back to school...
tomorrow. crap.
so this is it, the big 2-0 of the summer, i figure that's some good updating on my part. and today's going to be hectic so i might as well get it all out now.
mcats are O-VA. ohmydearlord that was a longass day. it was just tiring, and i totally wanted to get it over with instead of that whole hour for lunch. whatever. it was a little daunting with everyone and their pack of like 100 kaplan cards with like 20 facts on each card. but oh well, i'm sure they didn't know ALL that crap. and it wouldn't have helped much anyway. let's hope so. i think i did alright, but ending w/the bio sci part doesn't really boost my image of the entire thing, so ask me again in october. that's right. october. damn.
so after the mcats, i got gas, drove home, had the worst experience ever trying to find a damn strapless bra, and then floored it to louisville. despite that, got lost in louisville so i was super late and the food was gone but i managed to eke out some mashed potatoes, cake, and a couple glasses of champagne. left a couple hours later, shoulda stayed longer but i was exhausted and the party was starting to gear towards the younger dancing crowd and my parents weren't going to get into that.
so then sunday, after some mad calling around, arranged a trip to cincy w/goms and wusi. picked them up, got gas (again), and drove to cincy's kenwood towne centre. why? cheesecake factory. plain and simple. and it was totally worth it. also did some shopping, and had a sketchy experience w/a guy telling us that the cheesecake was going to "ruin our figure" but after my chocolate silk and satin, screw the figure and gimme more cheesecake. afterwards, played some tennis w/brandon and lost again, but not before i 1)got smacked in the hand by his serve gone very very wrong, 2) hit myself in the nose with my racket trying to pull a shot from not going too wide while still running, and 3) having my contact fall out. yeah it was an experience.
monday i stayed home and packed. a lot. and i did well. really. ha.
so then tuesday i went over to stef's at 9 to start her ordeal of packing, because, um, that was her last day in town. yeah. oh, got gas for 1.69. rock on. third time in four days. my parents are going to love that bill. we got started packing a little before 11:30 but not much got done as we made plans for her to visit me over fall break (we'll see how much life she sucks outta this one). wusi came over and we drove to frankfort and made good time despite a scenic route detour. and it was really nice, lunch at gibby's with ben and eating outside and just laughing about cinnamints (stef we rock) and such. it was good times, glad we did it. came back, and i helped stef pack and then haul the majority of her stuff via my civic. but not before seeing that gas had jumped freakin' 25 cents to 1.94, dropping stef off at the district courthouse, and almost hitting another car that was in my blindspot (completely blind thanks to the stuff in the back). and then we quit, but oh well, we still did pretty well all things considered (being the small amount of time and the state of stef's stuff at her sis's beforehand).
wednesday woke up, gave blood. went into work to sign my termination papers to no avail b/c they weren't there, so hung out w/the work people and told them about my mcats and such. met up w/ambre and went wallyworld shopping for a bit, and bought nothing but did walk around the store enough times to catch up on life. came home and talked marc through some annoying traffic. and then went around w/brandon for a couple hours and watched him major haul at salvation army.
so thursday's the last full day at home. hopefully lunch w/some people, getting last minute stuff done, and then dinnering w/the parents before getting some sleep and waking up SHINING early to drive to duke. this should be interesting. but yeah.
this summer has been good overall i guess. i mean there have been amazing ups and equally crappy downs, but as much as i dreaded coming home, it's been pretty good. and i'm not going to let go because, seriously, why should i? it's not like i'm begging people to hang out w/me or that it's all just an unrealistic memory. i've gotten to see so many people this summer and every time i have it's just been fun. the big get togethers are just cool, but mostly it's those little times w/mostly wusi, goms, and eli that have been really really memorable, and even just the short moments w/annika, caroline, moira, and leslie when they were in town were awesome. i got to spend time w/kendraleigh and mike before they left kind of early. i got to see my foster girls (suz and drina) and my gsp folk (ben, bo, kyle, megan, and stef) and despite all the time that's passed since those experiences and the small amount of time we were ever together, it's just still so good every single time. i didn't get to see ambre as much but even just walking around WALMART today with a shopping cart filled with five small items was incredibly enjoyable. my work people have been really cool, i've missed having jeff and adina around as much, but swatee and kat were always fun to chat with, brandon was brandon, and dinner and such at dee's reminded me of how great a mentor and boss she's been. i really like home, and it's not even that i miss what i used to have... but what i STILL have w/these people. and i don't know if i'll get it back again. i am excited to go back to duke, but it's not that complete "i want to get away from here and go to duke" feeling that i know a lot of people do have. i'm not unhappy to head back... i just do really love home. it's been great this summer guys, and just know i love you all.
so this is it, the big 2-0 of the summer, i figure that's some good updating on my part. and today's going to be hectic so i might as well get it all out now.
mcats are O-VA. ohmydearlord that was a longass day. it was just tiring, and i totally wanted to get it over with instead of that whole hour for lunch. whatever. it was a little daunting with everyone and their pack of like 100 kaplan cards with like 20 facts on each card. but oh well, i'm sure they didn't know ALL that crap. and it wouldn't have helped much anyway. let's hope so. i think i did alright, but ending w/the bio sci part doesn't really boost my image of the entire thing, so ask me again in october. that's right. october. damn.
so after the mcats, i got gas, drove home, had the worst experience ever trying to find a damn strapless bra, and then floored it to louisville. despite that, got lost in louisville so i was super late and the food was gone but i managed to eke out some mashed potatoes, cake, and a couple glasses of champagne. left a couple hours later, shoulda stayed longer but i was exhausted and the party was starting to gear towards the younger dancing crowd and my parents weren't going to get into that.
so then sunday, after some mad calling around, arranged a trip to cincy w/goms and wusi. picked them up, got gas (again), and drove to cincy's kenwood towne centre. why? cheesecake factory. plain and simple. and it was totally worth it. also did some shopping, and had a sketchy experience w/a guy telling us that the cheesecake was going to "ruin our figure" but after my chocolate silk and satin, screw the figure and gimme more cheesecake. afterwards, played some tennis w/brandon and lost again, but not before i 1)got smacked in the hand by his serve gone very very wrong, 2) hit myself in the nose with my racket trying to pull a shot from not going too wide while still running, and 3) having my contact fall out. yeah it was an experience.
monday i stayed home and packed. a lot. and i did well. really. ha.
so then tuesday i went over to stef's at 9 to start her ordeal of packing, because, um, that was her last day in town. yeah. oh, got gas for 1.69. rock on. third time in four days. my parents are going to love that bill. we got started packing a little before 11:30 but not much got done as we made plans for her to visit me over fall break (we'll see how much life she sucks outta this one). wusi came over and we drove to frankfort and made good time despite a scenic route detour. and it was really nice, lunch at gibby's with ben and eating outside and just laughing about cinnamints (stef we rock) and such. it was good times, glad we did it. came back, and i helped stef pack and then haul the majority of her stuff via my civic. but not before seeing that gas had jumped freakin' 25 cents to 1.94, dropping stef off at the district courthouse, and almost hitting another car that was in my blindspot (completely blind thanks to the stuff in the back). and then we quit, but oh well, we still did pretty well all things considered (being the small amount of time and the state of stef's stuff at her sis's beforehand).
wednesday woke up, gave blood. went into work to sign my termination papers to no avail b/c they weren't there, so hung out w/the work people and told them about my mcats and such. met up w/ambre and went wallyworld shopping for a bit, and bought nothing but did walk around the store enough times to catch up on life. came home and talked marc through some annoying traffic. and then went around w/brandon for a couple hours and watched him major haul at salvation army.
so thursday's the last full day at home. hopefully lunch w/some people, getting last minute stuff done, and then dinnering w/the parents before getting some sleep and waking up SHINING early to drive to duke. this should be interesting. but yeah.
this summer has been good overall i guess. i mean there have been amazing ups and equally crappy downs, but as much as i dreaded coming home, it's been pretty good. and i'm not going to let go because, seriously, why should i? it's not like i'm begging people to hang out w/me or that it's all just an unrealistic memory. i've gotten to see so many people this summer and every time i have it's just been fun. the big get togethers are just cool, but mostly it's those little times w/mostly wusi, goms, and eli that have been really really memorable, and even just the short moments w/annika, caroline, moira, and leslie when they were in town were awesome. i got to spend time w/kendraleigh and mike before they left kind of early. i got to see my foster girls (suz and drina) and my gsp folk (ben, bo, kyle, megan, and stef) and despite all the time that's passed since those experiences and the small amount of time we were ever together, it's just still so good every single time. i didn't get to see ambre as much but even just walking around WALMART today with a shopping cart filled with five small items was incredibly enjoyable. my work people have been really cool, i've missed having jeff and adina around as much, but swatee and kat were always fun to chat with, brandon was brandon, and dinner and such at dee's reminded me of how great a mentor and boss she's been. i really like home, and it's not even that i miss what i used to have... but what i STILL have w/these people. and i don't know if i'll get it back again. i am excited to go back to duke, but it's not that complete "i want to get away from here and go to duke" feeling that i know a lot of people do have. i'm not unhappy to head back... i just do really love home. it's been great this summer guys, and just know i love you all.