An Update

I haven't written for a while, and I'm sure all two of my followers are wondering what's going on in my life. So here we go.

I love love love all my classes this quarter. Except Hydrology, which is filled with busy work like drawing grids and counting hundreds of squares haha. But I can deal with that since I get to take awesome classes like Aquatic Communities. The lab for that class is so cool, we get to do fun stuff like go to Mission Creek and perform competition experiments and stuff. I think next week we're going to the tide pools, yay! And I have no class on Fridays! Annnddd I just switched one of my shifts from Sunday to Tuesday night so now I have the entire weekend off! So even though my weekdays are incredibly long, I have a nice long break to relax/study haha.

Speaking of work, I'm working at the library still which is going well. That job is so relaxing, except when we get random rushes. But even then they don't last that long and it makes the time pass by more quickly.

I'm finally going to get SCUBA certified! This weekend actually! 2 more days until the first class!! Not that I've been counting them down or anything. I also joined the SCUBA club on campus and am hopefully going to go diving a lot this year. And next year and forever. Hehe. I wish I hadn't kept putting it off, but oh well. It's never too late! Diving definitely isn't cheap though, I've spent hundreds of dollars on equipment and that's not even all of it. I'm renting all the hard core stuff like tank and wetsuit for the class I'm taking, but if I go on regular boat trips and stuff I might have to invest in my own equipment. We shall see.

I feel like I'm just going on and on about myself, but I guess this is my blog so I can do whatever I want haha.

I started volunteering at the Ty Warner Sea Center, I'm hoping to get to work Friday mornings when all the school kids come in. That should be fun. I wandered around after I met with the volunteer coordinator person and the place is sooo cool! They have one of those awesome sun starfish or 11-armed-seastars or whatever they're called, I'm not really sure. But they're so cool. And my favorite animal, the octopus! And sharks! And sososo much more. And I get free membership to visit there or the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History whenever I want, and I think I get guest passes too. And discount at the gift shop! So exciting.

Hmm, what else. Well I guess I'm done rambling about myself for now.

Adios! <3

things happen so unexpectedly.

Strange thing happened last night. I was thinking about Megan and how unexpected her death was, and how I wished I had had a longer talk with her the last time I saw her. I would have had I known it would be the last time. Then I started thinking about how there are a lot of people who I have lost touch with, or just haven't seen in a while. And for some reason, I thought of my friend Tyler who I hadn't seen in a while. I don't know him that well, but he was in my Spanish class Fall quarter and we were often partners for the little class exercises we did. And I saw him around the bio lab sometimes cuz he's a biopsych major, and I saw him at a party once haha. So I randomly went to his facebook to make sure all was well, and it turns out...it's not.

There were TONS of encouraging comments from people, telling him to be strong and assuring him that he could get through this. From what I could decipher, it seems he had an accident and was in a coma for a while. He's awake now but still in intensive care. It was just so surreal seeing all these comments on his page.

The whole thing was so random. The fact that I randomly went to his page and that this had randomly happened so recently to him. I also can't help but see the irony, because I met Megan in my Spanish class in high school.

He's recovering nicely, though. He is pulling through it all and I know he will be just fine. But still, it reinforces that the unexpected happens all the time.

Carpe diem. I don't know if I spelled that right, but you understand.

Meg.

I miss her. I always miss her. I've been thinking about her a ton lately. It's kind of good that I've been so busy because it keeps my mind from wandering too much, but sometimes I can't help it.

I so just wish I could talk to her sometimes. She was always so uplifting and inspirational. She was always cheerful, no matter what the circumstances. So selfless and giving.

She was a vegetarian (vegan actually, last I heard). I'm a vegetarian and it's getting so difficult to abstain from meat. She would give me moral support for sure.

Her birthday was yesterday. Twenty one, it would have been. So young. You know that only the good die young.

RIP babe.

Another Friday night in.

I'm sitting in my room, safe from the torrential storm going on outside. The weather in Santa Barbara has been so bipolar lately... but that's not the point.

Actually, I don't particularly have a point. I never do. I just felt like writing.

Let's see... well, today I had my last o-chem midterm! Also my last midterm in general, unless the bio lab quiz counts. I think that's more like a final than a midterm. The o-chem test went alright I think. I was pleasantly surprised, I went into the test without a doubt that I would bomb it. But it turns out I knew more than I thought I did. I'm just hoping it'll be enough for me to get a passing grade in the class. A B would be nice, I'm definitely not counting on an A. *sigh* I hate o-chem.

Aside from that, I have been very sleep deprived lately. I took a nice ~2 hour nap earlier this evening. It was heavenly. I'm looking forward to being able to sleep for more than 4 hours tonight. It shall be enjoyable.

I've been working out more regularly lately. It's good. I don't know why I never worked out last year. I went my whole life always being in shape. When I wasn't doing soccer, I was doing swim team. When I wasn't doing either, I was still very active. When I worked at a gym for two consecutive summers, I worked out nearly every day. Then I came to college and became incredibly lazy. I never worked out, and on top of that I ate a ton. Darn all you can eat dining commons. I mean, I'm not complaining, but I didn't know how to control myself. Thus, I gained the freshman 15. And then some. Well, I dunno how much I gained but I felt so chubby. And so lazy and so out of shape. And I didn't do anything about it. But now I am and it feels great. I feel good about myself again, and I feel healthier. I think I'm almost back to my pre-college self. Just trying to get my abs back to how they used to be. I'm getting there! :]

It's almost 11:11. Make a wish. Any second now... ... dum dee dum. Now!

Since I'm on a roll just talking about myself, I guess I'll mention that I've been thinking a lot about school lately. I had planned out my schedule for the rest of my college career, assuming I go ahead with the aquatic bio major and that all the classes offered are the same as this year, and came to the realization that I could potentially graduate a year early. That is, if I ditched the Spanish minor. It's a tempting idea, but now I'm thinking I might be better off taking the whole four years to graduate. I realized that with my pitiful grade in math 3C last year (C-), I can retake the class to get a better grade for my GPA. That would help my GPA soooo much, especially if I could get an A. I think I could, that class was just stupid. The prof didn't curve, so even though I got above average on everything, I got a C-. That means a lot of people failed. So anyway, if I took it with someone who curves, and since it would be the second time seeing the material, I'm pretty sure I could at least improve. But, if I were to do that, I don't know when I would take it. It does not fit into my planned schedule. And I don't know if my planned schedule will even work out. And I kinda sorta want to stick with the Spanish minor. So I dunno, we shall see. I'll just take things as they come.

Okie doke, I think I'm going to procure a snack and watch a movie. Cellular or Finding Graceland? That is the question. Decisions, decisions.

Ta ta.