Had my lunch date today, and it was very nice. A pleasant experience. It wasn't amazing, and it wasn't terrible. It wasn't even bad. Conversation was interesting, the food was delicious, but the connection really wasn't there. But how cool that I actually went on a date with a stranger (....hmmm that actually sounds kinda creepy...). I know it ( Read more... )

    My first week of sheer chaos. First game is Saturday, but so much else has to happen before I can even think about being nervous for that, so I'll worry about that later. Right now I should be completing two take-home quizzes for american lit., studying for a linguistics quiz, writing 3-5 pages about hidden meanings in one Shakespeare sonnet, ( Read more... )

    I've tried to explain this in several different ways, but nothing seems to work well, so I'll just say it: I hurt ( Read more... )

    Happy first friday! Only american lit and band left. I think I'm really going to enjoy my classes. As gruesome as they can sound (reading/writing/and reasearch...yuck), my professors seem fair, and I know at least one person in every class. The only professor I can't quite figure out yet reminds me a bit of Prof. Umbridge ("Hands please, ( Read more... )

   So my face got rocked off this week. Yep. Plain and simple. Band camp is over!!! Oh my goodness! I survived! I couldn't comprehend it yesterday, but it just sunk in, and now I just want to do my happy geek dance. Everything just went amazingly better than I expected. We hit a couple of low spots during the week, but getting done several hours ( Read more... )

So it began yesterday. And it won't stop for 4 months. But I made it through the first day without curling up into the fetal position, so I think I'm gonna make it . Working with the rookies was alot of fun, kind of embarrassing when I said a few wildly inappropriate things over the loud speaker, but I think it broke the ice and made Sara and I a ( Read more... )

I'm back in the Ham, and all seems well. Moved in without much difficulty. The RA I met said Denman is known as the Grandma dorm, and I can see why: it's old, has a very interesting smell, and it goes to bed around 8:30. But I love my space already. 3rd floor, corner room, with a lovely view of a parking deck and an even more perfect view of the  ( Read more... )

One more band camp to go. I'm so excited! This week has rekindled my love affair with all things marching band. Their music is absurd. It's obscene. This will be the best show they've ever done period, and I'm blessed to have gotten to help them learn it. All the kids really stepped it up this week. I'm so proud ( Read more... )

So I have to share some news that I've had to keep secret for a few weeks now....

I'm going to be an AUNT!

More importantly... LIZZY'S GONNA BE A MOM!!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!

She had her first ultrasound today and since she gave the official news about an hour ago online, I can officially tell every person I run into for the next 9 months. This is going to ( Read more... )

I keep trying to type how giddy I am, but  nothing seems to capture what I'm trying to convey.

I ran 3.7 miles.

I RAN 3.7 MILES.

Just in case you missed my last post, that's one mile more than I could do this weekend. Take that, me of several days ago!

Patrick and I took on Diebert Park, and we owned it. This feels amazing!! I just...can't even begin ( Read more... )