Bottled Sky

Would you look at that. I am now 21. Twenty-can-you-even-believe-it-one years old. How does it feel, you ask? (You probably don’t ask, but I’ll answer anyway.) It feels like 18. It’s strange, because I don’t really feel any different, but I know I am. I’m pretty sure that I did quite a bit of growing up somewhere between high school and now. Time sure flies when you’re busy trying to find a major that will neither quickly kill you with stress nor slowly kill you with boredom. Hmm… Now that I think about it, I do like 21 better than 18. It’s a happier, more self-assured age. Well, at least it is for this girl

It’s 2 weeks into my summer vacation and I have yet to see a beach or even a pool. My cute, new swimsuit and I really, really want to go swimming. Unfortunately, being that our schedules are wildly mismatched, squeezing in some getaway time with my friends has become next to impossible. Some of them still have exams, while my summer classes begin next week. Oh, well…I just hope we manage to find time to go swimming before June.

On the up side, I finally have my room back! I had to spend the last three weeks crashing at our living room sofa, thanks to the termites that devoured every inch of my bedroom floor. I was finally able to sleep on a real bed again just this week. I am so happy to have walls and a door again.

Happy holidays, everyone! Right now I’m enjoying my much needed Christmas break. I had to get through a barrage of exams first, though. Two of them I’m pretty sure I passed, one I’m not so sure of, and one I can bet my dog’s life on that I failed. Miserably. I know because of the 3 hours we had for that exam, I spent the first hour thinking of creative ways to answer mathematical questions, the second drawing cats and fish bones on my answer sheets, and the last sleeping while drooling on my questionnaire. I may have managed to get a 10% on that exam, but that still remains to be seen.

It’s actually been a pretty eventful break so far. Last Thursday, Convergence, a techie magazine show on Net-25, came over to do a feature on me for their E-life segment. I was really apprehensive about the whole thing at first, mainly because I didn’t want to embarrass myself on national television, but it turned out to be quite a fun experience. I suppose it was partly because I managed to coerce Aggie and Chrissa to keep me company during the shoot, and be interviewed for a little bit, too. At least we can all look silly together! The people from the show were also really nice. They weren’t at all intimidating, and Jar, one of the show’s hosts, even sounded so much like our favorite high school teacher.

Then on Friday, Chrissa and I hit the malls for some last minute gift shopping. I wasn’t able to finish everything, but I think I did pretty well considering how many other last-minute shoppers I had to compete with that day. I managed to stay more or less on budget, too! I still have to find gifts for a few more people, but I know I won’t be seeing them until after the holidays, so I’m not too worried.

My old high school class also had its annual Christmas reunion party last Saturday, and that’s always loads of fun. It was great seeing the old whackos again. I even made sure not to drink too much so I’d at least remember how much fun I had