Horatio

We will miss you, but we do understand and applaud you for taking your school work seriously. Hopefully you will pop in and say hello, just make a short post in your topic updating us on your life. Life does have to have a couple of minutes to unwind and perhaps we will see you just for a minute or two every now and then. Good luck on your studies. We will hope to see you back soon.

I'm fine, just got back from a band festival that I got to partake in for playing the alto clarinet. Now I'm trying to wake up for my 8 AM class... They should give you the day off after a band festival. Or at least cancel all morning classes. Well to be fair I had all of yesterday. Except I couldn't sleep in because my roommate woke up and got dressed up for perhaps an interview or something... The morning you really needed to sleep in and you couldn't... that's rough. You never seem to be able to catch up on sleep when something like that happens. It's nice to have the opportunity to have some private space when you need it.

... for now. If a miracle occurs over the summer and we end up as a couple, I'm sure we'll visit each other a few times throughout the year (provided he gets his license over the summer, which he's planning on doing). And there's a good chance I'll do my grad school at his college, which he's also planning on doing. You never know. And miracles do happen. Fully aware of that. So now I'm just hoping for the best. I knew you were. With that in mind, how's this one... 'good things take time'.

:blush: My apologies. I was in Cincinnati this morning, then Memphis, now Chicago. At the end of the week, I hope to have pictures of Little Big Horn. Ah, I figured you were probably busy. At work we have wireless and I tried again, but had to get approved. This will take a week???????? Whhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttttttttt? Huh? I am whining. It takes the company one week to approve you to use your laptop with their wireless. We all have undergone background checks and all sorts of other checks, so I cannot imagine why it takes an entire week. Ah. I would have thought you would have gotten yourself approved for wireless a looooong time ago. I should have, but I always used the company computers as the wireless seats were always filled. They now have expanded the wireless seating area and the company computers are too busy, so I decided to start using Adam. *is caught being lazy* Ah, cool. I remember when we went down to FL, there was wireless available in the waiting area in the air port, but you had to pay for it. Which my sister did. I have no idea why we have to get approved, it is not like anyone can get within 1000 feet of the building, without going through security. The dumb thing is that I can use my cell phone to hook up to the same wireless network without being approved. Yeah, that seems pretty silly to me. LOL... don't want them to know if they have not figured it out by now. I would just have to wait another week for cell phone wireless access approval. LOL

... for now. If a miracle occurs over the summer and we end up as a couple, I'm sure we'll visit each other a few times throughout the year (provided he gets his license over the summer, which he's planning on doing). And there's a good chance I'll do my grad school at his college, which he's also planning on doing. You never know. And miracles do happen.

:blush: My apologies. I was in Cincinnati this morning, then Memphis, now Chicago. At the end of the week, I hope to have pictures of Little Big Horn. Ah, I figured you were probably busy. At work we have wireless and I tried again, but had to get approved. This will take a week???????? Whhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttttttttt? Huh? I am whining. It takes the company one week to approve you to use your laptop with their wireless. We all have undergone background checks and all sorts of other checks, so I cannot imagine why it takes an entire week. Ah. I would have thought you would have gotten yourself approved for wireless a looooong time ago. I should have, but I always used the company computers as the wireless seats were always filled. They now have expanded the wireless seating area and the company computers are too busy, so I decided to start using Adam. *is caught being lazy* Ah, cool. I remember when we went down to FL, there was wireless available in the waiting area in the air port, but you had to pay for it. Which my sister did. I have no idea why we have to get approved, it is not like anyone can get within 1000 feet of the building, without going through security. The dumb thing is that I can use my cell phone to hook up to the same wireless network without being approved.

... for now.

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. 'Shuumatsu ni nani wo shimashita ka?' I refuse to go any further. After all, Hoops didn't need to put in the translation for 'nani'... xP So you should accept romaji here too. xD Have patience with me Glo... just following HampsterKing's orders. Hehe. Of course. I wasn't trying to sound impatient. x3 You are never impatient.

:blush: My apologies. I was in Cincinnati this morning, then Memphis, now Chicago. At the end of the week, I hope to have pictures of Little Big Horn. Ah, I figured you were probably busy. At work we have wireless and I tried again, but had to get approved. This will take a week???????? Whhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttttttttt? Huh? I am whining. It takes the company one week to approve you to use your laptop with their wireless. We all have undergone background checks and all sorts of other checks, so I cannot imagine why it takes an entire week. Ah. I would have thought you would have gotten yourself approved for wireless a looooong time ago. I should have, but I always used the company computers as the wireless seats were always filled. They now have expanded the wireless seating area and the company computers are too busy, so I decided to start using Adam. *is caught being lazy*

I'm fine, just got back from a band festival that I got to partake in for playing the alto clarinet. Now I'm trying to wake up for my 8 AM class... They should give you the day off after a band festival. Or at least cancel all morning classes.

Enjoy your break. You hardly get any of those. Will you get to see Phil? Huh? No, I mean I'm taking a break from doing homework. I'm still on campus and all that. I probably won't see Phil until May when we're both out of college for the summer. Although I might see if my parents want to see if he and my sister want to come down for my choir concert at the end of the month. Then he might get to briefly meet some of my friends. And if they get out a week after I do, and it's okay with my roomie, I might see about them coming down to visit here for a few days, because I got to visit them for a few days. I just keep forgetting to ask my roomie about it.... *puts a post-it note on Jesusfreaks forehead* Remember to ask roomie! That sounds like a really great idea. lol I'm not sure where I'm going to put them though. I can put one in the hammock and one on the floor. Another option would be to put Phil on the floor of one of my guy friends' rooms. Or, if one of my friends is done with exams soon enough, they might leave a week early and one of them (depending on gender) could take the missing friend's bed. Or the three of us and maybe some other friends could have a sleepover party in one of the lounges. (although that might result in being woken up at inconvenient hours). Or I could clear off the loft platform thing, put all the stuff in my car (get some packing done early), and put someone up there. The possibilities are endless.....as long as my roomie doesn't mind having up to two people she doesn't know in the room. I think she should be okay with that. You are very respectful of others, so she ought to feel that you would be thinking of her as well. Just talked to roomie, she seems kinda okay with it as long as it's not more than like two nights. It'll probably also depend on what our final exam schedules look like. So cool!!! I am excited for you! This is going to be great!!!!!!! Mm I'm going to be realistic and say it's probably not going to happen anyways. But we'll see what happens. I like thinking positively. I know better than to do that. I take a middle of the road approach. Phil and sister visiting for choir concert: plausible. Phil and sister visiting for a few days: not likely, but possible. Seeing Phil and sister during summer break: assuming no tragedies happen, definitely. I can't win them all. The summer is the best of all times to see Phil.

:blush: My apologies. I was in Cincinnati this morning, then Memphis, now Chicago. At the end of the week, I hope to have pictures of Little Big Horn. Ah, I figured you were probably busy. At work we have wireless and I tried again, but had to get approved. This will take a week???????? Whhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttttttttt? Huh? I am whining. It takes the company one week to approve you to use your laptop with their wireless. We all have undergone background checks and all sorts of other checks, so I cannot imagine why it takes an entire week.

Enjoy your break. You hardly get any of those. Will you get to see Phil? Huh? No, I mean I'm taking a break from doing homework. I'm still on campus and all that. I probably won't see Phil until May when we're both out of college for the summer. Although I might see if my parents want to see if he and my sister want to come down for my choir concert at the end of the month. Then he might get to briefly meet some of my friends. And if they get out a week after I do, and it's okay with my roomie, I might see about them coming down to visit here for a few days, because I got to visit them for a few days. I just keep forgetting to ask my roomie about it.... *puts a post-it note on Jesusfreaks forehead* Remember to ask roomie! That sounds like a really great idea. lol I'm not sure where I'm going to put them though. I can put one in the hammock and one on the floor. Another option would be to put Phil on the floor of one of my guy friends' rooms. Or, if one of my friends is done with exams soon enough, they might leave a week early and one of them (depending on gender) could take the missing friend's bed. Or the three of us and maybe some other friends could have a sleepover party in one of the lounges. (although that might result in being woken up at inconvenient hours). Or I could clear off the loft platform thing, put all the stuff in my car (get some packing done early), and put someone up there. The possibilities are endless.....as long as my roomie doesn't mind having up to two people she doesn't know in the room. I think she should be okay with that. You are very respectful of others, so she ought to feel that you would be thinking of her as well. Just talked to roomie, she seems kinda okay with it as long as it's not more than like two nights. It'll probably also depend on what our final exam schedules look like. So cool!!! I am excited for you! This is going to be great!!!!!!! Mm I'm going to be realistic and say it's probably not going to happen anyways. But we'll see what happens. I like thinking positively.

Another way that wine is introduced to young people in Europe, is to accompany dinner. You are not just sitting drinking, but using the wine to enhance the flavours in your meal. The diner will take a sip of wine, take a bite of food, then the next sip will be of water. Also, meals are leisurely, not grab and go. A glass of wine in Europe is usually half the size of a glass in the USA, and with one or two glasses of wine accompanying dinner will not make you drunk. Exactly! I love the fact that in my house, we sat down and ate dinner together on a regular basis. As we got older, it happened less often because we were all so busy, but we still ate dinner together often enough to at least touch base. And as for drinking, that's the way it should be. My dad used to drink (he doesn't now because of the medication he's on), and it would usually be a beer or a glass of wine or something with dinner. I've never seen him drunk in my life (that's not to say he's never been drunk, I know he had his fair share of wild days when he was younger). What I was wondering about those kids in Italy was if they had some wine with dinner, and that is why they got expelled. They would not get carded if they had wine with dinner. I'm guessing they took their newfound freedom and got plastered. That's what happened when some people from my high school did their Italy trip. Except they didn't get expelled. And the teacher that was chaperoning them was also plastered. And the trip was during the summer. Well, in Florida, there was a teacher and student's parents as chaperones, on a trip to Europe. In Paris, the parent allowed her daughter to have some sips of wine with her dinner. Nothing excessive, just about three or four sips. When they got back, the teacher was fired and the student was expelled. The parent tried to take full responsibility for her daughter, but the school's policy was to expel the student. Yeah, that's really stupid. That's why I hate zero tolerance rules. We are in total agreement.

Enjoy your break. You hardly get any of those. Will you get to see Phil? Huh? No, I mean I'm taking a break from doing homework. I'm still on campus and all that. I probably won't see Phil until May when we're both out of college for the summer. Although I might see if my parents want to see if he and my sister want to come down for my choir concert at the end of the month. Then he might get to briefly meet some of my friends. And if they get out a week after I do, and it's okay with my roomie, I might see about them coming down to visit here for a few days, because I got to visit them for a few days. I just keep forgetting to ask my roomie about it.... *puts a post-it note on Jesusfreaks forehead* Remember to ask roomie! That sounds like a really great idea. lol I'm not sure where I'm going to put them though. I can put one in the hammock and one on the floor. Another option would be to put Phil on the floor of one of my guy friends' rooms. Or, if one of my friends is done with exams soon enough, they might leave a week early and one of them (depending on gender) could take the missing friend's bed. Or the three of us and maybe some other friends could have a sleepover party in one of the lounges. (although that might result in being woken up at inconvenient hours). Or I could clear off the loft platform thing, put all the stuff in my car (get some packing done early), and put someone up there. The possibilities are endless.....as long as my roomie doesn't mind having up to two people she doesn't know in the room. I think she should be okay with that. You are very respectful of others, so she ought to feel that you would be thinking of her as well. Just talked to roomie, she seems kinda okay with it as long as it's not more than like two nights. It'll probably also depend on what our final exam schedules look like. So cool!!! I am excited for you! This is going to be great!!!!!!!

Another way that wine is introduced to young people in Europe, is to accompany dinner. You are not just sitting drinking, but using the wine to enhance the flavours in your meal. The diner will take a sip of wine, take a bite of food, then the next sip will be of water. Also, meals are leisurely, not grab and go. A glass of wine in Europe is usually half the size of a glass in the USA, and with one or two glasses of wine accompanying dinner will not make you drunk. Exactly! I love the fact that in my house, we sat down and ate dinner together on a regular basis. As we got older, it happened less often because we were all so busy, but we still ate dinner together often enough to at least touch base. And as for drinking, that's the way it should be. My dad used to drink (he doesn't now because of the medication he's on), and it would usually be a beer or a glass of wine or something with dinner. I've never seen him drunk in my life (that's not to say he's never been drunk, I know he had his fair share of wild days when he was younger). What I was wondering about those kids in Italy was if they had some wine with dinner, and that is why they got expelled. They would not get carded if they had wine with dinner. I'm guessing they took their newfound freedom and got plastered. That's what happened when some people from my high school did their Italy trip. Except they didn't get expelled. And the teacher that was chaperoning them was also plastered. And the trip was during the summer. Well, in Florida, there was a teacher and student's parents as chaperones, on a trip to Europe. In Paris, the parent allowed her daughter to have some sips of wine with her dinner. Nothing excessive, just about three or four sips. When they got back, the teacher was fired and the student was expelled. The parent tried to take full responsibility for her daughter, but the school's policy was to expel the student.

Enjoy your break. You hardly get any of those. Will you get to see Phil? Huh? No, I mean I'm taking a break from doing homework. I'm still on campus and all that. I probably won't see Phil until May when we're both out of college for the summer. Although I might see if my parents want to see if he and my sister want to come down for my choir concert at the end of the month. Then he might get to briefly meet some of my friends. And if they get out a week after I do, and it's okay with my roomie, I might see about them coming down to visit here for a few days, because I got to visit them for a few days. I just keep forgetting to ask my roomie about it.... *puts a post-it note on Jesusfreaks forehead* Remember to ask roomie! That sounds like a really great idea. lol I'm not sure where I'm going to put them though. I can put one in the hammock and one on the floor. Another option would be to put Phil on the floor of one of my guy friends' rooms. Or, if one of my friends is done with exams soon enough, they might leave a week early and one of them (depending on gender) could take the missing friend's bed. Or the three of us and maybe some other friends could have a sleepover party in one of the lounges. (although that might result in being woken up at inconvenient hours). Or I could clear off the loft platform thing, put all the stuff in my car (get some packing done early), and put someone up there. The possibilities are endless.....as long as my roomie doesn't mind having up to two people she doesn't know in the room. I think she should be okay with that. You are very respectful of others, so she ought to feel that you would be thinking of her as well.

Another way that wine is introduced to young people in Europe, is to accompany dinner. You are not just sitting drinking, but using the wine to enhance the flavours in your meal. The diner will take a sip of wine, take a bite of food, then the next sip will be of water. Also, meals are leisurely, not grab and go. A glass of wine in Europe is usually half the size of a glass in the USA, and with one or two glasses of wine accompanying dinner will not make you drunk. Exactly! I love the fact that in my house, we sat down and ate dinner together on a regular basis. As we got older, it happened less often because we were all so busy, but we still ate dinner together often enough to at least touch base. And as for drinking, that's the way it should be. My dad used to drink (he doesn't now because of the medication he's on), and it would usually be a beer or a glass of wine or something with dinner. I've never seen him drunk in my life (that's not to say he's never been drunk, I know he had his fair share of wild days when he was younger). What I was wondering about those kids in Italy was if they had some wine with dinner, and that is why they got expelled. They would not get carded if they had wine with dinner.

Enjoy your break. You hardly get any of those. Will you get to see Phil? Huh? No, I mean I'm taking a break from doing homework. I'm still on campus and all that. I probably won't see Phil until May when we're both out of college for the summer. Although I might see if my parents want to see if he and my sister want to come down for my choir concert at the end of the month. Then he might get to briefly meet some of my friends. And if they get out a week after I do, and it's okay with my roomie, I might see about them coming down to visit here for a few days, because I got to visit them for a few days. I just keep forgetting to ask my roomie about it.... *puts a post-it note on Jesusfreaks forehead* Remember to ask roomie! That sounds like a really great idea.

:blush: My apologies. I was in Cincinnati this morning, then Memphis, now Chicago. At the end of the week, I hope to have pictures of Little Big Horn. Ah, I figured you were probably busy. At work we have wireless and I tried again, but had to get approved. This will take a week???????? Whhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttttttttt?

Not too much! So how are you? What'sup?

Schimmislick!!!!!!!! I see you are on! How are you???????

Enjoy your break. You hardly get any of those. Will you get to see Phil?

Another way that wine is introduced to young people in Europe, is to accompany dinner. You are not just sitting drinking, but using the wine to enhance the flavours in your meal. The diner will take a sip of wine, take a bite of food, then the next sip will be of water. Also, meals are leisurely, not grab and go. A glass of wine in Europe is usually half the size of a glass in the USA, and with one or two glasses of wine accompanying dinner will not make you drunk.

:blush: My apologies. I was in Cincinnati this morning, then Memphis, now Chicago. At the end of the week, I hope to have pictures of Little Big Horn.