Currently Listening Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol. 2 By Yoko Kanno see related

Summer vacation is coming to a close and I have just one thing to say . . . WHA!

This is going to be a really stressful semester. I am taking a full load of classes with three of my classes requiring feild experience. My M101 course requires 40 hours alone. I am also working three jobs: tutoring spansih/english at the LEC, writer/reporter for the Corespondent, and my work-study position in Campus Climate. I need to start my e-portfolio for my teaching major and finish two metastandard levels before spring. I am so glad I took the PPST during the summer.

On top of all of that, I have to take my car in for both the brakes and the turn signal: AGAIN. I swear, this car is becoming less and less of a bargain.

I am mostly concerned with my mom though because she is starting her new job on monday. While I am happy for her I am worried that either the job won't work out or it won't make her happy. Despite my efforts I have not been able to help my mother find happiness and this job is one of the only things which can bring her a positive change of pace and an ego-burst. She just needs to do something that makes her feel useful and important and I am only sorry that she does not feel that way at home.

I am also depressed because I won't see much of my best friends. Megan is going away and I don't know when she will be back again, Ashely is moving some ways off, Marisha is not coming back this fall, and Sarah is going back to Purdue.

Okay, I'm done whining now. I just needed to vent cause this summer has been alot of work and I am undergoing another period of change. I am like a cat; I don't handle change well.

Well, more positive next time!

-Kitomi