oh, wow. i love this: 90 degrees of pure sun and pre-summer jitters. that's why i've changed my site look. it's been awhile... and besides, i need to be festive for my favorite season, ever.
just to let you guys know my availability, my calendar has been majorly updated. i'll keep updating that thing over summer, so if you want to know where i'm at, how you can contact me, or whatever the reason, check there. you'll get the jist.
and it's that time of year, when everything's coming to a close. the school year's winding down, finals are sprinting their way over, and it's a pure 3 1/2 month of needed break for me. but i wonder what it's going to be like next year, living without the two roommates i've been dorming with for 10 months now. communal living has it's major downfalls, like conflicts with roommates, problems, quirks, things that you would never know about a person unless you spend every waking moment with them. but then this kind of living has it's tremendous pros-- friendship surpassing every "un-understood". my roommates have found out more about me in the past few months than most people ever will or have, and it's not because i tell them. we learn to know one another and have this unwritten understanding about the things we do and the people we are. come on; you can't tell me that you don't know how your parents/guardians and/or siblings are like when they wake up in the morning, how they react to your actions, what they would tell you if you were in a rut. you know them because you spend an ungodly number of hours together with them, and they, with you. and whether you like it or notice it at all, you know those people and know them well. this is reciprocated, of course, since they know you just as much. and it's kind of like that; roommates are someone you come 'home' to, per se. they know how your day went without asking, they know what to do without you telling them. and this mutual understanding makes communal living worthwhile. that's why i'm resident advisor next year. if i didn't like it, i wouldn't have applied for the job.
but then again, as one door closes, another one opens.
so as i sit here and wonder how life is going to be like next year without my two roommates, i also look forward to the new relationships i will make. but of course, you know me-- i'm definitely keeping in touch with my old friends. because well... i know better than to discard the best of friends. :) that goes for you guys, too, in anaheim, in japan, in kentucky... i still remember the good times.
but oh, boy. am i excited to leave here. i enjoy davis and its gorgeous nature scenes, but you've no idea how much i've missed my home. and you can interpret "home" however you want.
who am i to kid-- i love summer.
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