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elvendollthis'll prolly be overly brief, as i'm really kinda tired & need to go back to studying...
but i've had a good couple of days, minor downswings notwithstanding.
went to a party on friday night and had a very chill time : )
ended up not doing much of anything yesterday, feeling a little fried-extra-crispy, but, that could've been much worse.
the house got cleaned up & rearranged by the roomies and some of their friends, and i'm duly grateful & impressed - the living room looks much cozier, and the kitchen table fits into the kitchen much better then i ever thought it would : )
ended up crashing elsewhere last night to avoid being kept up by a gathering here, and then went to walden pond this morning.
we got there as they had closed the gates for an hour, so we drove around some, spent time parked & talking in the air conditioned car & then, due to a bicthy maneuver by me, were one of the first cars in the lot once it was reopened.
i really like walden pond.
i like the clear water (it was slightly murky when we forst arrived, but then cleared up), really like swimming, and like spending time by water & nature out of earshot of little kids : )
and, i got about 3/4 of the studying done. i need to briefly skim the chapters on personality disorders & schizophrenia & do my notes for schizophrenia, and then i should be all set. then, i'll just need to go over my notes on mood disorders & eating disorders before the test, as thats what my essays will be on, and i should be able to fly through it. i have a baby pipe dream that our papers will be available to be picked up, but i know the odds of that are slim to none. the best i can realisticly hope for is to find out my final grade by friday.
got home after dinner to find the house as clean as it was before the party, and seemingly empty. big, pleasant surprise : ) i half expected to find the house littered & the fesitivities still going - which would have been perfectly ok, its just that this is much nicer : )
i'm doing a lot of thinking about what should have been my upcoming vacation.
my grandmother has always said that everything happens for the best, and i'm constantly surprised by the subtle way that works. i decided i wanted to go to prague around june, and back then,plane tickets for next week were around $515. i decided to wait a bit longer, to see if they'd drop at all, and they hadn't - they went up by a whole bunch. so, i've been kicking myself for not having gotten them then for like a month or two. well, prague's flooded. and the damage may be intensive - i am now really glad i have no plans to be there next week.
when it became obvious ticket prices wouldn't drop in time, i thought scheduling my trip for the last week of september would be good - and ticket prices are hovering at the almost-affordable range. but, prague is flooded and i'm not sure going there would be a good idea. in thinking that, i've been trying to think of other places to go, but having been so fixated on prague has been hindering me from picking another place. amsterdam is technically next on my list, but i want to dothat in the spring time. and i'd prefer to spend more time in both italy & spain, so as to get to see more then one city.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
deirdre suggested lisbon, portugal, and i'm definately considering it... but travelling alone to portugal is different then to prague, and i know my mom is hesitant about the prospect also.
now, i'm thinking of maybe posponing my europe getaway, which would really relieve my budget. i keep telling myself that i went to AZ only a few months ago, and plan on a tropical getaway in january/february. logically, it'd make lots of sense to save up now, and use the money my parents'd be putting in (as a present for my last two birthdays) for the winter trip. but damnit, i am really set on exploring a city on my own soon. like it feels like as much of a need as a desire. and i don't know just how to resolve that.
but, i really should get back to studying.
but i've had a good couple of days, minor downswings notwithstanding.
went to a party on friday night and had a very chill time : )
ended up not doing much of anything yesterday, feeling a little fried-extra-crispy, but, that could've been much worse.
the house got cleaned up & rearranged by the roomies and some of their friends, and i'm duly grateful & impressed - the living room looks much cozier, and the kitchen table fits into the kitchen much better then i ever thought it would : )
ended up crashing elsewhere last night to avoid being kept up by a gathering here, and then went to walden pond this morning.
we got there as they had closed the gates for an hour, so we drove around some, spent time parked & talking in the air conditioned car & then, due to a bicthy maneuver by me, were one of the first cars in the lot once it was reopened.
i really like walden pond.
i like the clear water (it was slightly murky when we forst arrived, but then cleared up), really like swimming, and like spending time by water & nature out of earshot of little kids : )
and, i got about 3/4 of the studying done. i need to briefly skim the chapters on personality disorders & schizophrenia & do my notes for schizophrenia, and then i should be all set. then, i'll just need to go over my notes on mood disorders & eating disorders before the test, as thats what my essays will be on, and i should be able to fly through it. i have a baby pipe dream that our papers will be available to be picked up, but i know the odds of that are slim to none. the best i can realisticly hope for is to find out my final grade by friday.
got home after dinner to find the house as clean as it was before the party, and seemingly empty. big, pleasant surprise : ) i half expected to find the house littered & the fesitivities still going - which would have been perfectly ok, its just that this is much nicer : )
i'm doing a lot of thinking about what should have been my upcoming vacation.
my grandmother has always said that everything happens for the best, and i'm constantly surprised by the subtle way that works. i decided i wanted to go to prague around june, and back then,plane tickets for next week were around $515. i decided to wait a bit longer, to see if they'd drop at all, and they hadn't - they went up by a whole bunch. so, i've been kicking myself for not having gotten them then for like a month or two. well, prague's flooded. and the damage may be intensive - i am now really glad i have no plans to be there next week.
when it became obvious ticket prices wouldn't drop in time, i thought scheduling my trip for the last week of september would be good - and ticket prices are hovering at the almost-affordable range. but, prague is flooded and i'm not sure going there would be a good idea. in thinking that, i've been trying to think of other places to go, but having been so fixated on prague has been hindering me from picking another place. amsterdam is technically next on my list, but i want to dothat in the spring time. and i'd prefer to spend more time in both italy & spain, so as to get to see more then one city.
deirdre suggested lisbon, portugal, and i'm definately considering it... but travelling alone to portugal is different then to prague, and i know my mom is hesitant about the prospect also.now, i'm thinking of maybe posponing my europe getaway, which would really relieve my budget. i keep telling myself that i went to AZ only a few months ago, and plan on a tropical getaway in january/february. logically, it'd make lots of sense to save up now, and use the money my parents'd be putting in (as a present for my last two birthdays) for the winter trip. but damnit, i am really set on exploring a city on my own soon. like it feels like as much of a need as a desire. and i don't know just how to resolve that.
but, i really should get back to studying.
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Date: 2002-08-18 04:25 pm (UTC)