Ok...so...Italian was just as unnerving and exhilirating as I had imagined...I read the syllabus last night and it said that the entire course would be taught in Italian, and that immediately made my stomach uneasy. I don't know a word of Italian (well, except for the bad words...) and maybe a couple things I read in a book I had when I was a kid ( Read more... )

...FIRST DAY OF CLASSES!!!!!

How will it go...?

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This has been an amazing week, I'm having the best time at Orientation. The weather WAS nice and cool for most of the week, but today it suddenly escalated to 104*, and Tommy and I had the brilliant idea to walk the mile downtown...My card let me into my dorm this morning, but when we tried to get back in just now, it wouldn't let us...I called ( Read more... )

Today was insane...I didn't get the call from the doctor that I had a physical scheduled for today...So at 3:00 the nurse calls me and says "Kathleen? You were scheduled for a physical today at 2:30? What happened...?" And I was completely dumbfounded. I really needed that physical for some forms at school, and now I can't get another one into ( Read more... )

There really isn't much going on with me lately...and it's kinda bumming me out. I get up (at some point...never an exact time...), get washed up, get dressed, eat lunch, and then just count the minutes until I go to work, go to work, work, close up, drive home. That's it. That's my day. That's my week. Simple. Mundane. Repetitive. I would ( Read more... )

Will post a longer entry later about the week...I can honestly say it was the best week ever. Lots of relaxing, lots of fun, a bit stressful with all the complications, but overall it was the best vacation I've been on in a while ( Read more... )

Tonight was too much. Let's just leave it at that. Too damn much.

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Last Thursday after the lunch shift, I drove to Richmond, met Tom there, and left my car at a friend's house. Then Tom drove us to Virginia Beach to stay the weekend with his Dad and his family ( Read more... )

"...But you do realize that black people don't tell on each other? I just learned about it a little while ago, it's some code that they all have. Even if they see another black person kill someone, it is against the code to turn them in. I can't believe it!"

...um...WTF? Any thoughts?

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Tuesday...I had to work at Madigan's for the lunch shift, and only walked away with about $50...pathetic...way too much aggravation, not enough to show for it ( Read more... )