Week 11

The unthinkable has happened: I’ve found housing for next year in the on campus apartments I wanted to live in. And I’m with a friend. Who woulda thunk—something actually worked out for me. And for people who don’t understand the magnitude of this, I will have a single bedroom, a mostly private bathroom, a double bed, air conditioning, and QUIET. Because, yes, I know it’s crazy but I actually require quiet when I sleep and study.

In other news, as promised here are the Texas photos. The first is one of me and one of my coworkers at the boot store—please appreciate the background of this photo (dead animals and bones…). The second is another one of me and my coworkers at the conference-wide party on our last night (donning our awesome boots).

Only four weeks left here. Before I was counting how many weeks we’ve been here so far, and now I’m counting how many weeks remain—I wonder when I made that switch. I’m looking back on this semester so far and if I had to come up with one word to describe it the only thing I could think of would be surreal. I feel like one of these days I’m just going to wake up back at Alpha Phi and be like “Damn—that was a crazy dream I had last night” and head out to class. I wonder if I will stay in touch with the people I met here. One of my friends in Phase I of the apartments actually lives in the town right next door to mine so I’m sure we will see each other. But everyone else? Who knows.

Lessons of the week:

1) Motion City Soundtrack’s latest album is amazing. Everyone listen to it if you haven’t already. I was a little slow with getting it, so I know this is kind of after the fact. But still.