Once Again

As always it seems that so much has happened since my last post. School started for one. Between the time of my last post and school starting on September 17th (one week), I was in San Jose, drove down to San Luis Obispo to do some errands, pick up my Nano (green!), and watch some good tv shows with some good friends. On that same evening I found myself on the road again to Orange County where I proceeded to fall asleep promptly as soon as my head hit the pillow. I definitely don't seem to have a problem falling asleep these days...it's more of staying awake. I would love to sleep for an entire day...what a luxury. I'll treat myself to that soon enough lol. From there I spent a good 30 hours at my Dad's house cleaning and sorting through things. This was over about...two days...and then I drove back up to SLO to prepare for WoW (in which I find that all our booth stuff is locked in the hangar with a key we can't find). Fantastical isn't it? WoW happened without too much excitement out of the ordinary. It was definitely cool, but I'd done this kind of stuff for years now.

A weekend to hang out, do administrative stuff, look for housing, do some hiking and have a lot of home cooked meals (and going out to eat) with friends passed by at a decent rate...being alert and active every second of the day makes every day long and drawn out. That was just one week. Then school started and shit really hit the fan. Guess I should call it more like...ice cream. It definitely hit the fan, but it wasn't that bad. It's like life got insanely busy, but I almost enjoyed it...somewhat. It was balanced out with lunch and ice cream friend dates and dinners and a lot of just hanging out in good company.

The work I do is a lot of administrative work and management for clubs. School is tough and the classes put me to work on any free time I have...but I work with a good crowd. I found a place to live and it's gonna take some work and getting used to, but it's an improvement over time (fixer upper house...and not even mine lol).

I did go up to San Jose on a Friday afternoon and left at 6am the next day back to San Luis Obispo. SWE better love me...although they probably are shaking their heads that I went up to San Jose at all. I needed my Fish! Ah well I got to see good friends.

But enough of what I've done. My schedule is filled to the brim for the most part. Plus I got the Sun Microsystems internship which I'm way stoked about. Interestingly enough they pay me more per hour than IBM did...shweetness. I'm nervous though cause it will involve public speaking, but that's half the reason that I wanted the job...good practice.

What are my thoughts for the day? I do realize that I cannot seem to empathize with people who feel sorry for themselves and put themselves down. I just don't understand why they do it. I can empathize and feel inspired by someone who had a tough past, but is working to improve and be happy with himself (ie happy with himself and not based on what people say), but I just don't feel much of anything to someone who tells me how depressing their life and their past is. I try to help though...think of the positive things in your life. We have so much to be thankful for even when it seems everything is going wrong. I may not have a bed to sleep on, but I have a roof over my head. I may not have the mattress under me, but I've got a sleeping bag and a nice carpet. It shouldn't have to be something that you have to analyze to think over and go through, but just...there.

Anyways, it's getting late. I think I'm showing sick symptoms, but hopefully it's all just mental. I have a stuffy nose and my head is a little cloudy and my throat has gone dry, but maybe it's because my lifestyle is taking a toll on me right now. I think that once I get settled into my place that I can finally step back and breathe. Then...I'll sleep for an entire day. :)