...Marked by my visits to Wal-Mart

I just got back from Wal-Mart- my first trip since my parents peaced out two weeks ago. Two weeks ago today. My GOD. Seems longer...

In the past two weeks I have:

Met my roommate. Her name is Kathleen. This morning I broke her favorite blue mug. Awesome.

Applied for classes.

I'm taking: Introduction to Sociology (Professor Fisher has five children, three of whom are adopted. She was raised on a farm in Kansas and knows what it's like to be working and poor which I really respect.) Gender & Women's Studies (Professor Alfonzo wears a belt with images of the naked women that appear on tire flaps.) Intermediate Spanish (Professor Valentin is from Spain. She thinks I'm a big loser and I think it's not my fault I can't understand what she says most of the time.) A Freshman Tutorial called The Politics of Memory: American Memorials (Professor Purcel is a genius- I want to be her.)

Gotten lost looking for my Spanish Lab, gave up, returned to my dorm, and cried.

Learned to treat Pizza as a "side dish."

Decorated my room.
This is my bed. I sleep in it.

This is my desk, my dresser, and my fan. The fan has a remote.

Gone to the library by choice.

Written two articles for the Scarlet & Black- a cross country feature and a volleyball feature. I don't know how exactly I became a sports writer...buuuut, whatever keeps food on the table.

Done three loads of laundry.

Worked the graveyard shift at the New Forum Grille, a snack bar for students open until 2AM during the week.

Subscribed to the New York Times.

Visited Multi Culti Manor twice.

Called everyone I can think of from the bathtub in the Co-Ed bathroom.

Smoked a cigar on the roof with Nick.

Found the Project Runway scene, Thank GOD.

...and alot of other stuff...
My parents may as well have dropped me blindly from a helicopter. Who leaves their precious baby daughter in Iowa and gets away with it? It's getting good here, though. Not great, but good.

Tonight, Will, Dan, Kathleen, and I all piled into Carter's car and went to HyVee (the local equivilant of Cost Cutter) and then over to Wal-Mart where I purchased one "Homie" action figure, two boxes of Cheese Nips, a bag of Special Dark Chocolate Kisses, Microwave Popcorn, deoderant, and two cases of bottled water.

Since today was Labor Day and the country had the day off, I had class and got zero pieces of mail. Laaaame.