Back in the 'burgh!

I'm back in Pittsburgh, and although home is fun, I've missed being at CMU when people are here! I love love LOVE my apartment (I have air conditioning, beat that!) and the location is great.

I'm excited about classes and work and everything. I'm still doing research, and I got accepted to be a TA for Stats I. I think I'll probably take the research for credit, since I can't take 5 classes and work 20 hours a week, with all my other activities as well.

In other news, Ryan is coming to visit in less than a week!! I'm so excited. Luckily for me, I'll be so busy that I won't have time to get antsy. :)

last day at home :(

I've been home for less than 2 weeks, and it's already time to go back to CMU. It makes me really sad, because I really like being home, and I wish I was here for a longer period of time. I like hanging out with my brother and my parents.

I went to visit a good friend of mine a couple days ago, which was great. I hadn't seen her in a year, and we had a lot of fun just hanging out and watching Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease (apparently it is a really good workout, but it's also extremely funny).

I don't get to come home again until Thanksgiving, but I'm hoping to at least come for another weekend so I can see the marching band play. It's my brother's last year in it, and I want to be able to support him, and see how cool the show is this year.

Incidentally, the weather here has also been spectacular, and it shows off the best side of the area. I never really knew how pretty my hometown was before, so it makes me happy that I have finally realized it.

However sad I am that I'm not going to be home for longer, and the fact that moving really sucks, I'm excited to be back at CMU and making my new apartment homey. I hope this year will be fun. I know it will be exhausting and busy. Not only do I have a research position and a full class schedule, but I just found out that I got accepted to be TA for Stats (which I really want to do) and I want to join even more groups than I was in the previous two years, and get more involved in stuff. I don't know what I'm going to do. Lauren just doesn't have time for all the things she wants to do. :( Hopefully it will all work out.

In the meantime, I get to be busy and productive and hopefully able to enjoy the most of this fall (I love seasons). Hopefully some of you people out there who read this blog will be able to enjoy it with me. :P

HOME!

I'm finally home for a week and a half, and I'm so glad. I missed being home and with family. I have plans for this week too. I'm trying to clean out my wardrobe, since I still have clothing from middle school in it (I haven't grown much), although I pretty much haven't worn them since then. It's amazing how these things accumulate. My mom also wants me to help her paint the dining room, so that should be fun.... Otherwise, it's relax, sleep, read, exercise a bit, and enjoy the time I've got with my family. The next time I'll get to see them for more than a few days will be Christmas.

Update

So, I hate packing. Yep, this sucks a lot. Not only do I have to pack and unpack twice during the year normally, but because I lived in a sublet for the summer, I have to do it twice as much. I'm currently trying to pack, and in doing so I'm realizing exactly how much stuff I have. Especially clothing.

The worst part about the clothing thing is that I a) have too much of it and b) it all either doesn't fit me anymore or very soon won't. And I really like a lot of what I have. Stupid losing weight. I guess I'll just keep them at home in case I gain it all back again, and in the meantime, go shopping!

last day of work!

Tomorrow is officially my last day of work for the summer!!! I'm so excited, although I'm sure I'll be even more excited tomorrow night. Today was my last official day of work as an intern for the ACLU, although I have a feeling I'll be keeping in touch and working with them more than I had initially anticipated. I really loved working there, and I think it was not only a very beneficial experience from a "future plans" view, but it was just good in and of itself.

So now, on to packing and HOOOOOME!!! For a week, anyway.

Work at its best

I need the summer to be over. I need to go home. I need to do SOMETHING.

I'm so bored. My elbows have sores on them from where I rest them on the table all day.

It's too hot to do anything. It's ennui at its best and worst.

I hate feeling useless.

That's all.

Hot

So who was sooo smart and thought in June, "I don't need an air conditioner, it's too expensive". Yeah, it's been stifling for the past week, and nearly unbearable the past two days. Upper 90s, around 100 with the humidity, and Lauren doesn't have an air conditioner. It's looking to be like this for the next week or so (well, it'll drop a bit, but still be incredibly hot), so I'm basically going to spend as much time as possible in air conditioned spaces, and come home for as little as possible.

This of course, means that I can't eat my food very much (I'm not hungry for it either), so I'll have a ton of food left over to find something to do with before I leave in a week! I'm thinking the earlier the better. Anything to get out of this oppressive heat.