Tuesday, May 18, 2004

A Graduate (almost...) 

Somehow, being graduated doesn't feel terribly authentic when I still have to go to a science class for two days. Yes, I procrastinated on that last science credit, and now I'm paying the price. The class is called "Frontiers in Science" or something like that, so we're learning all about the Human Genome Project and String Theory and Cloning and Global Warming. I might have enjoyed it, except that yesterday I was sooooo tired that I was fighting just to keep my eyes open the whole day. Luckily Beth Kuykendall was there too, so we were able to share our misery. Anyway, I only have five hours of it today (as opposed to the 8 of yesterday), so I imagine I'll probably survive.

I'm staying with the Hardenbrooks this summer, which is fantastic. It's a bit of a drive whenever I want to go anywhere, but I don't mind driving, so that's not much of an issue.

Also, I promised Keith that I would write about our camping trip, which took place about a week ago. It definitely deserves a place on the blog, and if it had happened any other time than finals week, I would have already written about it extensively. Anyway, Keith calls me at about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night of finals week and asks if I want to go camping. I look outside, see the heavy gray clouds and say, "Camping??" However, his enthusiasm finally convinced me, along with the fact that it was my last week of college, which I felt needed to be celebrated in some sort of crazy way. So I grabbed a sweatshirt, waterbottle, blanket, and Julie's sleeping bag, jumped in a truck with Keith and took off for the Owyhees. Once we got there, we rode fourwheelers up into the mountains, parked in a nice sandy spot, laid out our sleeping bags, built a fire, and camped--completely out in the middle of nowhere. Yes, it did rain, and no, we did not have a tent. But we didn't get too wet, and it was still fun. We roasted marshmallows, and I had my first hot dog in about eight years, and I saw a part of Idaho that I have not seen in the four years that I've been here. All in all, a very successful, if brief, camping trip. I'm thinking I needed to convince Cole to get out here and do this, because he would love it.

One more thing, for those of you who are participating in the FBC (Fun Book Club--until a better name is chosen), I'll be posting the current book list up here, unless we find a more efficient way of communicating.

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Thursday, May 13, 2004

Yay, I just finished my last final and I feel quite footloose and fancy free. Much of this feeling stems from the knowledge that Kandice and Christin are sitting at this moment in the Rotunda enduring a Dennis final *evil chuckle*.

I realize that I have an entire apartment to pack and move in the next three days, as well as multiple graduation event to attend, but for some reason I still feel as though I have a long leasurely three day weekend ahead of me.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Winding Down (like a tired clock) 

Ok, so yes, it was bad timing for me to start training at the Mona Lisa (see below) on finals week. Add three stressful things (training, finals, and moving out) and I have been losing my mind. Soooo, Kandice and I decided to procrastinate on everything just a bit more last night and go see Van Helsing at Edwards. Laugh all you want, but it was brainless, hilarious, and a lot of fun, which was just what we needed. (And don't forget the extremely hot Hugh Jackman.)

Anyway, if I make it through the next three days, I'll be graduating on Saturday at 10:30 at the Idaho Center, for those of you who were wondering when that was. My parents are coming out, so that will be fun (and they'll be able to help me pack, which is wonderful!)

For all of you Oregonians, who I haven't talked to in awhile, I applied at the Mona Lisa, which is a really, really fancy fondue restaurant in Boise. It's kind of scary becaue I haven't ever waited tables before and now I'm jumping in to this super nice place, but I've been training and practicing reciting the menu and the greeting. As long as I don't drop any hot fondue plates on anyone, I should be fine. I have to wear black pants and a black long sleeve shirt, which I'm sure is going to be real fun when the Nampa weather starts hitting 100 degrees every day. Oh, well, the tips will definitely make up for it.

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Tuesday, May 04, 2004

"Dr Gismondi is looking for you!" 

This is the statement I heard about twenty times today. I got back from my exhausting shopping trip in Boise, where I was looking for a black, long sleeve, button-down shirt to wear to the Mona Lisa (not the easiest thing to find in May) and black shoes, also for the ML, and entered Wiley five minutes late to class, to find Dr. G pacing the hall waiting for me. Rather than tell me what he wanted then, he gave me a frantic look, said "You're late for class. Come to my office when it gets over," and strode down the hall. Well, needless to say, I didn't get a whole lot out of that class. I spent the entire time wondering what I had done and how I was going to get out of it. Well, the whole big deal was that he wanted me to speak at Investiture tomorrow, not such a big deal after all--but it apparently cost him a few panicked hours this afternoon, since I was blissfully unreachable and unaware.
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