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