Today was pretty good … I woke up at the usual 7:15 to get ready for class, and then I remembered having this dream about Brian (which needs to happen more), during which he proposed to me. And that’s not something that happens everyday, you know? I don’t remember every detail, but he was nervous and his mom was trying to give him advice (?), and then when he actually did it we were at a round table (I think for dinner) in a dark room and he took my hands, said he loved me, asked, and of course I said yes So that was cool to wake up to. When I told him later he was like ooh, maybe you can see the future? Just maybe

Anyway, back to school — my first class was budgeting, and it was okay. Natalie’s in there with me, so I’m not the only senior (yay) … ’cause the other people are kinda annoying. We had to choose our job, car, apartment, and living location for after college/grad school, and then go online and find the starting salary and an apartment. My starting salary was like $46,000 (for graphic arts) or $186,000 (for a doctor, which I’m slightly considering) … and I chose some random 2-bedroom apartment in Rosslyn for about $2000 a month (which I’d be splitting with a roommate). So yeah … we’ll see where that goes.

Then I had English, which was boring as usual, and after that the cooking class with Ms. Bergan (and aw, she has a cat that looks like Midnight and Mackie). We watched this 80s video about how to choose healthy meals, and then she split us into country teams. I’m teamed up with Lily, this girl from Thailand, and during study hall we came up with a healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack, one of which we would cook for everyone. So that’ll be cool.

Umm, then I had like 20 minutes to get ready for rock climbing, so I had cereal, chips, and a Nutri-Grain bar for lunch, changed into jeans, and got on the bus. The trip to Sportrock (in Leesburg) was like 45 minutes, so it kinda sucked that I don’t have headphones yet. But luckily the people in the class are cool and aren’t the screaming type, so I basically just listened to the radio and drifted in and out of consciousness.

Once there, this guy Sean showed us how to put on our harnesses and tie the ropes for both climbing and belaying, and then everyone tried a wall. And omg, I’m so bad at it, lol. I couldn’t figure out where to put my hands and feet ’cause my fingers hurt (most of the grips had a shallow indentation) and my shoes kept slipping. But I think that’ll change once I get some actual rock climbing shoes. When that was over with we had to leave, and when we got back I just went to my room and took a nice 2-hour nap. I dunno why I was so tired, but I’m all better now. I woke up around 6:45, took a shower, had “dinner” (yogurt, a bagel, and cherry Coke), called Brian for like 5 minutes, had study hall, went to XM, then called Brian again (yay … but it also sucked ’cause we kept getting disconnected every 10 seconds). Then there was the dorm meeting … and now I’m here. And about to go to bed in a couple minutes, just ’cause I can, hehe. So adios!