It has been a long year...

This year has been crazy. Classes have been hard. Life has been strange. I am so glad that the semester is coming to an end. Finals this week and next week. Math final today. Bio. Lab practical on Friday. Bio. next week. Uuuuhhhh….. I guess my classes ended well. My first college level math is done (with a ‘B’ even). My Latin class is over. Bio went well and things came together quite well in this class as well. I actually ended up learning a lot about a subject that I really enjoy and I wrote a kick ass paper so I guess that’s what is important. All of my LER’s are out of the way now. Declared a major finally. Biological Sciences. I can see myself behind a microscope for the rest of my life. At least I’ll be happy. I had some great experiences with Keiko (my roommate from Japan).Trying to explain why we carve pumpkins for Halloween and why we stuff ourselves until we can't move for Thanksgiving. Watching her drive a golf cart when she has never driven before. It was hard to see her leave but I have a welcome home anytime I want to visit Japan now (like I have the money to fly over just for the weekend). I got a lot closer to my current roommate and friend from home, Gina. This was a friendship that I am glad developed. I saw some friends go through some hard times. My best friend from high school got married, had a beautiful baby boy, and got sent to Iraq. It scares me every day to think I could see him on the news. It seems like this is too often the case for too many people. This fucking war needs to stop. I just RSVPed to another friend’s wedding. I guess that can be considered good news if you look at it right. October marked the two year anniversary of a friend’s death. Things are getting back to normal again. Finally at the end things are starting look up for once. I am applying for a good job on campus next year and I think I have found an apartment for next semester as well (with all the tuition hikes and my lack of financial aid I pretty much have to go off campus now). This will be my last summer at home. I’m turning 20 in a few weeks and I don’t want to be reliant on my parents anymore. Perhaps the best news so far this year; Derek (my brother who is 2 years older than me) has decided to go back to school. He is so brilliant. So much smarter than I am in so many areas. This is really big because I was the first person ever in my family to go to college and now Derek is too. We can finally help support each other now. I hope things turn out well for him. For the most part this year has been hard, but things are pulling together now as the semester nears its end. Hopefully things will only go up (not including gas prices).

I hope everyone has a great summer and good luck on finals!!!