A week later and things are much better. Thank God. I guess the homesickness is passing and I'm starting to get back into the swing of things around here. Classes are good for the most part, though I have about 6 research papers of substantial length to write this semester. Work is pretty good, too.

I was told last week that I should get a phD. I think that's pretty comical. Ahhh I need to meet with my advisor re: law school, grad school, a life after ND. Scary to think that that's all coming up so fast.

It was so nice to go to dorm mass last night. I missed being here in PE and doing that. I think I'm going to cry if my future daughter doesn't a) go to Notre Dame and b) doesn't live in PE. I'm like the psycho sorority moms of the South. Wow lol.

Later all :)

Well here I am. Back at ND for junior year.

The last two days went really well; today has been fairly iffy. It's obvious that some people never change, no matter how hard you wish they would. I don't know what to do about it anymore. I hate the fact that it's already overwhelming me and it's only been two days. Two DAYS. This is absurd.

If anyone knows how to make mean girls turn into nice ones without having to sell my soul, please let me know. I'm honestly at my wit's end when it comes to this stupid situation. I wish they'd gone abroad instead of my best friend going abroad. Sigh.

Welcome back to Notre Dame. Sigh.

Oh blah. 'Tis the transition time again... I really hate this part of college. I don't know if anyone can really identify with this, but the couple of days or so before I leave to go back home or back to school are so sad for me. I get really nostalgic and clingy and blah... I don't know, I hate it.

I'm almost fifty percent done with my packing - maybe even a little more than that. I already miss my dog :-/

Soon I'll be back though... and I'll be happy and carefree... lol or at least I hope so :)

2.5 more days. Incredible.

Ah... only one more week to go :)

My baby cousin was born this past Tuesday! Her name is Olivia and she's the most beautiful newborn I've ever seen... trust me, I'm brutally honest when it comes to newborns because they're usually really ugly the first couple of weeks lol. But she's gorgeous... blue eyes and dark brown hair and pink skin... ahh I love her :)

Mary and I hung out on Friday; it was such a beautiful day outside so we had lunch out on the patio at Panera and then we went bridal gown homeworking *gasp!* lol. It was a lot of fun.

I really need to start packing... at this time last year I had most of my stuff already sorted and ready to go into the bags; right now I have NONE of that done. Ack! I think I'm in denial; I'm going to miss my mom and my dog... even though they drive me crazy ;)

Welll I'm off to visit the baby again... I'm spending a ton of time with her this coming week because I won't get to see her very often. Annnyway... later all :)

Today was the ND student sendoff... ahhh I can't wait to go back! It was so great to see people who are all fired up about going back to school. Even hearing the alma mater and the fight song was great... I'm soo excited :)

My aunt's having her baby on Tuesday; this is going to be a ridiculously crazy week. Mary comes back to Houston sometime this week, too, so I definitely want to go and hang out with her... I can't believe it's been over a month or so since we got to see each other last.

And John... ahh I get to see him in less than two weeks! I'm so very excited... I want the next week or so to fly by so that I can start packing and such :)

I've had my fill of Texas for the time being... it's time to head back to the Bend.

Love thee Notre Dame! :) :)

August... what the heck? The summer has flown by.

I'm really sleepy...thank God. I've had trouble falling asleep as of late and I really desperately need to sleep tonight because I have to be up before the sun tomorrow. Sweet. I love babysitting an "imaginative" little girl who refuses to watch TV. I don't think eight hours have ever felt so long. lol

I go back to ND in two weeks... eighteen days, actually, so a little more than two weeks. I'm excited. I haven't seen anyone over the summer and I really miss people from there - well, mainly John, but still. It's so weird to think that I haven't seen him in over three months now. We've never been apart this long; I wonder how it'll feel to see him again :)

I've thought of starting to write stories again. Fiction, mainly, though I'm almost done reading this study on sororities that is just fascinating... I wish I could do something like that (write a book about them, not be in one lol). I'm obviously still unsure of what I want to do with my life. Arg. I wish I had everything planned out perfectly and that the pieces would just fall into place.

Dream on, right? Oooh well.