Everything is Changing

everything is changing. not all big changes, but the little things add up, i guess. this has been discussed recently in my life, and i figure it would be best to have it documented here on something that (although the look of it changes) this blog has been a relatively constant thing through out my college life (my only semester without a blog was my first one out. spring of freshman year this thing got it's full fledged start).

"I'll change anything for you, baby" says this adorable and chauvinistic kitten

New car!
so, this is not the biggest change, obviously since i go through cars like... a rich person, but on the much much less expensive end of the spectrum. We're onto what is essentially my 5th car (technically 6th). and it is very different from my other cars. mostly because it is so tiny! the little thing is so tiny to drive and maneuver; it is really fun to drive because of that, and it can get going pretty fast, considering it's tiny 2 cylinder engine. suppose it is because it weighs next to nothing.

New bike!
so, as it is also documented earlier on this blog, i have a new bike. it is super-duper easy to ride, and is really nice. my biggest fear was not being able to ride with no hands, like i could on my old bike due to years of practice on that specific bike, but i am getting the hang of this new one fairly quickly. suppose it's like riding a bike!

i promise there are new things in this blog post! it is not just a clip show of my blog. there will be new things. probably

i have a girlfriend!
so, as i think most people know (considering we've been dating since May, i think) i have a girlfriend again. there be photos of her in and around the interweb, so i am sure any one who reads this blog (except all the weird random traffic i've been getting lately) knows. i will spare naming, mostly because of the random hits this blog has been getting & her characteristic shyness...

If you know who she is and who i am, then you know that these two things are the combinations of two of our greatest loves. and i am not a big sock person, FYI

I have responsibilities!
i have a job on campus. now admittedly, this is just a desk receptionist job where i sit for hours on end doing relatively nothing, but it is a job that they are paying me for nonetheless. i am the desk receptionist for the on writing center on campus, which my roommate Sam works at, so i got a leg in off his recommendation. i sit there every monday and thursday nights from 5-9pm and get paid to do my homework. it has actually turned out to be a positive thing for me, in terms of school work, because it gives me a set-off piece of time that i can definitely put towards homework and studying. i generally get most of my week's school work done on those two days now.

although i still somewhat follow this pattern.

also under the title of responsibilities is my DIS work for the QEP in the biology department. won't get back into that, but i have all sorts of fancy data now and comparisons to juxtapose. really looking forward to completing this project that i am somewhat proud of, simply because i did it all by myself. for the record, my graphs don't look nearly that perfect & wonderfully proportioned anymore. oh well. on a similar note, but not directly related to me, all sorts of my friends are doing presentation thingies of their research soon as well. everyone is getting their shit together this time of year, i guess. definitely far fewer parties & drinking lately around my apartment (well, except Sam & Olga who are perpetually drunk... i wish i were joking)

this cat appears to have had more alcohol than i have in the last few months. i can't even remember the last time i was out drinking... i am a bad college student

miscellaneous changes!
rumor has it Aana got her own place! that is terrifying from my point of view because she is both employed and living off in the real world by herself. people are growing up too fast, and that scares me.

i only have one and a half more semesters of schooling before i am done at UNCW... not sure how to approach that idea. it definitely scares me to think i am going to have to actively search for a job soon. i have set up my classes to give me what i am legitimately looking forward to for a final semester. being a nerd, i didn't do the easy senior year (infact, this year as a whole has been difficult for most everyone i've talked to...) and thus i will have : conservation biology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, medicinal chemistry, and animal behavior. all super interesting stuff, and i hope to go out on a high note next spring.

can i just do this? it's the bit about going off into the real world soon that scares me the most...

oh, and after you've read this post and posted a comment (hint hint :D) you should scroll back up and check out my seldom, but recently updated recipes tab! it has new things on it! or be lazy and clicky this.