Life is full of hits and misses. Already in the 6 hours I have been awake today, I have been jerked from one end of the emotional spectrum and back again and forth ad nauseum.
Today I got snail mail about a Georgia Tech package to go see the Seattle bowl, and email about a Stanford package for the same thing. I wrote to Alex and Iffy, saying “oh, I am being pulled in so many directions!” to which Iffy eloquently replied:
“‘Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.’ Yoda said that. He’s smart as shit.”
Iffy cracks me up.
So we were playing this game called Where in the World is Kent, you know, like Carmen Sandiego. The first clue was “emeralds.” Not having any idea even which region of the country Kent is in, I guessed Seattle, since it is the Emerald City. So he sent another clue today, and Carter guessed his location before I even got home from my math final (which, by the way, sucked). Hmph! I am miffed. The second clue was “Tar Heel,” which immediately tells me that Kent is in the North Carolina mountains. A quick search turns up the town of Hiddenite, where the largest emeralds have been found.
I was supposed to win! I’m the one from North Carolina! Poop. Ah well. Sometimes I am too competitive for my own good, and it makes me a little insane. With Carter it is particularly pronounced, like that maddening brother-sister type of thing. It is neat that Kent is in North Carolina — I may get to go to “Lord of the Rings” with him next week, with any luck. The movie opens on Wednesday, but Katie and I have tickets to the GT basketball game vs. Davidson that’s being played in Charlotte that night, so I’ll have to go see the movie Thursday I guess…
Yeah, again, my math final SUCKED. There’s no way in hell I’m getting an A in that class, in fact, the one thing that will allow me to probably get a B is the fact that pretty much everyone gets an A or B. So I’m home listening to angry music again. But in a few minutes I’m going Christmas shopping! Yeah!
(4:39 p.m.)
Ah, after spending a few hours at the mall with Emily and coming home to emails and ecards from friends, iI am feeling very loved. And I have coffee. Mmm, coffee.
