Tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the last day of my far-too-short summer. And I'm not spending it in the sun, or doing anything fun, really...for one thing, it will be raining, and for another, I have a TON of work to do before classes start.

My room is a mess.
I don't have all of my books yet.
I don't have a bike route to campus yet.
I need a helmet.
I need to get a locker.
I need to pay the rest of my tuition.
Two of my professors are unaware that I will be missing two of their classes right off the bat.
And laundry. My GOD, laundry.

My summer WAS too short. That's my own faut...but I wouldn't have changed anything about it. I loved going to Berlin, and I was happy to take extra classes to make the trip worth the money. I'm sad that things dragged out as long as they did, and I wish that money grew on trees so I didn't have to work...but the past three weeks of freedom and the things I learned and experienced in the past three or four months are priceless.

I'm going to Gettysburg next weekend...my mom's step-brother is getting married. Talk about an AWESOME destination. But, yeah, I am missing two days of class to do this thing. THAT sucks...I hope my profs aren't pissed about it.

The cabin was fun this weekend - it wasn't super warm but I did get some sun. I brought Alex, Conor brought his friend Phifer, and yeah, it was a good time. Indiana Jones, Scrabble, and my new Kindle were prominently featured.

I GOT A KINDLE and it is the most amazing thing I've ever owned. I can download books, MANY of them for free (or close to free), and those I have to purchase are largely discounted from a hard-copy price. It has text-to-speech, the ability to highlight and take notes, I can get most of my textbooks for the semester on it, I can read it in the sun (and in the wind!!), and it can hold like 3500 books in its memory. FREAKIN COOL. Conor asked me this weekend why I didn't just get an iPad, and you know what...the Kindle will enable me to study a lot better. I don't need all the bells and whistles of an iPad, I have a laptop for that. Plus, I'd just break an iPad, Kindles are a lot more durable (hopefully, anyway).

Well, I'd better get started on my 'starting school to-do list.' For those of you who are starting (or have already started) classes, good luck!!! If you ever need a study buddy, I'm game. :)

Peace, love, and all that...
Jessie