I hope you had a good time at the info session and dinner. You did awesome. Put yourself out there. Get to know as many people as possible. Hype up that you're on the drumline. You'll be golden. I couldn't be more excited for rush. Jacob was great too. He's always been so awkward about it, and then he showed up and put forth his usual social self. And he told me after that he had a lot of fun and felt like part of the group. I want to share everything with you two. I want you to be my Brothers <3

The semester is already KKY filled, and I love it! We had 13 potential rushees show up to the Saturday info session, so we had a good number. A herd of piccs, but they were nice.

All of my Upsilon class went over to one of the band houses last night for some much needed bonding. We watched Star Wars, making nerdy commentary, then watched cute animals on youtube, and ended the night working on our dance moves. I love them so much. It's ridiculous how connected I feel to a group of such random people.

I've officially gotten to the level of sick where my will to put contacts in and makeup on goes out the window. I hate that level.

Guess who's back...back...back

MY SPRING 2011 SCHEDULE.

Geology- A core class for the Environmental Thought and Practice (ETP) major. Usually it's really easy, but this ridiculously hard teacher is teaching for the next 3 semesters. Best get it over with now.

Statistical Analysis- A prereq. I don't want to talk about it. Kill me now.

Italian 2- I'm excited!!!


History of Jazz Music- lol general education requirements. So many band people are in it. Should be a party and relatively easy.

Wind Ensemble- once I get my course overload approved.

About the professor approval thing: You should probably e-mail the professor, to make sure you're all set and they know you're waiting. If no reply, go to the first class and talk to them after.

After this semester, I'll be 50% done with undergrad. Terrifying.

One more week

Exactly 7 days until I am in Charlottesville. I survived 88 days of Manassas, and I'm ready to be done.

Now the nerves are setting in. I haven't practiced. I need to practice. Maybe I should practice. Maybe I should think about packing. Maybe I should sit on my computer and play solitaire for 2 hours. I don't want to deal with all the hectic preparations. I just want to get there, get settled in, and have the time of my life.

And I want to see my freaking boyfriend. :)

My lips are like 90% better now! I went to my 3rd doctor and got my 4th medicine, which seems to be doing the trick. About time. I may even survive band camp.

My birthday was wonderful. :) Thanks for spending it with me. You, David, and Randall are really my best friends. 19!

Heart breaking

So, no doubt you've heard about that crazy SWAT team barricade that happened in Manassas yesterday and today. If not:

http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/news/crime/article/standoff_ends_gunman_dead/61452/

I read it on some facebook statuses last night and didn't really care. This morning, I went to read the actual story. My train of thought was as follows:

"Carlson? I knew a guy with that last name. 20 year old son named Josh... Holy shit."

Then I picked up my phone, sent out a text, and immediately got confirmation.

"He's not a bad guy, I swear!"

Josh Carlson was one of my closest friends in middle school. I met him through Punzi, and he was sort of my counselor, since I was whiney and emo in 8th grade. I would listen to his stories too, mostly revolving around his father and his painful home life. We lost contact after he moved, but somehow we always came back into contact. At the beginning of this summer he got my number again from someone, and we started communicating. We started our friendship again, and it was really nice. He looks so tough and he's had a hard time, but he's one of the sweetest guys I know.

And then I read that article and my heart stopped. I talked to him for awhile this morning. He was tired. He hadn't slept in 30 hours. He wanted the media to stop hounding on him. And now the most recent update... I can't even imagine. He just started replying again, and now I'm going to go be there for him.

Hahaha. Fine. Maybe it wasn't the worst, but it was pretty bad. My time to sign up for classes the second day was like at 4, and my dad wasn't coming until around then, so I just pathetically sat in my room listening to Taylor Swift. And yes, Hereford is SUCH a hike.

I'm thinking about applying to be an orientation leader next year. Charlottesville all summer, getting paid? Um, yes please.

WHAT CLASSES DID YE GET?

Are you oriented?

I hope orientation went okay.

Is now an acceptable time to mention that it might have been one of the worst times of my life? Hopefully UVA stepped up their game, because it really sucked last year.

Tell me all about it.