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paperclippyI made some orange juice with oranges from our tree. When Ben was here after dropping me off last night, we went out into the yard and picked some oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, and a tangelo for him (I was like, free fruit! Take some, please!). All of them that I tasted are pretty ripe and yummy! He got the crazy orange that's really huge and was giving birth (we have navel oranges, you know how they have these weird mini-oranges come out of their navel . . .).
Anyway, now it's time for me to prepare to be bored for two weeks. I'd kind of rather be bored for another month than go back to school. Speaking of school, I got my grades yesterday, and despite my worries and illness, I totally kicked ass! I kicked enough ass to bring my GPA *up* this semester (first time it's gone up so far). I think it's funny that I managed to get an A in ArchOS despite not understanding anything all semester. I think it's because the graders seem to have graded the projects really quickly and stuff -- run a test, it works, 100%. Well, I'm not complaining. Okay, I have one complaint, but you're all going to hate me for it. I'm wondering if the new system is messed up or something, because my transcript has "Dean's List" on all my other semesters, but it's not written on this one. I know it should be. Hmmm.
In other news, Honnold is trying to charge me $100 for a book that I have sitting in the other room. I tried to return it before leaving for winter break, but the library was closed and the drop box was full, and I'm not in Claremont right now, so I can't return it. Yes, I should have returned it earlier. But I didn't, and when I tried to I couldn't, and I have the book and I'll return it when I get back to school. Meanwhile, what am I supposed to do about it? I guess I should have renewed it before they billed me. Anyway, it pisses me off to get something like this when I have the book sitting right here, it's not lost or anything, and since they don't clean out their drop box often enough I couldn't return it. Grr.
I think I'm going to take Bill out for a walk soon. I kind of wanted to go earlier but somehow it managed to be 10 already (I magically woke up at 8 . . .).
Ben & I went whale watching yesterday! We got to see a gray whale! It was pretty exciting! I've discovered that after being on a boat for and hour or so, I start to get seasick. I'm fine if it's a trip up to one hour. After that, I start to not feel so well. I don't think I'd actually get sick, it's just kind of uncomfortable and I feel dizzy. It makes me sad, because I really like boats! Anyway, I forgot to bring my jacket, too, so I was all cold. But the whale was pretty nifty!
I've been thinking about how much of a mess I left my room in. I wanted to leave it all cleaned up so it would be easy to move quickly, but due to being sick I didn't get anything done. (Side note -- grr!! My mom just yelled at me for unplugging her coffee maker, which I hadn't even realized I did and I bet the plug fell out when I scooted it over because it wasn't shoved in all the way. She yells at me like I did it with some kind of malicious intent!) Anyway, I'm probably going to need all the help I can get to move quickly when school starts next semester.
I'm really glad to be getting a single. I think it will help me with stress levels a lot. I think I've come to realize that I really don't like having a roommate (which has nothing to do with who the roommate is). I just want my room to be someplace where I can be alone and do what I want when I want to. I'm selfish. And when I get stressed out, I start to hate everything my roommate does and resent their being in the room. That and even though I understand that my roommate is probably feeling just as irritable as I am at the end of the semester, I'm still kind of pissed off at my latest roommate for being generally bitchy for the last few weeks of school (though I'm sure I was just as bitchy).
So is anyone at all in the Los Angeles area right now? Drop me a line (email, LJ comment, whatever) and maybe we can get together. I'm all lonely!
Anyway, now it's time for me to prepare to be bored for two weeks. I'd kind of rather be bored for another month than go back to school. Speaking of school, I got my grades yesterday, and despite my worries and illness, I totally kicked ass! I kicked enough ass to bring my GPA *up* this semester (first time it's gone up so far). I think it's funny that I managed to get an A in ArchOS despite not understanding anything all semester. I think it's because the graders seem to have graded the projects really quickly and stuff -- run a test, it works, 100%. Well, I'm not complaining. Okay, I have one complaint, but you're all going to hate me for it. I'm wondering if the new system is messed up or something, because my transcript has "Dean's List" on all my other semesters, but it's not written on this one. I know it should be. Hmmm.
In other news, Honnold is trying to charge me $100 for a book that I have sitting in the other room. I tried to return it before leaving for winter break, but the library was closed and the drop box was full, and I'm not in Claremont right now, so I can't return it. Yes, I should have returned it earlier. But I didn't, and when I tried to I couldn't, and I have the book and I'll return it when I get back to school. Meanwhile, what am I supposed to do about it? I guess I should have renewed it before they billed me. Anyway, it pisses me off to get something like this when I have the book sitting right here, it's not lost or anything, and since they don't clean out their drop box often enough I couldn't return it. Grr.
I think I'm going to take Bill out for a walk soon. I kind of wanted to go earlier but somehow it managed to be 10 already (I magically woke up at 8 . . .).
Ben & I went whale watching yesterday! We got to see a gray whale! It was pretty exciting! I've discovered that after being on a boat for and hour or so, I start to get seasick. I'm fine if it's a trip up to one hour. After that, I start to not feel so well. I don't think I'd actually get sick, it's just kind of uncomfortable and I feel dizzy. It makes me sad, because I really like boats! Anyway, I forgot to bring my jacket, too, so I was all cold. But the whale was pretty nifty!
I've been thinking about how much of a mess I left my room in. I wanted to leave it all cleaned up so it would be easy to move quickly, but due to being sick I didn't get anything done. (Side note -- grr!! My mom just yelled at me for unplugging her coffee maker, which I hadn't even realized I did and I bet the plug fell out when I scooted it over because it wasn't shoved in all the way. She yells at me like I did it with some kind of malicious intent!) Anyway, I'm probably going to need all the help I can get to move quickly when school starts next semester.
I'm really glad to be getting a single. I think it will help me with stress levels a lot. I think I've come to realize that I really don't like having a roommate (which has nothing to do with who the roommate is). I just want my room to be someplace where I can be alone and do what I want when I want to. I'm selfish. And when I get stressed out, I start to hate everything my roommate does and resent their being in the room. That and even though I understand that my roommate is probably feeling just as irritable as I am at the end of the semester, I'm still kind of pissed off at my latest roommate for being generally bitchy for the last few weeks of school (though I'm sure I was just as bitchy).
So is anyone at all in the Los Angeles area right now? Drop me a line (email, LJ comment, whatever) and maybe we can get together. I'm all lonely!
