an ice storm and new background

Hello again!

Well, a nice, icy mid-western storm found me this week and in a way I'm very thankful for this cold front because we have been out of school for the past two and a half days due to people not being able to commute to campus. For those of us living on campus, these days are just bonus hang-out days and greatly appreciated because it's like a second weekend. I have a feeling that classes will be back in session tomorrow.

Exciting news from the weekend-I was talking to my mom and trying to decide what to do about spring break (campus is closed and all students have to leave). I've done various things for spring break during my years in college...mostly the various activities have included spending time with lots of strangers that are related to, or are friends of a friend or roommate.This year, mom suggested that I try flying to visit an aunt and uncle up north. I thought about the idea and it sounded nice, but tickets between my college city's small airport, and my aunt and uncle's small city airport are much more expensive than even flying home (a distance about 4 times greater). So I did some research and interestingly enough, found a ticket home for over $100 less than making the trip up north. Needless to say, I will be going home for a week and a half in March. So EXCITING! This will be the first time I've ever gone home during the school year (with the exception of Christmas break), and the first time I've been at home during the month of March since I was in high school...4 years ago. Crazy stuff. :P

And of course, school is going well. We are just getting to the point in the new semester when all the first tests are coming up and presentations are starting to come due, so stress levels are rising, but I am still optimistic enought to keep trying to remain on top of things. :)

-Me

P.S. I'm not really sure why the font in this post won't stay Arial and keeps changing back to Verdana when I publish...odd.

updating-a short one

It's a new year and a new semester. I am back at school for the second day and am already swamped with homework. It's going to be a long 16 weeks, but I am keeping my fingers crossed that it won't be as bad as the last! :p I am hoping also, to be a little more dedicated to my studies this time around, as last semester I got lax about half way through and never did fully catch up to where I needed to be. I miss J. quite a lot (of course), but I am so thankful for the time we had together over break. Anyway, just a short update for now. Later.
-Me.