Wow, wow and wow. We had such a massive turnout for our climbing club meeting tonite it was insane. Three times as many people showed up for this meeting than normally. It was crazy. The wall is always packed as well. I'm kinda hoping that not as many people show up anymore. It makes it more fun. But the Datil trip this weekend is gonna be fun, especially since I get to try out my new sleeping bag. :)
I also changed my blog because the sunflowers dissappeared on the other one and I could never figure out where they went. So I just got a new template even though I really liked the sunflowers. Oh well...
Otherwise nothing much is going on. Classes are like usual and I'm getting back into the school routine. I do like it but at the same time I wish it was summer again. It's only been 2 days and I already miss all my friends I hung out with the last two weeks. That's probably because I never call. I should just start calling people on the way to class cause all I do is walk anyways. Yes I should most definitely do that, because this last weekend at the lake I realized how much my friends really mean to me. And not just my friends I went to the Lake with but all my SWE girls, my climbing buddies etc. There is just so little time to hang out and see all of them. Oh well, it's hw time.
Tuesday, August 31
Monday, August 30
My SSN
The BCIS finally processed all of our Green Card papers and now I'm offically allowed to work and I will get my very own social security number. I'm totally estatic about it ,except for the fact that I now have to start looking for a job which I have never done in my entire life. :/ I guess we'll see how that goes. Otherwise, life has been great. This weekend at the lake was awesome. Tons of floating and laying out and scary dives. First day of school wasn't too bad either. I think I can handle this semester. Ok, time to do hw and trying to stay positive about it.
Wednesday, August 25
Sunflowers
Somehow the sunflowers dissapeared but I'm not in the mood to figure out where they went. So just imagine a bunch of sunflowers for now. Otherwise life has been great. I finally have everything in my room where I want it to be and I have had so much fun hanging out with all of my friends. Speaking of friends, to my amusement I have noticed over the last couple of days on more than one occasion that events and stories change quite a bit depending on who you talk to. Anyway, I gotta get up early tomorrow so I'm going to bed.
The path up and down
is one and the same.
~HERACLITUS
Eternity is not
something that begins
after you are dead. It is
going on all the time.
We are in it now.
~CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
The path up and down
is one and the same.
~HERACLITUS
Eternity is not
something that begins
after you are dead. It is
going on all the time.
We are in it now.
~CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
Friday, August 20
Sitting in the library
I'm sitting in the library and surfing the net for probably a couple more hours. Not having the internet at the house is not too bad right now, but that will change pretty quickly once school will start, so I'm estatic that I'm finally gonna be online on Monday. Otherwise I'm basically done moving in and organizing my stuff even the curtains are finally hanging although they put up quite a fight. And we gotta get a kitchen table, cause Heidi took it with her when she moved out. So I have been sitting in the living room watching the Olympics while I'm eating breakfast. Speaking of the Olympics...the Germans are finally starting to win a couple of medals and the German Soccer women are playing the US in the semifinal on Monday. All I can say is that we better win.
Couple of random thoughts:
My sister moved into her dorm at U of H today. It's a strange feeling that she is now going to college too.
Bought my books today and spend an insane amout of money again.
Gotta go the Student Engineering Council leadership retreat all day tomorrow. We get free food, so it won't be that bad.
I should go to Barnes & Nobel sometime this week because I'm out of books to read. As a matter of fact I'll go right now, cause I have nothing better to do.
Couple of random thoughts:
My sister moved into her dorm at U of H today. It's a strange feeling that she is now going to college too.
Bought my books today and spend an insane amout of money again.
Gotta go the Student Engineering Council leadership retreat all day tomorrow. We get free food, so it won't be that bad.
I should go to Barnes & Nobel sometime this week because I'm out of books to read. As a matter of fact I'll go right now, cause I have nothing better to do.
Sunday, August 15
Coldfront
It's 9:30 in the morning and the temperature is only 76 degrees with 64% humidity. The high for today will be only 88 degrees. I love this weather, it has been like this for the last couple of days and it feels so good. I know that everybody is laughing that this is called a cold front but for August down here the weather is fantastic. Ok, gotta eat some yummy breakfast and then start packing cause I leave tomorrow morning for Lubbock. Wohoo. I can't wait.
Friday, August 13
Random Stuff
I'm finally done with my painting project and it looks pretty neat. We'll see how many more projects my mom can give me before I leave. I think there are a bunch of pictures left that I'm suppose to hang up.
Just to rub it in some more for all the people that don't have a beach. The beach was awesome on Wednesday. At first it didn't look like it because when we drove over the huge bridge going to Surfside we couldn't see a thing because it was raining so hard. The wind was pretty intense as well and my mom and I wondered if we had missed the news about a hurricane coming in. We then turned around and drove to Quintana Beach which is only ten minutes away. It wasn't raining there and the sun came out later on. It was fantastic. Because of the storm that came through we had some pretty awesome big waves. The body surfing was sweet. Later on we found some craps and started chasing those around. Man, I love the beach.
My brother started school yesterday. He is a freshman now at B'wood. I asked him how his first day went and all he said was: "Tomorrow I'm bringing a jacket, it's freezing in there." Good thing I never had school in the fish tank. Otherwise school is pretty much routine again, except that Alex and his friends ended up in the girl's gym while going to soccer practice. But that' s my lil brother for ya.
Otherwise I'm just gonna be chillin today. I might start packing but I still have the weekend. I also have to wash my car sometime before I leave, because parking it under a 100 year old pecan tree makes it pretty nasty.
Just to rub it in some more for all the people that don't have a beach. The beach was awesome on Wednesday. At first it didn't look like it because when we drove over the huge bridge going to Surfside we couldn't see a thing because it was raining so hard. The wind was pretty intense as well and my mom and I wondered if we had missed the news about a hurricane coming in. We then turned around and drove to Quintana Beach which is only ten minutes away. It wasn't raining there and the sun came out later on. It was fantastic. Because of the storm that came through we had some pretty awesome big waves. The body surfing was sweet. Later on we found some craps and started chasing those around. Man, I love the beach.
My brother started school yesterday. He is a freshman now at B'wood. I asked him how his first day went and all he said was: "Tomorrow I'm bringing a jacket, it's freezing in there." Good thing I never had school in the fish tank. Otherwise school is pretty much routine again, except that Alex and his friends ended up in the girl's gym while going to soccer practice. But that' s my lil brother for ya.
Otherwise I'm just gonna be chillin today. I might start packing but I still have the weekend. I also have to wash my car sometime before I leave, because parking it under a 100 year old pecan tree makes it pretty nasty.
Wednesday, August 11
Beauty
Got up early today to work on the paintings. It's taken a lot longer than I expected. But they will be done by the time I leave on Monday to drive back to Lubbock. I'm excited, I get to move into my new house and my sister and my mom are coming with me. Yea... And I'm going to the beach today. :P
Sunday, August 8
Call me Picasso
My latest summer project is coming along pretty well. My family finally agreed on the design of the paintings and I will start painting them tomorrow. Wohoo. I like art as long as I only have to paint squares and triangles cause I suck at painting landscapes or people. I'm already working on my signature so that I can sign my masterpieces later on. :)
Otherwise I have been chilling a lot. I have been to the beach a couple of times. We saw tons of jellyfish and mullets, a bunch of craps and the coolest thing yet, a stingray flying out of the water about 3 feet in front of us. It was pretty sweet looking. Of course everybody freaked out and fleed out of the water. It was pretty funny especially with the recent shark attacks we had down here. So that why everybody loves our pool. We go swimming in it daily. It's like a bathtub since the temperature is about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. But just yesterday I was sitting in it slurping a strawberry smoothie. It felt like I was on vacation. I love it. So I'm gonna enjoy it as much as I can before I drive up to Lubbock in a week. Btw speaking of smoothies, I wonder if the Smoothie King on 19th and Memphis is open yet. Hmmm
Otherwise I have been chilling a lot. I have been to the beach a couple of times. We saw tons of jellyfish and mullets, a bunch of craps and the coolest thing yet, a stingray flying out of the water about 3 feet in front of us. It was pretty sweet looking. Of course everybody freaked out and fleed out of the water. It was pretty funny especially with the recent shark attacks we had down here. So that why everybody loves our pool. We go swimming in it daily. It's like a bathtub since the temperature is about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. But just yesterday I was sitting in it slurping a strawberry smoothie. It felt like I was on vacation. I love it. So I'm gonna enjoy it as much as I can before I drive up to Lubbock in a week. Btw speaking of smoothies, I wonder if the Smoothie King on 19th and Memphis is open yet. Hmmm
Tuesday, August 3
Peanut Butter & Summer Project
My mom and I gave up pretty quickly on our summer project to clean up and organize the garage once we discovered yet again that August is the hottest month of the year especially down here in Lake Jackson. We then looked for a different project and decided to hang up all the old family pictures by the stairs. It took us two days of sorting out, getting new frames and hanging up the pictures, but it's finally done now. Our next project is to create some own artwork for the living room. We bought a couple of canvases and some acrylic paint and we'll shall see what the result will be.
This morning I got up pretty early. I guess 8 o'clock can be considered early during summer holidays. I swam a couple of rounds in the pool and then laid out for a bit. And I absolutely love it. It's still reasonably cool and laying out in the early morning sun just feels fantastic. Peanut butter is fantastic too. It's quite strange now that I think about it. I used to hate peanut butter. One could chase me all the way to the moon and back with that stuff. But now I can't get enough of it. I eat at least one peanut butter toast each day. Yummy.
This morning I got up pretty early. I guess 8 o'clock can be considered early during summer holidays. I swam a couple of rounds in the pool and then laid out for a bit. And I absolutely love it. It's still reasonably cool and laying out in the early morning sun just feels fantastic. Peanut butter is fantastic too. It's quite strange now that I think about it. I used to hate peanut butter. One could chase me all the way to the moon and back with that stuff. But now I can't get enough of it. I eat at least one peanut butter toast each day. Yummy.
