Inauguration

Well, our new president was inaugurated on Friday. I went to the ceremony on Friday and the student reception and comedian act on Saturday. It was kind of a cool time; we got key chains to celebrate the occasion and I really enjoyed the comedian. He was a former engineer, and his jokes were extremely nerdy and very funny. I would tell y'all a few, but that would just make me seem like more of a nerd than I am. :)

We did happen to get his DVD, though, so maybe some day when you're visiting, I can entertain you with tool humor.

Still waiting to hear back from Caterpillar about my internship this summer. So far, I've heard nothing back from my calls and emails. Guess I'll try again on Monday.

Life's been kind of crazy lately. Things are busy, but somehow this week I managed to have 3 or 4 free evenings. That NEVER happens, so I am kind of worried about next week. Yikes. I better go study for my heat transfer test now. Dinner would be good as well. Bye!

ANNOUNCEMENT

Who's registering as a senior for next quarter's classes? That's right, this kid is! Woohoo! I might actually make it out of this place!

Spring Break cont.

Hot tubbin'....this is in the lanai at Carol's house (KT's grandma).



















Thuggin' in the Tob's clothes.














KT and I cheezin' with our side ponytails.















This was cold and rainy day, right after we had played volleyball in the rain for a couple of hours...and swam in the freezing ocean for a while as well. Don't open your mouth. Ever. Don't let the water into your nose either, painful!

Oh, we totally saw stingrays on a sunny day at the beach! They were the color of the sand and REALLY hard to see unless you looked for their little wings flapping. Fins, whatever. That day we were all so burnt that we kept most of our clothes on and could only stay out in the sun for a couple of hours. But it was fun anyway!














I'm wearing a hat. Don't get used to it.

Hope to see all of you soon! 5 weeks of school left and I'm a senior! Whoooaaaa.

Spring Break!

The gang: Skul, Tobin, KT, and me! The location: Clermont, Florida with 3 trips to the coasts to hit the beaches.

It was too short but SO fun...mostly sunny (we spent one rainy day at the beach...the Floridians thought we were crazy!). We all got a little burnt, some more than others, but it was well worth it! The temperature difference from Florida to Indiana was extreme and uncalled for, though! From 95 to 38 in one 14 hour trip. Ugh.

Here are some pictures. Enjoy!















Tobin, Erin, Skul, and KT














Heading to church on Easter.















The boys at Skulley's (aMAzing sea food, may I recommend the blackened Amberjack, mmmm!)















At the pool by KT's grandma's house. Beautiful and SO sunny!

I'll post more later. Bye all!

Chin Up

I don't really have time for this, but since I am currently stuck in the middle of a Matlab program that won't work, here I go anyway!

Heading down to Florida in a day and a half! I'm excited; I think I have everything I need, or almost! Now I just have to pack it all. The hard part is getting everything done before we leave. I have to finish that scholarship package and send it, pay a bill, finish my Matlab homework and Heat Transfer homework, write thank-you notes to professors, and study for and pass a test for tomorrow. Volleyball practice is mixed in there somewhere along with packing. I don't think sleep is very high on the list. And I no longer have time for choir, so I may not be making that cd I told y'all about. Boo.

So, my internship is getting closer, and I am getting scared. There are so many times that I am doing my homework and I sit back and think, "who in their right mind would want to DO this for the rest of their lives?" as I begin to stab a pen in my eye. Hopefully reality will far surpass college banality. It's not so much the social stuff; it's the horrible, dull, tedious and grueling academics. I think at this point I should be finding things I'm interested in and enjoying a class or two. Beyond the occasional senile professor, classes are actually witheringly boring. Except for my lit classes. In hindsight, I may have picked the wrong major. Er, school.

Don't worry, be happy! I shall make lots of money, pay off my loans, and become a book editor or a log-hauler or a hole-digger and be dirty, healthy, and content.

And I just found out my comp apps assignment got moved back, so these tears are now tears of joy. Later taters!