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| It just so happens that this is beginning of one of my busiest weeks academicwise and here I sit updating Xanga after not doing so for so long. Any correlation?
Everything is going pretty swell. I'm surviving all of my classes and just waiting for school to be done. May 16! Suckers! But I paid for it by starting early, so no complaining.
So I went "home" for a bit of spring break and that was an experience. I realized how small Turlock was when I kept seeing people I knew everywhere. It was a bit ridiculous. Then I got the chance to go back to school, which was an experience. I found myself missing a lot of the routine and the stability that high school provides and the simplicity of everything, minus the drama. It's just different, but it was good to go back asn see the teachers.
It seems strange that only a year ago I was deciding where to go to school. I remember it being such a stressful time and having no idea where I wanted to be. Now, I see all these tour groups, on any given day when I walk near the campanile I can see 4-5 groups at a time. They all look so young. I guess it makes me realize how much I have grown in the past year, or at least how much certain things have taken shape. It kinda scares me how fast time has gone by, yet again I do want to get done with school sometime...
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| Alright Lisa, this is for you. I haven't forgotten about my Xanga.
I'm not too sure what has been going on lately. Ok, maybe I did forget about Xanga, but at least it wasn't because of myspace. I guess I finished out the end of the semester, not with flying colors but no failing grades so I'm happy. It was stressful throughout; I find that I really never have a break. It's not so much that there are always projects, but more that there is always reading, and for some reason I feel guilty not studying because maybe that last bit will help. Whatever, I made it through.
The break has been interesting. I spent several days with my cousins and aunt and uncle getting some last minute Christmas stuff and some sleep. Then on to Guam. Let me say, that is one long plane ride. It's hard for me to not get ansty on such a long flight. I'm not worried about anything bad happening, it's just my legs don't like being in the same position for so long unless I'm lying down.
Guam's a pretty nice place. Not too many bad beaches, but it is an interesting combination of ugliness and beauty in the same view that makes it not completely what you would think of when you think tropical vacation. Still, it was very nice. We managed to go out snorkeling a couple times. After containing myself from giggling so much I got much less water in the mask and in turn in my eyes.
All in all it was a good Christmas and chance to see my parents after a while. Good to have the whole family together at once other than online over skype.
Back in Turlock, it's cold. I don't know how people like it. There really hasn't been much rain, just coldness and wind. Gross. I've run around doing different errands and doctors appointments and so I feel very accomplished, but I am ready to get back to Berkeley. It's hard living out of a suitcase for almost a month and not having a place to ever unload it to call home. At least at my dorm I have dressers and a closet and stuff.
I'm not really looking forward to another semester of school though. I predict it being long and stressful and I don't know how unstressful my summer will be, but that's life I guess. It's exciting for the most part. The end.
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| Football here is crazy...fun!!!
Yesterday the game was packed (seventy-two thousand) and we were sold out. It was supposed to be a pretty big game since Oregon has been doing pretty well so far, but hmm I guess we changed that. Yipee! It was so loud. Apparently Tedford said in some interview in the past week that he wanted the fans to make noise with our mouths and give California a huge home advantage. So everyone else decided to keep telling us that Tedford had said this, and I guess somewhere in the 100 times we were told (via email, rallies, old alumi...) it clicked cause it was ridiculously loud. The game was amazing and lots of sweet plays, and it was nice that it was televised because the ref was miked so you could hear what he said. We creamed them, hehe. And as a result California has moved up to #10 in the AP rankings which is pretty darn good...
It's not all fun and games here though. I do have a lot of work to do. Eek! Tomorrow I have a paper due that I haven't started, but I'll get to soon. Then a both a Spanish test and math midterm this week and my lit midterm in the following week. Oh, midterm hell! Perhaps in several weeks I can relax for a couple hours. We'll see...
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| I am now done with 5 weeks of school. The past few weeks have been going by relatively fast. Everything is a lot of work though. Lot's of homework and classwork, but somehow I'm getting by.
I'm really excited about everything that's happening. I'm trying to figure out what would be best for me to do over the summer and what I should apply for. This past week I have been working on registering people to vote. It's pretty exciting, and I feel like I'm accomplishing something. I'm not sure what, but I'm accomplishing something.
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