A Little Late, Am I?

Sorry, I kinda forgot about the email for about 2 weeks, but I blame the fact that I've been busy. It's been a couple of crazy weeks, that's for sure. School, midterms, and then we had some Web issues with one of our clients and I have just now been able to sit down and email. Thank you, everyone, for your replies last email. And a special THANK YOU to Grandma Edith for the awesome S'mores maker. We've already had several sugar filled nights with it.

I'm doing good in classes. I mean, I don't know actually grades but I'm assuming that I have A's and B's in everything. I've been figuring out my schedule for next semester and I'm hoping that I can get everything I want. I register Friday, so everyone hope that I get what I have planned, or else there's going to be problems.

Dad came home two weeks ago? and visited me up here. I showed him around campus and he took some pictures. I've attached one of the pictures, just because they're so big. They are really, really pretty. His camera rocks hard core. I would steal it from him if I thought he wouldn't notice before he got out of the country.

Ok, I know this is super short, but I have a study group, so I'm out of here.

Tar

Coming Live from the LSC

Alrighty, I meant to send this out before the end of the weekend, but as I think you guys can all see, it's a little late for that. So, I'm sending this to you all live from the Lory Student Center here on the beautiful CSU campus in sunny Fort Collins, Co. I know I didn't have to type that all out, but I felt like it. Gives it a more, I don't know, vocal feel.

So for those of you that haven't had the pleasure of talking to me via phone in the last week, yes, I did get sick. I'd been fighting it for weeks and it finally hit Tuesday night. Hard. Yeah, I was out of it for three days. Friday I could actually think enough to realize that I was missing class, I was just sleeping so much it didn't really matter. I'm all better now, thanks, just a bit of the sniffs and throat clearing left. I'm not sure what it was, but that has passed so it doesn't really matter anymore.

Because of my sickness, I obviously didn't do much in the last week. I did have a math midterm on Wednesday, that was fun. Not. I quite literally woke up at 5:50pm Wednesday, rolled out of bed, put on something that could be considered decent in public, drove three blocks to the exam, took it, drove back to my dorm, passed out again till about noon Thrusday. The real interesting thing was that it took me an hour to answer 6 questions before I realized I really shouldn't have been taking the exam. The bad news is that there were 8 questions. I got a 33/50. Yeah.... I called my professor. Soley, who cannot exactly teach at a speed known to the general populance as normal and writes in a solid block of curlys and quies (made that up), is very understanding and says that if my grade at the end of the semester is not an A and she can tell that I have been trying (in other words it was the exams fault), she will talk to the course coodinator about my grade. I just realized that that sentence was wayyyy too long to be correct, but I don't care. It's early (11:17). I got less than four of sleep (4:20-9). And I'm going to have a late night (three books and a paper).

The great news is that the Wednesday from heck that I had last week was the official middle of my first semester in college. I think I've done very well for myself. Not only did I join an organization, but I also stuck with it until its collapse (yes, Live Life Late is officially dead). I have already established several good relations with professors, changed the way a few things are done in classes, Aced three midterms (it'd be four if it wasn't for that stupid .5 of a point), and made a large group of good friends. I'd attach pictures to this email but I'm on the LSC computer, so I don't actually have any of them with me.

That reminds me, I am very happy and surprised with CSU's student services. They have free use computers in the LSC, library, USC building (that's the CS building) and in a few other places on campus. And the computers aren't trashed! Holey rusted rocks, Batman! No one checks your ID or is watching over your shoulder. If you trash the computer, it's one less one for you to use. And the library, wow. I thought Colorado College's library in the Springs was good. I like this library so much that I'm doing a report on it for my seminar class. They also have a writing center, that checks papers for free; counseling center; and a Career Center that find me another job (like I can handle it). I highly recommend CSU's facilities.

Alright, this email is getting huge, so I'm going to cut it off after a few brief shout-outs:

1. Everyone give it up for my Mom! She came out for Parent's Weekend the 8 & 9th and ran in the CSU Homecoming 5k. She's coming back strong from her surgery and tore it up at 7:45 in the morning. She also did me the favor of running around the campus and giving herself a tour, so I didn't have to.

2. Everyone send a big pat of the back to my roommate, Berlin, who finally decided that if she actually went to class, maybe then she wouldn't miss all of those pop quizes. Oh, and studying actually kinda helps...

3. You can stop sending First Aid kits, at least for now, Beth and Rachel made it a whole 2 weeks without an injury! Granted, Rachel's eye is infected a bit still and she's still healing from where her stitches were removed, but those aren't something new so I'm saying no injuries. They also finally beat that level of Donkey Kong they've been working on for a week.

4. Send good waves to Emily Meirtz, a high school friend that decided to drop by with about 4 of her friends last night around 10. Her and her buddies, along with the normal crew that lives in my room, hung out and chatted till about 2am. She drove all the way up from Mines to visit Tirrel, who just happened to be in my room at the time. It was a blast and I do have pictures of everyone (all at once, on the couch) that I will probably send out by themselves later this week.

5. Last but not least, send it out to Fish. I'm not sure if I said this in the last email, but he got a DJ spot on KCSU, the college's radio station. He drags his butt out of bed early every Saturday to be on the radio from 6am to 8am. I haven't actually been awake yet to hear his show, but I have no doubt it's good. He had a hard gig last Saturday, so everyone send him happy vibes, he deserves them (he's the one that single-handedly doubled the size of my music collection, we like his music).

Alright, I've been at this for almost an hour, so I'm going to let you guys go and actually go grab something to eat.

Peace, Love and Chicken Soup,
Tar

Two Weeks In One!

Alrighty then! I missed last weeks email because I was at my mommy's for the weekend, and didn't really have time to do much. This weekend is also going to be crazy, so I decided to have two emails in once. So! This accounts for last week's email and next week's.

I can't really remember what happened last week, except that I had my first History mid-term last Wed. I tell you what, my hand is still aching (course it could be from all the typing I've been doing, too). The mid-term was four ID (basically a who, what when and where with a bit of analysis throw in) and two essays. That was way too much for the time we were given. I got all my IDs done and had 40 minutes to write 2 essays. So, I wrote 3/5 of the first one and 2-3/5 of the second. It's all good though. I got the exam back Monday. 96%.

The weekend was good. I took Fish, Rachel and Berlin home with me. My car stereo is broken, so we didn't have any music on the way down. It was alright, though. We sang our own songs, gossiped and told jokes for the 2 hour drive. During the weekend, I dragged them all to my different appointments. Eye doctor, meeting with Tom, meeting with Amy, going to Best Buy, etc. Fish got his hair cut (finally) and somehow, Rachel lead Mom, I and herself into getting our eyebrows waxed. Ow.

Oh yeah. There was a passing last weekend. My iPod, Baby, passed away last week, and was put to rest last Saturday. She's in a better place now (probably at Apple, getting refurbished) and I have a new iPod. His name is Big Boy, because he's bigger than his older sister, by about 40 GB. I'm treating him better than I did Baby, hoping that he'll last much longer.

Oh yeah! I totally forgot, but Beth and I went to the CSU v. Air Force game last Thursday. It was the best! We had such a blast! We stood by the band the entire game (stand because nobody sits, except during Halftime) and screamed out lungs out. Beth wasn't a big football fan before the game, but by the 2nd quarter, she was screaming along with the rest of the crowd. We left after halftime, picked up Rachel, and finished watching the game at Chili's. We were cheering in Chili's, we were so into it. We're all going to another game together, and are going to tailgate before. Probably the Oct. 15th game. We killed Air Force, by the way.

Another member joined our little group of friends. Miles, a junior that lives on the 3rd floor, likes to come over about everynight and hang out and study. He really likes our couch and my popcorn. Mark also kinda joined, he's my physics and math study-buddy. I help him with physics and he helps we understand the stupid math book. He comes over and we do physics together (for like 5 hours straight and still don't finish the stupid problems!). So I guess I can't say the group is so little anymore. I attached some pictures of Miles and the girls playing. Tirrel is the one on the left and Rachel is on the right. No, he's not pregnant, that's a pillow up his hoody.

Alright, I have to go to Math now, so I'll talk to you all later. As always, send snail mail!

Tar