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Blah, I never know what to write about when I reappear these lengthy hiatuses.
I just wrote a few paragraphs and then wiped them away with a tap of the delete key. I feel somewhat compelled to go back and try to detail every day since the last time I wrote, but that's kind of silly. I can say, though, that they've been happy and sunny and full of activity, family, friends, the usual dance classes. I think that compulsion to rewind and record everything has to do with not wanting to forget about how great everything is these days, this month, this semester, this year... I've been back for almost a year now, and I feel thoroughly reconnected to Baltimore and it's people, to my people, and happy to have found a new niche within it all.
In any case, with my current lack of employment since the end of the semester and the dance session and before I leave for China, there will be lots of vacations. I reckon it's the most logical thing to do while I'm not earning any money. Chris and I joined Kate and Jill at the beach in the middle of last week for to perfect sunny days. It's the closest I've ever gotten to senior week, and suffice it to say that I'm okay with that. But I had a grand time. Wednesday I'm going to Pittsburgh to hang out with long lost Brian for a little while before driving up to Wheeling for Becca's wedding. My part of the programs are done, as is the super secret wedding present...I just have to pick up that dress. I've been looking forward to the wedding for a long time, for both the wedding and for the Silver Bay reunion that goes along with it.
I've been listening to CD set that will miraculously render me a fluent Chinese speaker in 18 days. It's going pretty well, and I can say lots of useless things about asking people to speak English and telling them I'm American and asking for directions and food, but I think most of that information could be conveyed gesturally or via clueless facial expression. I got to talk to Josie about it last night at Jessica's play, and of course the more I talk about it or read about it or find out from the other people who are going, the more ready I am to hop on the plane.
In the fall, there was a boy from my sister's class in high school who died pretty suddenly. I ran into one of our classmates at a movie theatre shortly thereafter and she mentioned how big life events happen with increasing frequency as we get older and older. I'll ditto that...all these kids I've hung around with for so long are doing such grown up things now like moving and getting married and starting new jobs and having kids. I'm not sure I'll ever really wrap my mind around it. But, uh...go get 'em? Hah, I got a job actually...kind of. It's a graduate assistantship with the technical support team for UMBC's education department. That will make next year superbusy with that and coursework and dance, but I'll probably learn a lot, I'll certainly earn more money, and maybe I'll even move out.
I just wrote a few paragraphs and then wiped them away with a tap of the delete key. I feel somewhat compelled to go back and try to detail every day since the last time I wrote, but that's kind of silly. I can say, though, that they've been happy and sunny and full of activity, family, friends, the usual dance classes. I think that compulsion to rewind and record everything has to do with not wanting to forget about how great everything is these days, this month, this semester, this year... I've been back for almost a year now, and I feel thoroughly reconnected to Baltimore and it's people, to my people, and happy to have found a new niche within it all.
In any case, with my current lack of employment since the end of the semester and the dance session and before I leave for China, there will be lots of vacations. I reckon it's the most logical thing to do while I'm not earning any money. Chris and I joined Kate and Jill at the beach in the middle of last week for to perfect sunny days. It's the closest I've ever gotten to senior week, and suffice it to say that I'm okay with that. But I had a grand time. Wednesday I'm going to Pittsburgh to hang out with long lost Brian for a little while before driving up to Wheeling for Becca's wedding. My part of the programs are done, as is the super secret wedding present...I just have to pick up that dress. I've been looking forward to the wedding for a long time, for both the wedding and for the Silver Bay reunion that goes along with it.
I've been listening to CD set that will miraculously render me a fluent Chinese speaker in 18 days. It's going pretty well, and I can say lots of useless things about asking people to speak English and telling them I'm American and asking for directions and food, but I think most of that information could be conveyed gesturally or via clueless facial expression. I got to talk to Josie about it last night at Jessica's play, and of course the more I talk about it or read about it or find out from the other people who are going, the more ready I am to hop on the plane.
In the fall, there was a boy from my sister's class in high school who died pretty suddenly. I ran into one of our classmates at a movie theatre shortly thereafter and she mentioned how big life events happen with increasing frequency as we get older and older. I'll ditto that...all these kids I've hung around with for so long are doing such grown up things now like moving and getting married and starting new jobs and having kids. I'm not sure I'll ever really wrap my mind around it. But, uh...go get 'em? Hah, I got a job actually...kind of. It's a graduate assistantship with the technical support team for UMBC's education department. That will make next year superbusy with that and coursework and dance, but I'll probably learn a lot, I'll certainly earn more money, and maybe I'll even move out.