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Wow, I'm just now realizing that I've had this livejournal for over a year now. Crazy. Andy stumbled across it from the link on my facebook, and I've just finished going back and reading some of my old entries. Its crazy to think that the first year is already gone by. The newness of college has worn off, but it still beats staying at home! its interesting to go back and look at what was going on at different times of the year; like how i used to hang out with the tville boys all the time, and how frustrated i used to get with design, and homesick, and roommates. And now, I've got a different boyfriend of just over five months now, friends scattered through out florida, mostly girls at that too, which is odd for me. Frustration with design hasn't changed much, but at least I'm not dealing with it too directly right now. I did get to shadow a couple of interior designers yesterday tho, and I still love it, I'm glad i've decided to stick with it. As far as homesick, i've gotten over it. sure, i'll miss the family. but i miss my freedom more when i'm at home. and as far as roommates go, all i have to say is that everything is a learning experience, and an opportunity to learn more about yourself and change for the better.
Part of me misses some of those old times, when everything was still new and exciting. you were still learning gainesville, adapting to college life, meeting new people. maybe i'm just addicted to being the new kid, i've always been one. but i'm beginning to appreciate the security of life now. no more trying to read peoples minds, wondering what you'd be doing in a year, where you'd be, well, i still get some of those. But the uncertainty is gone for the most part. its nice almost to have finished an academic year and not have to move for once. and Lord knows how thankful I am for all the friends i've made, the people i've met, i can't begin to describe the impact some of them have made on me.
alright, enough deep thoughts for now.
went bowling the other night with a bunch of the ol wshs class of '04. geez i feel old. it was good to see everyone again, good to know that everyone had survived their first year with some brain cells still intact from whatever all they got into. still so crazy that just a year ago we were fresh out of high school headed to college. oh how things change. i still miss hanging out with some of them; i'm starting to discover the people i never really got a chance to know while i was there for my one year. i really wish i'd been able to stay for longer at niceville, or have been at ws longer. but anyways, dentist (who i hate seeing with a passion, that scraping noise in my mouth...ugh!) was the day before, and the interior design shadowing thing had been before bowling. finally, i have a foot in the door! today was a beach trip with laura fair, oh how i wish she'd gone to uf with me! ms. smith and her daughter ally, some family friends of ours, are in for the weekend. we're going to universal tomorrow (i still say IOA is better) and shopping on saturday. hopefully i can get my mom to buy me some stuff. i've gotten to talk to andy pretty much every night on the phone. and then its usually for at least an hour, but more like 2. i used to find it so hard to believe that carlos and gabby could talk for so long as often as they did. but its easier than it seems when its really someone that you care about that much. they're still together btw, i think they just hit 2 years. but you do end up discussing some random stuff too. i can't even begin...
so now its time for me to get some rest before tomorrow. tourists. yay.
<3 dani
i almost forgot: i'm going down to ft. lauderdale next week. still don't know when i'm going back to gainesville, it depends on if i'm scheduled for next sunday or not. and o-rock is officially my favorite radio station here! they played 2 different jimmy eat world songs (futures and work, i had the cd on earlier too!) and incubus wish you were here. I swear they were reading my mind! i rarely hear any of those songs on the radio, and then to hear all 3 in one day? wow
Part of me misses some of those old times, when everything was still new and exciting. you were still learning gainesville, adapting to college life, meeting new people. maybe i'm just addicted to being the new kid, i've always been one. but i'm beginning to appreciate the security of life now. no more trying to read peoples minds, wondering what you'd be doing in a year, where you'd be, well, i still get some of those. But the uncertainty is gone for the most part. its nice almost to have finished an academic year and not have to move for once. and Lord knows how thankful I am for all the friends i've made, the people i've met, i can't begin to describe the impact some of them have made on me.
alright, enough deep thoughts for now.
went bowling the other night with a bunch of the ol wshs class of '04. geez i feel old. it was good to see everyone again, good to know that everyone had survived their first year with some brain cells still intact from whatever all they got into. still so crazy that just a year ago we were fresh out of high school headed to college. oh how things change. i still miss hanging out with some of them; i'm starting to discover the people i never really got a chance to know while i was there for my one year. i really wish i'd been able to stay for longer at niceville, or have been at ws longer. but anyways, dentist (who i hate seeing with a passion, that scraping noise in my mouth...ugh!) was the day before, and the interior design shadowing thing had been before bowling. finally, i have a foot in the door! today was a beach trip with laura fair, oh how i wish she'd gone to uf with me! ms. smith and her daughter ally, some family friends of ours, are in for the weekend. we're going to universal tomorrow (i still say IOA is better) and shopping on saturday. hopefully i can get my mom to buy me some stuff. i've gotten to talk to andy pretty much every night on the phone. and then its usually for at least an hour, but more like 2. i used to find it so hard to believe that carlos and gabby could talk for so long as often as they did. but its easier than it seems when its really someone that you care about that much. they're still together btw, i think they just hit 2 years. but you do end up discussing some random stuff too. i can't even begin...
so now its time for me to get some rest before tomorrow. tourists. yay.
<3 dani
i almost forgot: i'm going down to ft. lauderdale next week. still don't know when i'm going back to gainesville, it depends on if i'm scheduled for next sunday or not. and o-rock is officially my favorite radio station here! they played 2 different jimmy eat world songs (futures and work, i had the cd on earlier too!) and incubus wish you were here. I swear they were reading my mind! i rarely hear any of those songs on the radio, and then to hear all 3 in one day? wow