he had gone to take his shower with a dismissive, "Do what you want," to me, which just served to really piss me off. We both apologized for our ridiculous behavior, and went and ran a few errands just to "go do something."
In retrospect the whole thing was stupid. I suppose since Josh and I don't fight much on a regular basis, we compensate by blowing up smaller arguements into humongous ordeals. But as long as it all turns out alright, I suppose that's all that matters. And since I'm not writing "Josh and I broke up," you can assume everything's alright.
Sunday was Easter (happy hoppy day to any/all of you who celebrate) and Josh and I celebrated with our usual tradition of dying eggs. I also got an AMAZING Easter package from my mom. It's all See's candy, which is hands down my favorite brand of chocolate, but unfortunately only available on the west coast. So having three hollow chocolate bunnies, various assorted chocolates, etc. from there is making me very happy (and occasionally sick from eating too much!)
This week is yet again uneventful, which is actually a good thing considering the upcoming weekend. I'm REALLY looking forward to the Spring Fling this Saturday. Like I said, I have an AMAZING dress, as well as some great accessories, and I'm getting my nails/hair/makeup done, too. And I get to see Josh in his brand new suit :D And then on Sunday there's the Altoona Curve game with the PVC, which will also be a blast.
I think I'll probably spend all week looking forward to this weekend!