Seasons of Love

I'm officially no longer a rookie. The season is over and my freshman year is almost done as well. I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to handle not having rugby for the whole summer. The game yesterday was a lot of fun. I got to play in the A side game. That was definitely cool. We lost the first game. Kenny got a concussion from one of the scrums collapsing. She ended up falling upside down on her neck. She's OK but she had to go to the ER which meant that we lost her and Nelly for the second game. I started in the second game. I even got the first hit. That was a great feeling. It instantly took away all of the tiredness that I had from the first game. It was fierce too. I also caused my first injury. I tackled U of I's tighthead pretty well because she messed up her ankle and had to be helped off of the field. I was pretty proud of me. I did get pretty sunburned even though I put on sunblock. I have a lovely rugger tan from just below my knee cap to about four inches up my thigh. I got a few speckly bruises but nothing too dramatic. I also broke a few blood vessels from scrumming on my shoulder. I spent most of today napping because I was so wiped out from yesterday. I did study geography and read through some of my Chinese. I also went through my T'ai Chi form three times on the lawn between Niemeyer and Pew. I got a few strange looks from that. Meh.

This Is My Pissed Face

I am so beyond livid. My GPY 235 exam is covering Africa. We haven't even touched Africa. The class is called WORLD regional geography. Professor Xu spent way too much time on Europe so we have to cram a ton of things in. I did the extra credit and the mapping assignment. If I ace both of those for full points, the most that I can get in that class is a B-. I have attended every single class and I pay attention. I study but that last exam screwed me over. The class average was 62%. I think that warrants a curve. However, we get no curve. A 62% indicates something wrong with the professor, not that the class is lazy. When he said that Africa was going to be on the exam, I raised my hand to bring to his attention that a final exam is to test us on what we have learned throughout the semester. Putting things that we haven't learned on the final is setting us up for failure.

Under Rug Swept

Kaity is being so passive aggressive right now. She was just cleaning the blinds in our dorm with a paper towel and muttering about how she does it every week. I offered to help and she just started rattling off all of the things that still needed to be done. None of which I could have done at the time. Then she said something about how she has spent so much money on cleaning supplies for our room. I offered to reimburse her for my half. More grumbling only this time about how I don't care if the room is clean. Gah!!! I'm glad I only have two more weeks and then I can move out.

I Simply Have To Take Over

I hacked off my hair and dyed it. I have gotten a lot of compliments on it. I happen to think that it is adorable.

Clarence the Emo Llama

Errata

I am going to Taiwan again. I can do this. Now that I know that Hannah is in better shape than we thought and that if I cancel, I owe a shit-ton of money, I'm going. Now I'm freaking out about a whole new set of issues.

Homebody

After much thought and consideration, I have decided not to go to Taiwan this summer. I need to be here for Hannah. She is my baby and I have to be with her in her time of need. I know it sounds stupid to cancel such an amazing opportunity for a dog but I love her so much. I've never felt something in my soul before. Now, I feel with all of my being that I can't go on this trip this summer. I can work and earn more money. I also want to spend more time with all of my Plainwell friends. I will be able to go next year. I even think that I will be able to gain more from the trip after second year because I will be able to communicate more effectively so I can do more when I get there. The passport thing was also a factor in making this decision. It could have been overcome but it has been a major source of stress in my life. Either way, I feel that this is the right decision for me right now.