Update

Yeah, it's been a while. And since my last post, we (semi-) successfully returned from vacation, went camping, and then I came back to school for training and, eventually, even classes.

So now I'm at the weekend after the first week of school. Apparently at home, life goes on; both my best friend and my parents are at the state fair and I couldn't be more jealous. Maybe I'll go to the Texas State Fair to make up for it. (pro-tip: it may not have cheese curds, but I'm told it's MONSTROUSLY huge. And it lasts three weeks. That said, they don't even have the 'food finder' on their website up and running yet.)

Classes are... well, they're interesting at the very least. So even when I get frustrated with them, at least I can say "Well, hey, these are my core classes. They're actually the things I want to be learning." That's a nice change. And for more details on classes... well, I'm taking the "unholy trinity" of Junior-year METR courses. Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and Measurements. I've got Public Finance (which is my last ECON course to finish my minor--but more on that later, actually). I have a Geography class called "Climate, History, and Society." Rumor has it the professor for that one strongly dislikes METR majors, even though he's a climate guy. But he seems cool enough. Very research-y class. Oh, and for the first time in... ever, I actually have several friends in my class. We spend our time trying to figure out what major everyone else in the class is. And then a practicum with the OU Nightly, the news program. We start doing live shows September 14. I do two days per week with the production crew and one with weather, so... yeah. Should be a good learning experience. That said, I'm *totally* lost in it; don't have the background that the actual broadcast majors have.

And... switching over from classes to the other half of my life: HCSA. Things are going AMAZINGLY. I am so proud of this year's team; we've come an incredibly long way since last year. Programming Director is a challenging position; everything is very big and long-term, so I definitely have to test my focus. But I'm excited for the weekend program and things are going well over all. Oh, but my schedule takes a turn for the chaotic in September. Homecoming meetings start. And then the week before weekend program, I have 2 midterms, and then that Saturday is the event, and then I have two more midterms the next week. And it really doesn't calm down from there until over a week into November. So... if I break down... don't worry, it was planned?

And, the last tier of my life: personal drama. Apparently Jay's had feelings for me of some sort (although almost everybody I know, myself included, is reasonably certain they're rebound-based) for 5 months. Well then. He decided to act on them in the last few weeks, attempted to kiss me (he was somewhat drunk at the time, but...) ... Yeah. There's just so much wrong with that. But we've talked, straightened things out, and hopefully it won't be an issue. In the meantime, 90% of my friends are in happy relationships. Half of them are also trying to set me up with other people. I guess I appreciate it? I don't know. I want a guy; if nothing else, having one would probably prevent me from walking across campus alone at night (in that I'd have someone to drag along with me). Yes... I realized how stupid that was as I was doing it. No worries; I brought my bigger "cuttin' bitches for self-defense" knife with me (the one with the thumb-assist for opening it). And got hit on by drunk people. All of whom were in the driver's seat... So probably better walking than driving anyway.

Alright. Time to finish cleaning up the apartment. Clearly my presence is... well, making itself obvious. I have to get the last of my stuff out of the hallway, load up my new bookshelf, and do laundry today, so I should have my work cut out for me. And if not, maybe I'll get started on homework (*gasp*).