August 27, 2007 - 8:19 a.m.
Finally back at school! I can't tell you how glad I am. This summer really sucked. So yay! Classes start today. Amanda and I got into town on Thursday night, and then spent the weekend moving into our apartment in a very lazy sort of way. It's been pretty slow going, and we keep stopping to take long naps or go to the movies. So it's been a decent weekend.
Really, this summer was pretty bearable, it just wasn't the best situation. Things kept refusing to go the way I wanted. The two musicals I auditioned for, I didn't get. The dance classes that I actually liked, ended up not working out, so I got stuck with a couple I didn't like nearly as much. And said sucky classes were a half an hour away, and one was in the morning and one at night, so I barely had any time for myself. Thus, I was crabby for six weeks straight. It's just that the more things got away from what I wanted, the less it felt like I was living my own life. I was doing all these things that normally I wouldn't put up with. So coming back to school feels like coming back to my own life. I'm in control again, and I've got time to do the things I want. Like write, for example.
I kind of like that it feels like my life is out here in Santa Fe now, not at home in Texas. It feels like that's the way it's supposed to be. I'm slowly carving out my own little place in the world, independent of my parents. Just like I always wanted.
So I think it's going to be a good year. Good things, since it's the last one.
