The Party's Over

Yes it is true, the party is over. I am back at school again, and so far off to an alright start. A lot of good things and a lot of bad. I like both my Psych teacher and my DSI teacher(who is deaf) and I am excited for both the classes. It's crazy though; to get an A in DSI I have to go to the silent camp out. Yes that is a whole weekend using nothing but sign... It's not till May so I have time to get ready, but right about now I am not so sure I could do that. I have a deaf teacher and that seems hard enough! But I think it will be a lot of fun, I also may have to find a ride up to Columbus for another mandatory deaf event. But it's true, the only way to truly learn ASL is to immerse yourself into deaf culture. So school is alright so far, but it's more work than I thought. I have to go to the doctor really soon because I have the most painful kidney infection right now. Unfortunately I can't afford to go to the doctor until Thursday night or Friday, because I can't miss school. I can tough it out though, I am keeping it at bay with cranberry juice and lots and lots of water. But boy do I feel terrible right now. Hopefully I'll feel better soon. Also, Drew and I are taking a break right now. It's hard on my emotions, but we are still there for each other and no bridges have been burned, but let me tell you I am struggling a little bit with the whole thing. I think it's for the better so I have to just let things play out. oh well wish me luck.

Happy Two-Thousand-Great

I got home from Virgina on the 23 of December and preceded to have a great Christmas with family and then later with friends, I have pictures but they are on another computer and I am on my friends. So maybe I'll post 'em, maybe not. I am feeling so unmotivated these past few days. My New Year started great but by the end of the night, I ended up having the worst night of my life. No details necessary, but I spent the first day of the year miserable, crying on Drew 's basement couch...great start. Ever since I have just been in a daze, I think because it was the first day of my new year, any other day I think I would be fine by now, but eh.
I leave Sunday for Chilli and I hope all is well with Lois(my landlady). I haven't spoken to her yet, but she doesn't have a cell phone, and I think she is visiting her daughter in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Yes, it does exist. and no it's not just right on the border in between the two states(If you don't get it, look at a map of the U.S.)
Today I took Gabey to the airport and then picked up Rosa and Dave. It's going to be weird not being with them everyday, but I have to adjust to a lot of things all over again, I can't decide if I want a job in Chilli or not, if I want to add another class, let alone if I want to stay down there, geeze. This is too much to think about right before bed but I just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
I start school the 7th so I'll probably be posting then, love you all.

Bed, Bath, and Beyond Homesick

So I'm into my second week here in the VA and I am getting sooo homesick. From minute to minute I'm fine, but the instant I sit down and relax all I can think about is getting home.

I am enjoying my job though. I picked everything up pretty fast, and I generally don't make terrible mistakes, but yesterday, I was not feeling well and I had closed the night before and was there until 1 a.m. and I was the first one to leave! Everyone was all stressed because the district managers were there. Luckily, Rosa was there to keep me calm, and Dave visited when Rowie and I went on break. Overall it is a great job and I like my little apron. This is me before fixing myself up to be in public, it's pretty gross, and my exhaustion shows. I closed the night before, and two nights before that, and I close everyday this week...

yup, pretty gross, be home soon:)

Sweet home....Virginia?

So I came to Virgina to see Rosa's play, and let me tell you, it is pure amazing. She is so good and the play is hilarious. The only change in my plans in that I decided to stay here and get a job woth Rosa at Bed Bath and Beyond. I start tomorrow :) I will be coming back for Christmas with Rosa and Dave. Wish me luck, see everyone soon

Quarter one is finished!!

So the grades came in, and the suspense is over. Here's my report card!

ART 110 H01 SEEING-KNOWING VISUAL ART .............A
DSI 111 H02 SIGN LANGUAGE I ..............................A
ENG 152 H01 WRITING AND READING ......................A-
TCOM 110 H01 WRITING & PRODUCTION PLAN ..........A

GPA --3.902
Congratulations! You have made the Dean's list for this quarter.

The underlined part is the cool stuff, I am really excited. I thought you would all be happy for me too.

Finally Settled

So after a week of staying place to place and never being able to unpack, I am settled into Julie Scherma's humble abode. It's not home by any means, but it's a bed and I can finally stop living out of boxes. Sorry I haven't really gotten a hold of anyone, I have been either trying like crazy to find a place to stay for the night, or trying like crazy to find a job, I should know soon what the dealio is with Urban Outfitters, and if that doesn't work out I have to try plan B. Just giving an update, I feel like crap, I'm sick, and I'm sick of being panicked all the time, but it should be OK soon. But what do I know? aaaaanyway, despite my current feelings everything is all good and is looking up. I love everyone, see you soon.

Thanksgiving

So, I'm sorry that I didn't get ahold of everyone on thanksgiving, especially you Dad. I meant to call everyone but I guess I am just a lazy bum. So I'm sorry everyone.
But yeah, the Ohio girls had fun. Instead of slaving all day over a hot stove to make turkeys we decided to make pizzas in the shape of turkeys. We had alot of fun and I hope you enjoy the pictures:)

Athens, day 4

So I have been
here since Saturday, and it's been fun. It was really exciting because on Saturday our friends from Lakewood payed us a visit. Needless to say I was almost in tears because I missed them soooooo much. We had a really nice time and went to the abandoned insane asylum near the school. It's HUGE, we went there for Halloween too and it was cool but it was night and I had no sense of scale. Then we went the other day and it was just so cool. The first picture is only Less than half of 1 of the 8 or so wings in total. We got into the old abandoned TB ward and got some pictures. These are some of my favorites that Drew took.






Yeah, kinda creepy. That girl is our friend from home, Betsy.

The door on the right was in the children's wing, for the children who were sick, this was their play area. Overall it wasn't that scary, a little eerie feeling, but not overwhelmingly so. I was just kind of upset that it had been so damaged by kids going in and painting and writing stupid things on the walls, oh well.




Anyway, since then we haven't really done anything. Drew has been studying for his finals, and no one is really ever around unless they are studying. The good news is I found a place to stay for the break and hopefully a job too. My friend Julie Scherma offered me to stay at her place for the break, and I can stay in her sister's room. It's on Hilliard in Westlake so I'll be near where mom works so I can get her car while she's there if I need it. That should work out really well.
Alright, I'll keep you guys updated, love you.

Last day in Chillicothe

Yay!!
I'm leaving for Athens tomorrow in the morning! My friend Whitney is heading there for the weekend and is taking me with her, I will be staying with Lauren, my friend from high school until the 21st, when Drew's mom(or dad) will be coming and getting us. Yay! I can't wait to go home, wherever that may be.
I think I did well on all my finals, but I won't know for like another week or so. I know I got an A on my English final, I'm almost positive I got an A in TCOM, I know I got at least a B on my DSI final, and I'm just hoping I got a good grade on my art final. Woo! I'm pumped.
The only bad news is, I went to sign up for classes today at like 7, and the online registration was closed for the day, bummer. And when I checked on all of my classes to see if I could still get in, the anthropology class was full...not cool.
But instead of taking public speaking, I switched my psych class with a sociology class, and put the psych where the anthropology was.
Take that Public Speaking!

New Schedule
Monday + Wednesday
3:10-5:25 Psych 101
5:30-720 DSI 112

Tuesday+Thursday
3:10-5:25 Soc 101
7:30-9:20 TCOM 486

I'll be making it official tomorrow, hopefully
Everyone in Cleveland, I'll see you soon!! YAAaAy!!

P.s. What are we all doing for thanksgiving?

Who ever said you wouldn't need a grappling hook at college?

Yes, it is true. A grappling hook has officially been used at OU, by Drew of all people.

I had to post it cause it just astounded me. So here's the scoop...
Some drunk kid comes back to Jefferson Hall, where a tired Drew(it's about 2:30 a.m.) and a few people are hanging out in the study lounge. There is a bike in the corner of the room, that belongs to one of the girls on the 3rd floor. The kid proceeds to throw the bike out the window(with no reason) to the 2nd floor roof. And one of the R.A.'s calls the cops.
To keep everyone out of trouble, a few of Drew's friends lower him to the balcony, using Drew's Grappling hook, to retrieve the bike safely.
Wow, who would've guessed.

Aaanyway on the bright side, I have arranged my winter quarter schedule. I can't make it official till Nov. 8th, but I have it planned out and hope all goes well. Here's what it looks like:

Monday + Wednesday-
1:10-3:25 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
5:30-7:20 DSI 112

Tuesday + Thursday
3:10-5:25 Intro to Psychology
7:30-9:20 TCOM 486

Drum roll please...

Bringing me to a grand total of 19 credit hours, geeze.

The Anthropology class is almost full, so I hope I get in. Otherwise I have to take Public Speaking, which I really don't want to take.
That's all my news except Nov. 7th is my last day of class, well hopefully. I will be done with all of my finals except for one by then. I'm hoping the teacher will let me take the final early, because if not, I won't have any classes and I would just have to sit around till the scheduled test date of Nov. 14th!!! That's a whole week I would have nothing to do, which would stink.

I guess we will just have to wait and see!

Oh yea, I was drinking chocolate milk today and I just randomly thought about the song "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" and it's been stuck in my head all day. So I listened to the All Night Yahtzee version on YouTube, man that was a good trip:)