Summer Wrap-up

Let's see. This might be choppy.

I head back to Pittsburgh tomorrow. It all seems to go by so fast... Relaxing, visiting friends... I made a trip to Binghamton to visit Kristen and that was a lot of fun. We went to one of the 500 nature preserves that sit on every street corner up there (Almost like drug stores here in the Lehigh Valley). We also grabbed some jelly at Wegman's for waffles that I had for lunch today (Look in front of you now. Do you have a waffle? Wouldn't you be happier if you did?)... We also grabbed some pizza and ice cream. Sadly, my camera fell out of my pocket while I was still at home and I didn't realize this until I was already on the turnpike so I couldn't easily turn around then.

I also visited my grandparents in Lancaster. Of course I watched The Price is Right... and also saw Bob Barker (though it was on a PSA speaking to us about the upcoming switch to digital television... I was disappointed that he didn't remind us to have our pets spayed and neutered at the end). I ate lots of good food (but no Ramen). Yum.

Last weekend I went to Cockeysville, MD and visited my grandparents there. This visit further reminded me that my house will need a screened-in-porch.

I didn't see Anik yet again. I guess I should probably blame myself for this one as I never took any initiative after the first weekend to set anything up... On the plus side, I saw Noggle, Mr. Ohl, the Shark, Adam, Rebecca, Mrs. Eggert... and hopefully Frau Torchia and Ms. Sebastian today.

Yesterday, a comment I made about Applebees got the whole family talking about the EGMTD & family...

Summer grade result: Ochem 2 Lab: A, Short stories in context: A. So my GPA now rounds up to the next hundredth (hundredths digit being 5).

Most of my boxes are packed. There's a lot of stuff. I really don't need half of it to live comfortably--much of it is "extras": desk chair, table, speakers (2 sets) lights (5), I think I'm bringing 4 pillows... I'm also bringing more dress shirts and ties than I will probably wear in a year, but as long as Alex continues to bring 3 times as many I won't feel like I'm being too excessive... Of course Alex is probably only bringing 1 light... Of course some of the stuff I'm bringing is so I can be "organized"... shelving, crates, closet organizer. And of course all my desk and bath supplies are spread out between 15 different boxes and crates that I will need to unpack everything before I can even live.

I'm also bringing curtains for my window... and wall decorations. Anything to add a dash of colour.

And that concludes what must be my longest blog post to date. I'm leaving for Pittsburgh before 5:00 AM tomorrow.