Chinese Pants

So I haven't updated in a while. It's all good. Let's see, what all is new. School is going well. We are about to move up and start using the level 2 book, which I am not excited about. I dropped down from the class which started with the level 2 book because of the insane amount of homework, so hopefully they won't try and force that trend on us. Or I guess I just won't do it (a likely scenario) and just do what's necessary to stay afloat until the end of the semester. I'm concerned that when I get back to Southwestern I will have a laziness instilled in me that I won't be able to fix. But then I remember that at Southwestern my classes will be in English, and won't expect 4 hours per day of workbook exercises. In other news, I am excited to return to America. I found out I won't be living in the house I lived in this summer, because nobody will be moving out. But it's okay because for now it would appear that I've found another place to live that is just as close to Southwestern, and with two dudes whom I don't know all that well, but who seem like they would be good roommates. Oddly, I think this may be the same house that T-Dickson lived in this summer (it's with Jeff Elliot and is in a neighborhood across the street from the golf course, ringing any bells Tricia?). Also, I will only be having classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and will be getting 3 Comm. classes out of the way. Since I will only have class two days a week, and since I will be out of money when I get back, this means I will need to find a job. Hopefully, I can get some serving experience, because this seems to be the most versatile and useful job for somebody my age. In other news, I am not excited to leave Shanghai. I can see reverse-culture shock looming in the months ahead. I am none too excited about getting back to the heartwrenching dramas of Southwestern University. And somehow, I'm forseeing that the excitement of Georgetown will probably pale in comparison to Shanghai, China. But I'm excited to see my friends and family, whom I miss dearly. Also, I just don't know what I'll do when I can't get up and have delicious fried Jaozi for breakfast. Or be able to get everywhere without a car. Or think that a $15 meal is outrageously expensive. But on the other hand, it will be sweet to drive. And to cross the street without thinking I'm going to die. And to eat Mexican food. But I feel like it will be eerily, eerily quiet, when I take my first nighttime winter stroll down my street. It's a strange feeling, to want to leave and to stay, and to not want to leave and not want to stay all at the same time.


p.s-Mom, for Christmas I want Age of Empires III for the PC (try to get the one with the expansion pack)

p.s.s- everyone else, don't make fun of me for being a nerd