Hi, friends!
It's Friday night AKA my designated night off. Tonight, that consisted of going out to eat Mexican food with my guy, and updating this blog while watching stuff on Hulu :-D
So, here's the run down of the past month:
Started school June 14 with general chemistry, and it started fast. Luckily we had some time over the first weekend to stop by and see Lake Paran on a beautiful afternoon...
I won't bore anyone with any details about classes other than to say we were already diving head first into organic chemistry after about two weeks. And here is the reason I quickly became sleep-deprived:
They're actually kind of cute after you stare at them long enough.
These are my new friends during a hike to a pond during orientation. They're pretty swell, and hail from all over the country and from all walks of life. Some of us jumped in the freezing cold pond, which felt like needles, and is certainly not the beach water that has spoiled me for life.
This is the house my new friends live in on campus. It is quite the idyllic little scene, I must admit. We've had BBQs, casual hang outs after class (well, they live there, so they hang out there all the time, but they're nice enough to put up with me there too on occasion). We even did a makeshift backyard morning workout there when the gym was closed on the 4th of July.
Vermont and upstate NY are just so CUTE. There are great farmers markets and lakes and bridges, and this awesome drive in movie theater, where we all went to see Brave and The Avengers one Friday night. I may or may not have fallen asleep during the latter though, since it started at 11 pm. Lame. These kids managed to stay awake.
So, in a nutshell, school is going great -- it's lots of work, but it's nice feeling like I'm actually comprehending the stuff and not just memorizing like I did a lot in high school. Also, I think I've officially spoken the longest real word of my life.
(Is that a joke?)
Life outside of school is going well, too. Derek and I love our apartment, and have been doing lots of cooking and eating real food, which is nice to still make the time to do that. Here is a picture of a particularly lovely taco salad we made.
Derek is working nearly every day, and summer tennis camp for the kids is in full swing. We don't get to see each other all that often except late in the evening and on the weekends. Luckily we have a standing date night every Friday or Saturday :-D
So, while I do fully enjoy the student life, I must admit, sometimes....I'm....
Missing everyone back home in VA and Hawai'i!!
