Another Week

I think Wednesday nights is becoming my regular posting time. I multi-task in this class because the rabbit-trails lose me otherwise since this prof goes into SO much detail…

A few thoughts from this week…

Spontaneity is not a good feature in a vehicle. Never knowing when my transmission is going to decide not to put the car in gear adds some unnecessary excitement to life.

Panera’s is my new favorite haunt for studying. It’s not loud like the one in Vero and has couches and a fireplace so it’s the perfect place to curl up and read with unlimited coffee and sweet tea….

I graduate 6 weeks from Saturday. Crazy fast. I’ll be in Philadelphia next weekend and then Krista comes and visits the following weekend… I’m excited!

I’m having roommate problems and not very happy about it­­­­. I feel as though they are punishing me for not being closer to them or spending more time with them, and our communication has dwindled to the necessary. Everytime I come home, they are watching tv ($100 cable bill which I pay 1/3 of despite the fact I never turn the tv on…) and I can’t really talk to them… Our communication is usually via email and Jodi is SO condescending to me that it is really bugging me. They don’t treat me like I’m paying 1/3 of the rent and I feel they’re doing me a “big favor” if they ever let me actually use the house. Having people over is a big stressful ordeal I only attempt every few weeks because they make me feel like a child begging permission. They don’t give me the same consideration at all. I’m just really tired of it. Jodi is the passive resistant type that is completely rude but does it in this sweet tone of voice so you don’t realize that what she was really saying was rude until afterwards.. I’m just trying to survive the last weeks now and avoid any major conflict. Agh. I haven’t told them yet that I’m leaving in May, though I told them before I might be. I need to figure out a way to avoid paying rent the rest of the summer and I have a feeling they’re not going to make that easy on me…Even if I came back in September, I would want to find a different situation.. It could be worse, but I’ve been really frustrated lately with feeling like I live in someone else’s space and any minute I spend outside my bedroom is an inconvenience to them… Not to mention that I end up buying all the “common items” we share more often than anyone and that’s really annoying…

Ok, done complaining about that. Weather. We had a few days in the 80s. Nice. Now it’s snowing again. I want spring to stay!

I’ve really been missing Peru lately. Hate being away so long.

Ok. Out of thoughts.

Catching up...

Well, my title describes the theme of my life. Eternally behind. Eternal procrastination. I need renewed motivation post-spring break. I didn't even really break and yet I'm still feeling lazy. Well, I was planning to post over break and like most other things on my to-do list during break...that didn't happen. I also didn't go anywhere overnight...just day trips. Here's what I did do:

School. Not as much as planned but...

Shenandoah National Park/Forest. Beautiful! at the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Freezing cold. Hiked 5 miles in ice and snow to see a frozen waterfall. Cold but worth it. Very fun. Car started making horrible noise 20 miles from leaving the park. Opened hood to find a splintered tension belt and broken tensioner. I had panicked Cordele-flashbacks afraid to be stranded... no cell phone signal to call AAA. Sun going down. COLD. COasted in neutral down to tiny town as base at end of park and into nearest mechanic. Thank God, he had the parts and took the time to fix it right away so there was no stranding. Whew.

Eastern Shore, VA. Runs right to MD border. Totally unique area. Across a 30 mile bridge-tunnel from here. Longest in the world and one of the 7 engineering wonders of the modern world. Beautiful. Eastern shore is backwoods country, marsh, tiny spotted towns along shore. Very neat.

Kitty Hawk, NC. Just an hour south of here. Beautiful beaches. Wright Brothers memorial. Roanoke island. Lost colony is now found minus the people. Neat to see. Beautiful wooded area. Drove afterwards across to Jamesville, NC to a remote mostly hidden Fish Camp... tiny shack on the edge of the water. REALLY good fish. Hour south of Va Bch.

Georgetown, D.C. Explored Georgetown area which I never really did when I lived there since I didn't have a car. Found an old bookshop. Some really good finds. 1894 two-volume set on the History of the Church in Scotland. 1890 "Mother of the Wesleys" book on Susanna Wesley. 1930 of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Anglo-Saxon poetry volume cerca 1900. A few other good finds...$2-$15.... amazing. I love books. ;) Got together with Holly. Good day.

Fredricksburg Battle field. Just north of here. Battle of Sunken Road site. One of the greatest confederate victories. Beautiful site. Want to spend more time in Fredricksburg eventually…quaint town.

The weather has been nice, allowing for these short random excursions amidst my real life of school work. The problem (among others) with such an early Spring Break is now I have the whole rest of the semester…and it’s long!

Anyway, trying to get back in gear and re-focus. So many random things I need to get done. Applications etc… It never ends. I’ve revised my position on cloning…