a rough start

School isn't supposed to get hard so fast. It is my second full week back in classes and it sucks. Here's how it breaks down:

Monday: assignment due, quiz
Tuesday: assingment due, quiz
Wednesday: assingment due
Thursday: test, quiz
Friday: quiz, assignment due

Not to mention that I work Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I might be going in for a while on Thursday too. I want to leave a couple of hours early on Friday so I don't arrive in the cities too late.

Weekend recap:
Friday night Jess and I went to a party at our friend Cy's house. It was actually at his parent's house out in the country. They were gone to California so we made sure to take advantage of the hot tub. There's nothing quite like sitting in 105 degree water when it's actually 25 out. We did that until 4 am. Then Jess and I were hungry so we had breakfast at Perkins. Arrival at home = 6am.

Saturday brought a trip to Sioux Falls. My friend Claussen had an unfortunate laundry accident and had to buy all new jeans. So we did that. We also made steps at Best buy (scrubs season 1, aqualung cd, the pianist), World Market (mojito bucket) and Barnes & Noble(angels and demons, pride and prejudice). After shopping we went to Brandon and ate at Tailgators. Little did we know it was $2.50 long island ice tea / karaoke night. After 5 teas for me, 4 teas and a corona for Jess and a couple beers for Kris we headed back to brookings. On our way back, our friend Chris called and told us when we got back we needed to go downtown. So we did. Arg. Arrival home = 2:30 am.

Sunday was a sleepy day. I watched a lot of Scrubs and took a nap. Then I did homework and studied. Last night a big group of us watched The Shawshank Redemption. One of my roommates made better than sex cake. A good time was had by all. Arrival at home = midnight.

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Note: Those of you who will be at Matt's on Friday will have the great opportunity of meeting a few of my non-internet friends. Claussen, Chris and Kris will all be running a 5k in St. Paul Saturday morning and want to have supper at Matt's with us. They are an interesting crew. I think you'll like them. I sure do.

Well, time to make supper and prepare for the week that is ahead of me.

it's Tuesday

I don't know much but it's been a while since I've posted. My first class this morning got cancelled so I've got some extra time on my hands. I figured while I was doing laundry and making a cd for Beth I would give an update.

Last weekend a few of us went down to Sioux Falls to go have lunch for a friend's birthday (Happy Birthday Claus!). We also saw Brokeback Mountain. It was excellent. If you have a chance, go see it. It is the first of it's kind. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal gave outstanding performances. I was scared, I laughed, I cried. Just go see it. You don't want my feeble attempt of explaining it.

Thinking back on it, I also saw Glory Road as well as Pride and Prejudice last week. It was a good week for movie watching.

School is ok so far. I'm having a hard time getting back into the swing of it all. The job is ok too. I'm not learning a whole lot even though I still have a lot to learn. It doesn't matter though. I'm not making a career out of it.

So that's about all I've got. Time to fold laundry.

let's do the limbo rock

I've been doing a lot of thinking over the past week or so. Thinking about family, friends, school, work, etc. I'm in this weird transition period. My life now is so different than what it will be in a year. For that matter, it's different than it was at this time last year.

Friendships are changing and I have a feeling that they will continue to evolve. I've been spending more time with people I don't normally spend a lot of time with. It's been good. I wish I would have done more socializing earlier in my college career. It seems that there are some sneaky things going on with a couple of people. I really don't like that. I have been lucky enough to meet some great people in the past year and I have a good feeling they will be a part of my life for a long time. There have been a couple of people who remain a constant and for them I am so lucky. All friendships have their rough spots and I've been really fortunate enough to have friends who have gone down the bumpy path with me.

Tonight I had my first class. Officially I have one more semester left after this. In the next year, I'll move at least twice. It's difficult to know that I have this whole life in one place but in a year my life will be somewhere completely different. Some of it will come with me, some of it will not. It's a lot for my tired mind to process. I'm to the point where I just want to get on with things instead of wondering how it's all going to end up.

I don't know if anything I just said makes sense. I see myself in one place but at the same time I'm somewhere else. I'm trying to figure out how I should deal with that. Things in Brookings are good, just confusing.

My "lame duck" period is underway.

Wake Up Dead Man

I swear I'm still alive. I haven't been around the blogging world much. I've been working hard at this new job even though most of the time it seems like I'm staring blankly at a computer screen. The 73 hour paycheck will make me happy next Thursday. So far it's going ok. My boss believes in not overwhelming me which is nice but I'd like to know how to do a little more after being here for a week and a half.

Jess' bday was last weekend so it was fairly hectic. She made it through her birthday this year a lot better than she did last year. I might have pictures from it. If there are any good ones of course I will post them.

I'm making a voyage to the cities this weekend to spend some time with my sister. Skating with Dawn may also happen if time can be found. Tina has plans for me. I know of 2 plans thus far. 1) We're going to the MOA so she can return some shoes. I will also say my goodbyes to Camp Snoopy while I'm there. 2) We're going to go workout here: http://www.lifetimefitness.com/clubs/index.cfm?strWebAction=club_details&intClubid=164 She got a complimentary guest pass for two so we're going to use them. Her and her husband are members of LifeTime but I guess this is a special super-expensive one. Hopefully I don't break myself.

That's all for now. Time for lunch.

Happy New Year

I attempted to head home Saturday. It only took me 7.5 hours to get there. The serpentine belt on my car broke about 10 miles north of Sioux Falls. By the time I figured out where I wanted to be towed to and got towed, it was 5. Dad came to Brookings and got me and took me home. I went to a rockin New Years party with my friends from high school. Today Jess met my dad and I in Luvurne and picked me up and then we went shopping for a bit before coming back. We both have multitudes of laundry to do, so we're going to leave shortly for the laundromat.

Tomorrow I start my new job! I'm excited and a little nervous. I shouldn't be. I know the people I'm working with and everything will be fine. Maybe it's just anticipation. Anyway, here's my new home:


It isn't fully decorated yet, but it's a start.