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On a Personal Note

I usually refrain from writing too many personal issues on here, but once in a while I suppose I can make an exception. I realize that some of my family out west reads this and might want to know what has been going on in my life right now.
I went to Baltimore. I went there twice over the holiday break. The first time was just for a weekend, the second for 6 days.

Basically Matt contacted me after about 15 years (high school). We hit it off immediately. That first phone conversation we decided I should fly out there. As that time between that first contact (November 12th) and the first trip (December 20th) I grew more and more in love with him. That first trip was wonderful. I knew there was a small ever so slight chance we wouldn't hit it off, but we did. The worst case scenario was that we would just be friends. We are more than friends though. :) Everything with him has been magic. We met up with some other high school friends. I have pictures. I had a great time!

The second trip was 6 days long. I figured, that might be enough time for us to drive each other crazy. That didn't happen. When I left I couldn't wait to come back. I got there early in the morning, so he was going to leave a key hidden for me to let myself in. When I got to the key he had the ring there too.. His fraternity ring. I haven't taken it off since I put it on. I love it. That trip wasn't all fun and games though... lol... We did 'get' to deal with a couple things.

The first night I got to meet his cousin Eric. He's great.. a handful, but great! Later that night I broke his toilet. I didn't break the already broken one (of course), I broke the fully functional toilet. I shattered the tank and broke part of the base. Yep... So Eric came by the next day to take us to Home Depot to buy a new toilet.
So, at that point I had been to a liquor store, and Home Depot for my trip...
The second night we got to hang out with Eric again. This time I wasn't already plastered when he got there so I guess I got to get to know him better. It was fun and nothing major happened. One cool part was that he brought up the song Gin and Juice by the Gourds... and I knew what he was talking about. That is my brother's ringtone. :)
New Years Eve was the next night. I got to meet a bunch of his friends and I liked them all. Matt and I stayed up SUPER late. It was great. Fortunately there was a camera there.... Did I mention I forgot my camera and wanted to shoot myself for that?.. Anyway, once I get those photos over to my Picasa I will update this entry with a link.
The next night I got to visit the Emergency Room. I had a bladder infection and couldn't wait until I got back. Matt went with me though. I thought that was very nice. It wasn't exactly 'fun' but it was a part of my trip and we can still be together even though not everything is fun. I was so glad I went because I felt so much better.
Friday morning/afternoon I went to the pharmacy to fill my prescription. So, I got to visit the CVS in Baltimore. I really know how to visit places out of town that also exist in St. Louis. Friday night though, I got to go to a place unique to Baltimore. He took me to the bar where he works in Towson (Lil' Dicky's). I had a great time. I loved that place. We thought about bar hopping (there were bars up and down the street) but the beer was a good price and the company was great. We closed out that bar and went home to hang out for a while. I think we were up until about 6 AM. At about 9 or 10 Steve and Hillary came over and we hung out with them for a while. It was nice to hang out with some of the people that were over on New Years without all the other people around. It was more homey. After they left Matt and I got to hang out together alone for a while. We called my brother and talked to him for a while. It was nice to have Matt connect with my bro. Matt brought out his leather jacket from high school. Out of all those times I wanted to wear it I finally did. I smile just thinking about it. We had our first dance to our song. I messed up the words a few times, but copious amounts of alcohol will do that. It is a great song, it goes back a long time, and I loved it in the past. I never associated it with anyone else. I didn't make it past 6:30 that night. I would have liked to make it another hour to check into my flight, but I was just too tired. I wanted to be awake as much as possible at the end of the trip to be with him longer. So... evidently I didn't get sick of him and he didn't drive me crazy since I wanted to maximise my time with him.
I got to the airport way too early. I was so tired I almost fell asleep in the cab and THEN I had two and a half hours to kill waiting for the flight. I would have spent more time with him in the morning had I known. I will be taking that flight out Sundays in the future. Now I know. That airport is actually quite on top of it. I'm happy.
So there you have the quick once over of my trips to Baltimore. I didn't want to leave, but I knew I would be back. I feel ok with him, like we can make the long distance work until I can get out there.

Oh yeah... speaking of that. I will be looking for a job out there. I will be taking physics 2 this semester, but I am not motivated at all. I have had second thoughts about it because I am not dedicated, but hell, might as well give it a shot. If I do miraculously find a job out there, I will drop my class. We are not currently in a good economic time, so looking for a job will be a challenge. Fortunately I am confident that everything will fall into place. I love him.

Graduate!

I just found out I did all the work to earn my math AA. I am so grateful to my friends in the department for letting me know early. I don't have to go to Baltimore with doubts. My performance was much less than par this semester if you couldn't tell by the posts. I guess I can take that countdown timer down.
I do wonder how I did in physics, that was what kept me from much of the math. (Update, I got an A in physics)

I didn't think I would be this emotional when I found out. I don't even really know what to say. I guess I could say what I'm thinking.

I am thinking about the classes I went through at Flo, and how much I care for and appreciate my teachers. I'm thinking about the study groups and help I got from the other students. I'm thinking about the relationships I built there.

There is a sign in the hallway of the Math and Science building that says, "St. Louis Community College changes lives everyday". It sure has changed mine. I wasn't even a good student prior to going there. Now, it is one of my favorite places to be.

I hope I passed physics so I can have one more semester there.

I have been taking classes for so many years and 5 different schools. I wondered if this would ever happen. I guess time passes no matter what you do with it. You keep going through the motions knowing and hoping sometime something will happen. Today something happened.

I guess now I get to work on my bachelors. :)

Today, I love life!

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School and Baltimore

Well, I made it through my last two tests of the semester. I didn’t do well on either of them, but I did live through them. I am curious as to how I will do on a math test that I didn’t study or do the homework for prep. I don’t think I have ever not prepped for a math test… especially my much excited for Laplace transforms. I think I got a C, which really isn’t that bad considering. Don’t worry, Rick will replace the final score with the lowest test score, and there is practically no way I will do worse than that on the final. The unfortunate thing about sacrificing math for physics is that I may not get an A in math (or physics for that matter). My GPA will go down, but I was prepared for this. Remember, I took the physics to learn, not for the grade. I have learned a LOT. I plan to take Bob next semester and learn more. Next semester wont be so bad because I am only taking one class, and I will already have my AA. People seem to think that I will like EP2 better than EP1. I liked EP1 pretty much, so... Does school just get better and better as the classes get to the higher levels?

Next Monday is my math final, Tuesday is my physics final. After that I hope I feel relief. Saturday is Baltimore. I can’t wait for Baltimore.

I have never been to Baltimore. He says there is an aquarium there. I don’t recollect that I have ever been to one of those. We don’t have one here in St. Louis. I am also curious about the science center. Yes, I know most of the stuff is for kids, but I’m sure it’s still cool. It’s not like I already know everything about science. There is this one exhibit at our Science Center that I just learned the physics about last week. (The mass distribution of a cylinder on an incline and it’s velocity). Anyway… Baltimore…I want to write about it because it is worth mentioning again. Mostly I just want to be there. I think I will do some research on the city before I go. When I went to Seattle for three months, I felt as if I knew more about Seattle than St. Louis. Now, I want to learn all I can about Baltimore. I wonder if I will end up knowing more about Baltimore than St. Louis.

Well, why am I writing here when I could be reading about there?

MD

It’s been a while since I put in an update. I have been thinking about it, but I’m not quite sure what to say.

I have been pretty happy lately. I try to keep too many personal things out of here, but I think it is worth mentioning that I have been particularly happy in the past few weeks.

I am very much looking forward to the break.

I have two tests next week and two finals the week after. The semester from hell is almost over. Two tests next week, two finals the week after... Yes, I like learning physics, but it was a rough ride with the math too. I get my AA Math soon, but I haven’t really thought about that very much this semester. It’s probably because I don’t walk in December (for mom). I will have to wait for May 23^rd. That will be interesting. It will be my last semester at that school. I may cry. I know my spring 09 class will only be a transfer class, but I doubt I will let myself slack. I’m looking forward to it (Engineering Physics II). What will I ever do without a math class? LOL fortunately, there will be a LOT of integrals in that class.

Oh, my bro became email friendly. FINALLY!!