Updates 'n' Announcements

All right, since this is the last day I have to myself before the craziness of finals and packing and Iron Man 3 excitement starts, I thought I would give my final thoughts of my first year of college.

Even though I love being here, I have decided that I will not be returning to Defiance next year due to some personal issues that I would rather not share (unless I already told you myself). Since the beginning of this semester back in January, I started to have this gut feeling that I was doing something wrong by being here and that I might end back up in Cleveland for good. After extensively thinking about it for the past month, I came to the conclusion that my gut feeling was correct. I talked it over with my mom (who - thank God - was really calm about it) and a few of my friends back home, and they were pretty supportive of my decision. Maybe instead of me having a clean slate away from home, I just needed to start on a clean slate at home all along.

Now don't get me wrong, like I said, I love being at Defiance. I love my friends, I love the teachers, I love the experience of being away from home. But something in my gut told me I needed to go back home.

As for what I'm planning to do over the summer (besides work and get my goddamn driver's license), I was planning to put together some sort of summer bucket list and complete as much as I can. I've jotted some things down already, like going to more than one Indians games, going to downtown Cleveland to walk around and go to the library (and if I'm lucky, getting of glimpse of Chris Evans shooting Captain America: The Winter Soldier), baking, going to a waterpark, get a trip in to Cedar Point (or King's Island 'cause my younger cousins begged me to go again with them the last time I saw them), go bowling with a group of friends - the easy stuff, you know? But then there's the "summer bucket list my family will shoot me for" which includes things like finally getting the tattoo I've wanted since my freshman year of high school, dying my hair black and getting my nose pierced, but I'm going to save that for a better time.

 The real challenge is that I have to watch how much money I spend, since I have to save up for a car and a SEVENTH trip to Disney World that my friend Roni wants me to go on over Christmas. Now how can I say no to that.

So in other news, J. Lynch and I are going to see Iron Man 3 at midnight. We've had this planned since they announced the release date, so it's a pretty damn exciting thing. Hopefully I'm not the only one in the theater that flips shit over Tom/Loki in the Thor: The Dark World trailer (even though I've watched it 10 billion times thanks to Tumblr). After this, it'll be time to start planning going to see Thor: The Dark World at midnight on November 8th!

Riko and I talked for 2 days and Skyped for three hours two weeks ago.

I bullshit you not.

So I guess that means that we're finally gonna start talking again. And I'm pretty sure I mean it this time. I'm going to see him this weekend at our alma mater's last musical ever since he kind of guilt-tripped me into going (it was either that or Kateri dragging me out of my house against my will), and since I'm pretty confident that I will not have an anxiety attack when I see him (since he told me he doesn't hate me), I think with a little work we can work everything out.

And before y'all say anything, calm your tits we're not getting back together.

Oh, and he told me he reads all this shit, too. Hi bitch.

I got two birthdays this weekend, too. Peno's is on Friday (AND HE BETTER TELL ME IF HE'S HAVING A GET-TOGETHER OR NOT HURRY UP HEFFA) and J's on Saturday, which is also Star Wars Day (teehee).

SO with all that being said, I only have two more fucking pages of my final paper to write, so I'm gonna get some food and finish that up, study for my math final tomorrow morning, and take everything from there.

Until next time, love you all, and I bid you adieu.

"Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”- Luke 21:28