I heart Dr. Slice

It was a…stressful day today. After sleeping through my alarm and making Dad late for work, I spent a fitful few hours dozing in the recliner. Mom got home from work around 11:30 and we had to leave from Madison very soon after that. We hiked up Bascom and went to Room 70, where I officially withdrew from the university. That was a nice, quiet ending to my career at Madison – bittersweet, baby. Lunch was a nice point, sweet and sour chicken and Dr. Slice at Chin’s, but after that, I had to pack up my entire life so that it would fit into a van. As you can guess, that didn’t really happen. I left a few things at the apartment that I’ll have to get either this Sunday or at Halloween. I got to see Traci today (she was buying my Michigan ticket from me) and that was so nice! She, Amber, and I talked about how we all had psycho roommates. It made me think of that really nice picture I had Laurel take of the three of us and Beca towards the end of freshman year. We talked and packed and laughed, and soon Amber pulled out Kourt’s birthday cake (she’ll be 20 on Saturday, SO OLD! 😉 A very mature 20 year-old, as she told my brother).

I was ready to go at that point, so I told the girls that I would be back Sunday afternoon/night for the rest of my things. Kourt said, “And we can have girl time!” And it just broke my heart to hear that, because I really need those girls to understand that being in Madison at the apartment is just TOO stressful for me. I’ll come back for Halloween only because it’ll be a chance for me to meet up with a bunch of the Janesville kids and, also, if I didn’t go, I’d be screwing a lot of people out of sleeping space. So there’s no way I’ll do that. But that city, that apartment…I just need some time away from “bigness.” To get to come here to Whitewater will be such a treat! As I’m writing this, it’s 9:15 at night. Billy is watching “Matrix Reloaded” and trying to mess up my writing. Mark just stormed in a few minutes ago, looking VERY pissed, and grabbed his bag, saying he’d be back in a few hours. It’s something fraternity related, so he has to be gone. That’s okay with me, I wouldn’t want to keep him from the things he loves just because I’m visiting.

But, back to Whitewater – it’s Friday night and there are NO drunk people wandering around in the halls (I’m sure there will be later, though!), no blaring “white rap”, and just very few people in general. Just a few of the guys from 4th floor Bigelow with whom I’ve become acquainted with in the past few weeks. It’s a nice feeling to know that I already have friends here. Last night, I drove up just to see Mandy and Billy, not even to see Mark. We watched Animal Planet and ate brownies and had a general good time. It was just…nice. And tomorrow will be a rugby game here with Mark’s parents and then hopefully some time to relax at night. The fraternity has been keeping him incredibly busy and I know that he’s getting worn out. I just try to do whatever I can to keep his brain from exploding. ::wink::

I am really enjoying the low level of stress (in general, considering the first line of this entry talked about how stressful the day was!) that has resulted ever since I made the decision to take some time off. I am looking forward to lots of sleeping, lots of playing with the kids at work, lots of time in Whitewater, and lots of HOME COOOKING! 🙂 Yay! And then I will come back to school, relaxed and ready to pursue a major and career. My thoughts have been wandering towards art or creative writing – we shall see what happens. I also want to see if I could possibly work for Brady at the climbing gym here in Whitewater – that’d be so fun! I can’t wait until it’s done and I can climb again! That was one of the most fun things I’ve ever done. Major props to Michelle and Jay for the trip! 😉

My profoundness (did I just invent a word?) is coming back and I have been writing a lot more lately. It is so refreshing to once again be placing these words onto this electronic paper. It calms me down and makes me genuinely happy.

Cheerios and lemonade in a Green Tea snapple bottle, the company of a good friend, and plans for a fun weekend – what more could a girl ask for?

Ooh, BROWNIES!

😉