One Week Update...

So this is only the second day of classes, but about 8:30 am tomorrow is the last time I saw home, so I'm going from there...

Lots of things have happened and I want to write them all down...
And I did...
So I am going to do a bunch of copy and pasting, okay? =)

From January 7th, morning

I think that's the local time...I can't quite remember if I changed my computer over or not...I know for a fact my alarm-clock is wrong, as that's 1:28 in the morning...clearly I just plugged it in and didn't bother changing it...
Procrastination?
Maybe...
Or maybe I just didn't know what the time was and I kind of like it being off anyway...
Though I should still change it...

So I don't know if I've mentioned this, but anyway, so forever ago, my radiator was busted and the temperature gauge thing was shot...there's another word for it, but it escapes me...anyway, so we got a new temp thing, and I just never got around to installing it...and so it was really cold all the way here—still is, to be specific, just we're now indoors and it's heated and lovely and everything—and my car does not have a working heater.
Ouch.
Which, of course, is because there's no temperature gauge thing to meter the temperature and so it can never warm up, and so we had blankets and jackets and all sorts of fun stuff, first for eight hours, then another five today—we stopped at a hotel overnight, because the roads were kinda scary—and we never quite managed to stay warm, and our feet froze...
And Mom is soooo happy she's taking a flight back home instead of driving.

I'm a little tired, but kind of full of energy anyway, and while Mom is sleeping in the living room of my lovely dorm apartment, I've been setting up my room, and organizing and all such lovely things...
Though it's still a mess...
But as I told my friend Amanda, the room screams Emma, which a room should...if I'm in it, that is.

I think I should probably try to sleep...
And try not to fall off my four-feet-from-the-ground bed...
Oy...

That day I sent out a million notes to friends on Facebook, saying how we survived the long trip...

Made it to Montana in one piece--not just me, the car, too!--and my room is mostly settled into already...wonder-woman, that's me! haha, so how are you?

I LOVE YOU!!!
And it's weird because the next room over is NOT yours...
But I'm not sure whose it is, because they're all still on break...
Love you, give yourself a big hug from me!! :)

Guess who starts school in like...four days??
Wow...
So how's your break been??
I made it out to the lovely western country of Montana...
You should totally have a roadtrip to see me!!
Lol, or not...

so my phone has been out of commission the last almost month now, but I'm getting a prepaid thing set up in the next few days, which will have less minutes but save me money so YAY!!!
btw, I made it to school, and my room is pretty much awesome...
or at least stylish, it's kind of cramped and still messy, but it totally screams Emma, which is what a room should do...that is, if I'm in it

And others...it's amazing how many people forgot I was going to school...or forgot what day it was. My own brother didn't know that!!
But since people have started realizing where I am, I'm getting lots of comments and everyone comments on my updates...

is leavin on a jetplane...don't know when I'll be back again... (actually, I lied, I'm driving, lol)

(The morning we left...I had to go online to check my Cafe on Facebook, like the dork I am, and this song popped into my head before I logged out)

thinks everyone should have a Mom that will lend them an extra pair of socks... :)

(We really were freezing on our trip, and we were so grateful to be able to stop and warm up at a hotel over that first night)

wants everyone to write her a letter or a postcard or something...1511 Poly Dr, Billings, Montana, ummm...don't know the zip code lol, I'll get back to you on that, haha...

(It's 59102, by the way!)

doesn't know if she likes getting up this early...

(I think this was to do admissions stuff and such, but I can't remember...but I still don't like being up early, not until about ten-thirty or so when I realize I've done so much more with my day than if I slept in...)

thinks an hour and a half on laundry a week is a good deal...

(True, I did several loads in such a small time, because the laundry is free, and there are several machines so I do it all at once...yay!!
After this, I sent out congratulations for some dear friends, first Irina, who had a baby girl, only days after I left...why couldn't you have had her early so I could see her?? Then my friend Gaelle and my friend Jeremiah got engaged...to each other. And I was informed that my friend Sara had a baby boy, also...
YAY HAPPY TIMES!!!
And I miss them, being so far away...
oh well)

would give you a hug if you were closer...

(Feeling a bit low here, and decided this was all I could say without getting emotional. How weird is it, that this is the first time I'm far away from family, and I CAN'T GO HOME IF I FREAK OUT?????
But I'm not going to, and I feel great being here, so don't worry about me!)

starts today...but breakfast first!! =]

(So, okay, today, I didn't have breakfast...but the last few days, three meals a day, and I'm sticking to it, and I feel great...but I'm hungry today, so maybe I should get lunch soon...)

loves the theme of the names on our doors...Apples to Apples say I am "FUNKY: Hip, Psychedelic, Groovy"

(How did they get that accurate without having a clue who I am??)

survived day #1...yay!!
subtext: only to kill myself by drinking an egg...blah...lol

(I both did and did not do this thing...that is to say...
A million years ago, I watched this episode of Rachel Ray, and she was talking about college students, and how Ramen is a staple food, and to get more protein, you just crack an egg and voila! Dinner is served...and so I do that every now and then...only usually I drain out all the water first, but I didn't this time, and so...and so...most of the liquid was egg-filled and almost tasty? but not quite, haha)

doesn't want to change into normal clothes...pjs are so comfy, can't I wear them all day??

(I'm told college students can get away with this. However, I'm trying to portray an image of studious, clean and if not stylish, then at least presentable. But I'm sure I'll change back into pjs after my next class =])

loves her psych professor...and art history doesn't seem too bad either =]

(Here I insert a bit of my diary, just so you understand why...)

My psych professor is awesome...
That is to say...
She started talking about cellphones and how we all need them, to stay connected and whatnot, but that she doesn't want you using them in class, and how sometimes, you think you can hold it under the table/desk and text and no one will know...well, from the front of the room, it looks like you're doing something...else...
Oh, she's great.
A sense of humor is much appreciated.

(As to art history, I just discovered it might not be as hard as I imagined it, which is totally YAY!!!)

Things you may be wondering from my very random observations and such...

We DID get the car fixed before Mom went home, and it was a very fair price, and I'm adding it to the tab I owe Mom when I finally get rich.

I have NOT fallen off my bed yet...though it's weird sleeping in a different bed...on a bed, as the last week or so I was sleeping on blankets on the floor...and last night was the first night I slept all the way through.

I have a new phone, prepaid, as I think I mentioned, and if you want the number, you can email me or message me or ask my Mom...but it's limited, and I think I have five, six dollars worth of time left...yikes...

You may also be curious as to how I'm spending my free time...
Let's see...

I am so not satisfied with the ending of Chrono Crusade.
Was it well-written?
Was it believable?
Was it worth watching to get to?
Yes...
But I am so not satisfied...

I've been playing a game of solitaire while I watch...first I ended up with eight cards left...then it went down to six...and I thought, hey, if the pattern keeps up, we'll go four, then two, and then VICTORY!!
But now, it just went back up to about twenty or so...
Blah...
But a good way to pass the time anyway...

Oh, and I've also been crocheting a scarf, taking random pictures, and I found the school library, and I'm not quite pleased with it, but they have several good books on tape/CD so I will say they are okay anyway...

And that's my random update...
Is this a weekly thing?
Or will my updates be as random as this writing?
We'll see...