One Month Into Sophomore Year-

I can’t believe that the time has gone so fast. This last week went by at lightning speed. My classes are all going very well, and I tried out for the dance ensemble on Friday. While that will take up a good chunk of time, I’ve realized that I miss dancing too much and it’s a really good way to get back in shape. It’s amazing how tight a year and a half can make me. The ensemble pretty much just puts on a dance concert in February, but it’s something that I’m really looking forward to and it hasn’t even started yet. I find out Tuesday which dances I’m in. I’m hoping for a lyrical and a jazz piece, but I told them that I’m pretty much up for anything. It’s two hours of practice a week per piece, so I’m not really looking for more than three. Somehow having dance take over my life calms me down more than I thought it would- probably because it’s so familiar.

Nate sent me a text message today that said our A’s need to win all of the rest of their games in order to finish the season at .500. That is gross. I’m really hoping that next year we’ll be able to put up a decent fight in the pennant race. I’m also hoping that maybe I’ll actually get to see the A’s play a game, unlike this year. I have, however, seen more baseball games in more stadiums than ever before. I saw the Rockies play in Denver while visiting Nate, and the Orioles at Camden Yards just before the wedding. Then, when I thought I was done with baseball for the season, Brett and I went down to St. Louis last weekend for the Cardinals/Cubs double header. His parents got us the most amazing seats. The first game we got to sit in a luxury box that one of his dad’s college friends had bought at a hospital auction. (Now there’s something worthwhile to buy at those charity things you always go to Dad) His parents are still very nice people and we talked some baseball, and some nursing and watched the Cardinals lose, which was unfortunate. The second game we sat five rows from the field in his dad’s company seats. Talk about a whole different experience. I was sitting right next to the Cubs dugout, so I’m pretty sure Lou Pinella and I are BFFLs now. (best friends for life, for you old folks) We sat there with Brett’s older brother, Dan, who was also randomly home for the weekend and one of his friends and that was really fun. I like Dan a lot, and the Cardinals actually won that game, so the overall atmosphere was better. Oh, and Brett got a foul ball, so all of his childhood dreams were fulfilled. I’ll put up some pictures when I get them from Dan.

Down and back to St. Louis in a weekend is a lot of driving, and that made last weekend pretty much non-existent, so that’s probably why this week seemed to go by so fast. Next week starts October, and I’m only 2 weeks away from Fall Break, which is our halfway point for the semester. THAT is hard to believe.


On a completely random note, my interactions with different people today made me realize just how much can change in a year and a half. One of my friends is still at home trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, one of them just broke up with his girlfriend of 2 years and one of them has been fighting in Iraq for the last nine months. So much has changed since I last saw them on graduation day.