so i leave in less than two days. and i haven't even started packing yet. i can't even think of a time in the next few days when i'll be able to, other than maybe early morning hours on saturday ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Queen ( Read more... )

:)

the exam was awesome. i remembered everything, i wrote good answers, i wasn't stressed, i know that i at least passed. it's a lovely feeling.

and now i'm free!

two hours till botany exam... soooooooo anxious, i need to pass it, thank god it's only 2 hours long and she said she'd be nice. and quantity doesn't mean quality. ANYWAYS i can't think about it, need to think about something else ( Read more... )

i've gotten significantly chubbier since leaving the states. but it's a different kind of chubby, it's more like i have substance, instead of a waifish, petite, sun-deprived kind of existence. yeah, all that weight i lost before i got on the plane... well yes it came back. ;) if i could only grow TWO inches, that's all i ask ( Read more... )

at the moment, i'm attempting to stay calm and not freak out over my exams starting tomorrow at 7:45am. i've studied, i even put up a good fight for my botany grade but ugh, there's just, freaking, tooooo much detail to cram in my head ( Read more... )

i just applied for a conservation internship in California this summer. i could either go to Yosemite, Trinity Alps Wilderness, or the Channel Islands. i don't know if i'll get it, or if it would be good or not. but what the hell ( Read more... )

so, i went sailing last night, at this sailing club downtown, where people come and sign up and then the teams take you out with them (for free!) while they practice getting good race times. so we helped these two funny old professors and their alcho lady friend. they gave me the honor of controlling whether or not we tipped over. it was terrifying ( Read more... )

i woke up at 5am this morning, for NO reason, and could not sleep again. so here i sit. and i started thinking about going home again, since according to everyone from home that's going to happen really soon... and everything just seemed wrong. about my family and school in seattle and all my crappy part-time jobs i've wasted my life on. but it's ( Read more... )

will ya'll please stop mentioning how soon i'm coming home? can't you just humor me and be like, wow i can't believe it's another month, that's soooooooo long. sheesh ( Read more... )