Saturday, October 17th

I think college is actually starting to feel like college. You know how, in high school, it never felt like the school year had begun until Autumn, when it started getting chilly and it actually looked like something other than summer? That's the feeling I've been having recently. And by recently I mean the last two days, but you gotta start somewhere. Lastnight, I hung out with Renee (my roommate), Rea, Victoria, and Victoria's boyfriend Marc (who goes to UF and is Scottish... he has a sweet accent!) and just being out late and walking around in the 50-degree weather made me feel more at home. I never really thought I'd miss home that much. I figured I'd always be able to see the next time I'd be there in the near future... but now, actually being so far away from the familiar, it's lonely. I'm learning to love the small things like a cold front or going to a late movie with some new friends, and everything seems to be working out.

So before I go any further, i'd just like to say this one thing... I might have a teensy weensy little crush on this guy... his name's Joseph and honestly, we've only talked a few times, but like I said... you gotta start somewhere! :P He's actually the president of the College Dems, and we're both going on the trip to Chesapeake over Halloween/our Homecoming weekend! WHICH I am really excited about!! I think I've told most of you about it, but at our meeting this past Thursday we talked about it some more, and I'm officially going! It's six (possibly seven) of us from Florida State, and on Friday the 30th we're carpooling to Jacksonville where we'll meet up with some kids from UF and UCF, at which point we'll all get on a bus and make the long trek to Virginia! I'm super psyched... my mom is coming over at some point to see me, which is cool because we weren't supposed to see each other for four months but this will break it up. :)

I guess the reason i don't ever write on here is because I'm not doing a whole lotta interesting stuff... I have As in all my classes! Except for Psychology, in which I have an 86 because we've only had one test... that I got an 86 on. :P So we'll see how that goes. It would be super sweet if I could pull that up to an A, but who knows?
The weather is really nice here this weekend, as I hinted out earlier. It's been cloudy and progressively cooler here this whole week, and right now it's a gloomy sky and a comfortable 57 degrees. I can't believe that October is nearly over either! And soon it'll be Thanksgiving break, and after that weekend I have one week of classes/exams and then I'm off for Christmas! It's all so exciting but disorienting at the same time. I can already feel like break is going to fly by... I'm only going to be at home for about a week, maybe a week and a half. Then we'll be driving back down to Orlando for Christmas and Winter Haven for New Year's and then it's back to school. :S It's not that I'm already dreading it like I did all through high school, it's just that I can feel myself missing home and my family all over again. I dunno, though... the spring semester is short, and I'm only in school through April, so life will be sweet I'm sure. It's just thinking about it, being on this end of things, it always seems like the road's gonna be tougher than it actually turns out to be.

And it's almost time, speaking of next semester, to sign up for classes! I've already met with my advisor like a month ago and I've done my course lookup, and I know what I'm taking: Biology, a Biology lab, Math (for Liberal Arts, hahaha), Education Technology, Teaching Diverse Populations, and Intro. to the Old Testament. I might possibly take a Spanish class, because I'm taking my placement test sometime in the next few weeks and I'm probably just gonna do a minor in that. I've also decided that I'm taking Arabic at some point! Probably in my third year.

Oh, which reminds me of something else... So I knew that after this semester I'd be a sophomore because of my number of credit hours, but I didn't know that after the spring semester I'd be three classes away from being a junior!!! That's exciting... and I need to somehow figure out how to get those few credits taken care of. It'll be a breeze I'm sure, especially because all the Arabic classes are worth 4 credit hours apiece. Woo!

Well, I wish I had more to say... I'll let you guys all know should any updates arise with the boy. ;D

Cheers,
Bailey

One More Time?

Have you guys ever done this? Just lay around on your bed with your laptop resting on your stomach? Dude my feet are freezing; gah, I might have to put socks on। x_X। I figured out how to set up my computer in my room so that I could watch The Office comfortably from my bed। It’s bliss. Hahah

Mark texted me today। As in, him initiating, not me! Yeah yeah yeah I know I shouldn’t read into more than I should। You know what the saddest thing in the world is? I totally squeal in delight and did a stupid mini dance. And freakin’ thing just read, “hola Chrissy!! J como estas?” I mean really Chris?! Oyyy it’s always like that whenever we text each other. I don’t think about him. Then we text and I think to myself, ‘and I thought I was over him!’ whatever happened to the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind?” or is it really, “absence makes the heart grow fonder”? *****for you guys it’ll NEVER be out of sight, out of mind!!!!! Just to let you know*****

It was cool because we skyped today! Lol । he has a super funny buzz cut that Matthew (his brother) gave him। I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw it. I think I was just super happy when I was talking to him. I’m never that happy or excited when talking to Zach. I think I may just like the idea of liking Mark because he’s away. So it’s not like anything is going to happen. I’m not going to lie that I still get annoyed when I see all these other girls that like him. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a flippin’ fan club for him. He really is too nice for his own good.

Okay but a quick thing। When we were skyping , I asked if Mark liked ramen। He did. So I said, “okay you know how ramen use to be cheap? Like 10 ramens for a dollar? Now it’s like six for a dollar. You now back in the day if the prices of bread got too high there would be bread riots. Do you think with ra—“ before I finished he was like, “RAMEN RIOTS!!!!” hahahahahah =D that sorta made my night. Haha lame I know but at least we were on the same mental wavelength xD it was sweet. I could go on about all the little things I noticed that normal people wouldn’t give a second thought to. Ha.


Random things: soon we’ll be looking for another car for me to drive and daddy will get the red Honda. My parents are doing great. Dad is still working on his PH.D he wants mama to get one too. jules is great, her kitten Maddox is crazy. I haven’t met him personally but he’s cute in the pictures. Classes are cool. For the first time in forever the thought, “I want a boyfriend” actually popped into my head. I still can’t figure out how to work my GPS system. I’m in desperate need of new music. Lol =p

Well I and SUPER STOKED ABOUT GOING TO VCU TOMORROW! Lol though I do miss the rest of you!!!!!! I hope you are all doing well.
Are you happy?
Are the other kids playing nice?
When are you coming home?
Can we eat cinnapies when you get back?
I miss and love you guys!!!

Ice C <3

Ill With Want

Can you guys believe we've been at college for nearly 2 months?? I can't believe I've gone that long without seeing you guys!

So let's see, classes are continuing as usual. I don't know how I'm feeling as far as my performance so far in college. It's kind of a mixed bag. I just got a 96 on my 2nd psychology test and a 92 on my first bio test, but I've also gotten a 62 on my first psychology test and a 77 on my first sociology test. I just don't know. It's not that college work is hard by any means, but the tests are certainly harder, on top of the fact I'm already not a good test taker. But overall, I think everything academically is going fine. I mean, I'm just striving for B's here. Haha.

Speaking of school, I've been giving a lot of thought to what I want to do after undergrad school. I kind of assumed when I went into nursing that I'd just go to grad school right afterwards and be an Nurse Practitioner. But I'm starting to think that, that's not really what I want to do anymore. I mean, it's not like I won't make plenty of money being an RN. And I just don't know how I'm going to feel about going to 2 or 3 more years of school after I graduate from undergrad. Besides a "text from last night" said that "grad school is just like college with more work and no alcohol" laaaame. Plus I'm thinking if I do go for some higher education after I get my BSN I'd want to be a Physicians Assistant and I'm not even sure that you can get a degree as a Physicians Assistant if you have a BSN. Hmmm.

In other news, Vince contacted the head of the music department here at VCU and looks like I'll be playing in a number of the VCU Symphony and Band performances. I'm pretty excited, I'm going home tomorrow to bring my harp back up here to store at the music school. It'll be an opportunity to meet some new people and also get involved at school. Not to mention I've really missed being able to play music. So I'm pretty excited! And VCU's music school is pretty legit, despite the fact that a lot of people that go here for music are really pretentious. Then again, most people that go to VCU for any type of art are pretty pretentious.

Ooh, I got my case for my computer! Now it looks like Bailey's, it's the two-tone pink cover. It looks pretty sweet. And finally broke down and downloaded my first free music! I just really wanted the new Avett Brothers CD and I didn't have any itunes money. It's what happens when you're a poor college kid, I suppose.

So the weather here was so beautiful! It was probably about 77 degrees outside and sunny but really, really breezy. Me and Kae went out into Monroe Park with towels and our homework and just sat in the park for 3 hours reading and talking and stuff. It was just so nice and peaceful! Then went on an expedition to Belle Isle, which we found out is about a 30 minute walk from campus. It's really pretty there, the sun was setting and glistening over the water. There's a lot of rocks and rapids. It's a great place to sun tan and have a picnic or something.

Things are going pretty well and I'm starting to settle into a nice pattern. I want to hear how you guys are all doing! I feel like no one's written in a really long time!

I love you guys and miss you!

-Cougzz