I’ve been home since Wednesday (it’s now Monday) and I have been thoroughly enjoying it. I really wish I didn’t have to go back down to College Park tomorrow. But alas, I do; I have a doctor’s appointment and then I have work on Wednesday. I don’t want to go back because it’s very sad and lonely down there. I’ve done such a terrible job making friends–I basically don’t have any. So what am I going to do all summer? I have a job, but when I come home, what? There’s no one to talk to, no one to do anything with. I fear that it will be a long, lonely summer. Hopefully I’ll be moving in with a friend (okay, I kind of have a few “friends” whom I can count on one hand) and a friend of hers and there will be a little more interaction going on.
So it’s been a while since I last wrote. Many things have happened, few of which would interest anyone. You know: final exams, papers, grades, getting a job. I had to put brake fluid in my car when the brake light came on (it flipped me out because I was afraid something was really wrong with my brakes, but it was an easy fix). I ended up with one B+ and then A’s (okay, maybe an A- or two but I ignore the minuses). Oddly, I’ve been fighting tooth and nail for an A in my speechwriting class but thought I would get a B, yet I ended up with an A. I thought I would get an A in my legal writing class and I ended up, somehow, with a B+. I don’t know how; I might inquire.
So, I had a final at 8:00 on Saturday (not that it mattered because I never do anything on Friday nights and I wake up early anyway). It was harder than I expected. Then I had a final on Tuesday, which was again harder than I had expected. Well, okay, it wasn’t hard exactly, but I had totally miscalculated what the final would be like. I had definitely focused more on recalling facts instead of remembering the methods . . . it’s difficult to explain. I turned in final papers for Legal Writing (it was an awesome pamphlet that I spent mucho mucho tiempo on and which I hope wasn’t the reason for the B+) and for my Speechwriting class (I tried my best). I took the bus to campus to turn in my paper on Wednesday, but miscalculated and had to take the far-away bus back, which meant that I had to walk a ways to get back to the house. But I was free! Everything was done. I didn’t really feel relieved until . . . today. This semester was really really rough. Getting sick topped the cake of crappiness. Next semester WILL be better, I swear. It has to be.
So then I came home. I packed up my car and just drove home. I’ve never been able to do that in my college career, just drive myself up here at a moment’s notice. It seemed so natural, haha. I got here and relaxed for the next few days because I needed it. I still have been feeling some of my sickness, and besides, after this semester I need all the recovery time I can get. On Saturday and Sunday I went down to Mom and Dad’s second property in lower Delaware. They did a lot of work and I kind of lounged around, feeling a little like a bump on a log. I helped some, but they really didn’t have any projects for me to do and didn’t ask for my help. We went out to eat and spent the night. Then yesterday I lounged around, got some sun, read my book again, and then we came home. Lots of relaxing going on.
This evening we went to see Indiana Jones. I have to say, I didn’t like it a heck of a lot. It seemed to have no plot, really, except that people kept falling long distances without getting hurt and people kept getting shot at but not getting hit with any bullets. The thing with the aliens was just plain weird. However, Shia LeBeouf was really good, I liked his performance. He wasn’t the stupid kid character, which was a relief, but he wasn’t wonderkid either. Otherwise I thought it was WAY over the top.
Anyway, that brings us up to now kind of. Tomorrow, as I said, I go back down. What a sad summer it will be! My first away from home! Maybe I’ll try to come back up here every weekend, just to take a load off. Or, with the cost of gas and tolls, I’ll just come every other week. I really just have to make my situation acceptable to me. It hadn’t been for a while, really. So here’s to hoping for better.
