Luke Grown Up

I’m now down to a pretty workable routine that still needs some tweaking, but it’ll work for now. My friend Bill and I just put in our applications for a place that’s really close to campus, and we are awaiting a call back.  The rent isn’t too bad, considering the proximity to campus and such.  I’m doing the best that I can with what little money I have, as I haven’t really bought anything but food (and one ticket to The Dark Knight) for weeks now.  I haven’t even had to fill up the gas tank on my dad’s car yet - he’s lent it to me for the rest of the summer and all I really do is drive to work and come home. I would love to go to Boston to see Sara but that requires money that I definitely don’t have. When you’re taking class, it’s hard to make enough money to do anything extra, unless I wanted to kill myself and work 50 hours a week (which I guess wouldn’t be that bad - I would definitely get more stuff done, I bet).  Things aren’t going badly, per say, but my parents keep freaking me out because all they talk about is money. Granted, money is a big deal, but I can’t focus on my work if I’m talking about money all the time. I make ends meet how I need to, and I never intend on being late with my rent.

I just wrote an article for today.com about the Sprint Cup. It was pretty god-awful, but I thought it was funny. I basically just talked about the biggest losers and why we need them in order to have winners.  Hopefully they like it.

Anyway, I have work in a couple hours, so I should probably get started on my lab report that’s due tomorrow.  As long as I can make it to the fall, I think I’ll be okay.

I’ll keep you all posted on anything interesting!

You can thank this post to one factor and one factor alone: procrastination.

Right now I am not doing my lab write-up for tomorrow’s lab because I just don’t want to. It’s one of those things that feels overwhelming until you start it, then it gets much less so. I hate lab, and I hate Organic Chem more on the whole.  They suck!

Anyway, I have a couple of pretty decent posts coming up soon - I just have to write them.  Also, since today.com is no longer paying me for one post a day, get ready to see more than one a day sometimes.  Just sometimes.

Keep on reading - it will get better. I promise.

So I spent the weekend in Boston with Sara, and it was well-deserved. I had a blast with her, got to see my friend Sean that I haven’t seen since last summer, and had some good times. My parents got me some groceries, did my laundry, and gave me their car for the summer. I know, I’m very lucky. This weekend was the only thing keeping me from wigging out, since I actually got outta here and saw some cool dudes. The summer is almost half over, and so is this goddamn awful Orgo course.

I also just realized, as I’m looking for a place for the fall, that I have no way to get to work without the bus.  I can take the bus, but it’s going to be a pain in the ass. Again.  Now I’m starting to get stressed again. Now, don’t get me wrong - the bus is a great asset, and a great idea in theory. But when buses only run hourly and I have to transfer, it’s a pain in the ass.

That is all.

All I have left is one more day, and then I’m outta here.  I have class, review session, lab, and work today, and review and my exam tomorrow, then I am OUTTA HERE.  For the first time in a month I’m venturing outside of the bubble of this hippieburg, and I’m happy about it. Maybe I’ll actually see some real people!

More exciting is the fact that I’ll see SARA! Hopefully she likes the surprise I put together (after I give it to her I’ll tell you about it, don’t worry!).  I’m pretty damn stoked, I must say.

Which leads me to ask you, the readers: was there ever a time when looking forward to something, and when it finally arrived, it was awesome? Leave a comment!