plum pudding theory

today in chemistry we talked about the plum pudding theory about atoms. they used to think everything in an atom was all jumbled together instead of one bit in the center and mostly empty space around it. that's kind of my life right now. everything jumbled together and running into each other and you can't really tell where one thing starts and another begins but it's all good :)

so basically, right now, life = insanity. in a good way :) classes are good but i'm always busy. i just gave a speech about myself in communications today. i think it went well :) my fingers are hurting as i type this because i bought a ukulele!!!!! it's purple and beautiful. i'll post some pictures soon i think. i love it. i set my spanish vocabulary to chords this morning so i could study and practice chord changes at the same time. never had so much fun studying spanish in my life! i'll probably whine about my fingers until they're callused but it's gonna be totally worth it.

yeah so speaking of spanish, i'm really liking it here. and boy do i appreciate my grammar nazi teachers in high school! (no really, one of them calls herself the grammar nazi) and their obsession with no english during class. alot of my classmates aren't used to having class in spanish so it's a huge advantage for me.

i went home for labor day because i had to work at the park. three days of vacuuming cobwebs off the walls and ceilings of the barns was not very fun. at least i'll get paid :) while i was home i also got my birthay present from my mom. iphone!!!!! i LOVE it!! :) (psst! thanks again mom :)

so yesterday was my 19th birthday :D like a million people said happy birthday to me. my uke came in the mail, my roomies bought me a cake and we had a bunch of people over to eat it. i had almost no immediately important homework to do, which was nice so i could practice my ukulele (that's kind of alot to type so from here on out i'm just going to use uke) i'm pretty much learning uke from the internet. chords, strum patterns, songs, etc. it's awesome :)

i definitely don't get as much sleep at college as i did in high school but a steady stream of caffeine takes care of that for me ;) when i first arrived, i was a little worried about the smallness of my room/bathroom but as it turns out, the size has really brought my roommate and suitemates and i together. they've certainly become my family away from home.

i think some of the shiny newness of college has worn off, but i still like it. i feel like this is where i'm supposed to be :)