Cristina is going to go with me this afternoon so I can go find a dress for the Holiday Gala tomorrow.

Its a “Frosted Formal” which is like a school dance for college students. lol. I’m kind of excited about it.

 I am going by myself because as always, I never really want to bother in finding a date and blah blah blah, it just seems to bring drama, so I go solo.

Rob and Cristina are going together as friends. So we are all pretty much going together.

So… SHOPPING!!! I am looking for a simple little blue dress for the Gala.

Rob and Cristina weren’t in good moods tonight so Eric and I dragged them out.

Since Eric got his car today, he got to drive! YIPPY!!! I didn’t have to play parent in the car and decide who sat up front in the car with me this time.

So we went bowling! First we stopped for food because Rob was hungry, then we went on to Boca Bowling for a great night of bowling.

It was truly a night for the books. We had so much fun, the four of us. Everyone forgot out their problems. I have to thank one of my sisters who gave me the idea. Gosh I love having so many sisters sometimes! I just grab one of them and ask for some help and there you go! A great idea leads to a great night!

Rob won both games, but it didn’t matter. We were having a ton of fun and thats all that mattered. My three favorite people at Lynn with me for a relaxing night of no stress, no worries.

We joked and teased each other. We laughed at how we were bowling or tried to freak Rob out when he was bowling so the rest of us had a chance.

I had a great time. I have a feeling its one of those kinds of memories that people think about 20 years from now.

Freshmen tip 101: I have a feeling there is really something behind the idea that the friends you make in college are your friends for life.

I got my replacement phone today. I am so happy! Now I can call people again! Right now it is charging so I can than later use it. I felt like my left arm was missing. Now I am whole again! *pauses* I am so not going to quote an Austin Powers line.

Hint: He was talking about Mini Me in a song…

Since I don’t have work this week, I can spend the extra time taking care of a lot of business that has been neglected. I am glad that I can get some stuff done and out of the way. I am hoping that I can get all of my school work finished before this weekend so I can enjoy every second of it without a care in the world. That would be nice. A busy week so I can enjoy my weekend to the fullest!

Gosh, its late, I should be sleeping! I have class at nine in the morning!

I think I am just happy to be home at Lynn again. I missed my life here while home in DC.

I sometimes get into cleaning fits (well thats what I call them.) Today happened to be one of those days. I spent hours cleaning my room from top to bottom. I pretty much reorganized half my room.

After about three hours, I started to feel grumpy. I had a horrible headache from the stuff I was using to clean and dust with. The vacuum battery died while I tried to clean up the floor a little. Shame, I guess it will have to wait.

I called Eric because I had finally gotten hungry at around nine, way after Cristina called me for dinner. I needed to get out of my room. I was going nuts with cleaning and even I knew it. Eric and I went for a drive and got some fast food. He was on the phone with his girlfriend CJ, and I was helping him convince her that she needed rest since she’s sick. It must be a blue moon since I was on his side, not CJ’s.

Once back at school, Eric insisted that there was no way I was going back to my room. I had to stop cleaning. We watched Everybody loves Raymond. Laughed our tails off, then watched Deep Space 9. (We like StarTrek. What?)

It was midnight and I told him I had to get to bed. So here I am back in my room. Before I left I made a comment about having to finish some cleaning and he flipped out on me. “No more cleaning! Go to sleep! No more cleaning!” I laughed at him and told him it was only some little stuff. He still had a fit. I told him that after I cleaned my room I could clean his. I am always teasing him about his messy room. He jumped up but not fast enough, I was already out the door. He was like its ok! Its ok! We burst out laughing. I’m sure the people around him were pleased to have people laughing in the halls at that hour.

So here I am, not trying to clean the sink, or vacuum. Oh well, Eric said my favorite word, shopping! lol. Tomorrow since he gets his car, we are going shopping for jewelry! Seriously, like I could ask for a better lunch break on a Wednesday??? I don’t have to drive and I get to go shopping for new shiny things!

I think one of the down sides to college is that we end up with a little to much free time to think about stuff.

If we have time to make fun of colleges names like FAU: Find Another University, or Lynn: Lynnmetary. (aka an easy school. If you want to work yourself to death, go to Harvard.)

Lynn is a small school, which means, try to avoid some one? Nice try, but you are just out of luck. They will be every where you go. (I find it handy to learn about a new area of Lynn.)

Today in math I was the only one with a calculator, or at least the only one to admit it. Having my professor turn to me every three seconds was getting kind of annoying. I didn’t have a chance to write down the problems!

Nap time would be nice right now. I really just want a nice little nap. Cristina agree’s with me. I do not understand why people force naps on children when young adults need it more than the kids do! Ask any college student what they wish they were doing at that moment, and I will bet they more than half will say sleeping.

If Lynn becaome a non smoking campus, I do believe that 60- 70% of the student body would transfer over night.

*looks up* I do not want to know why a bunch of professors are talking about viagra out side on the caf patio. *shutters*

Oh never mind, they are talking about the economy and drug companies. *rolls eyes* is there and off button for them??? They should be enjoying their time off not teaching! Or taking a nap like normal people!

The birds at Lynn are crazy. Well the wild life at Lynn is well… wild! The birds and the fish like french fries. Squirels fall out of trees and scare students and the garden snakes will walk you to the doors of the student center.

I saw a friend of mine who happens to be from Kuwait today out side with some friends of his. He told me they were all from Kuwait, which made me very excited. I miss Kuwait greatly and I miss the sound of Arabic.

I grew up in the Middle East so its hard for me to be away from area that I love. It was a nice surprise to be able to talk about the Middle East and hear Arabic. Although, I am extremely rusty on my Arabic. I hardly understood a word! It was driving me crazy. I haven’t spoken it in so long that I felt like a new comer to the table.

Well now I have some new Kuwaiti friends to help me practice!

Lynn is full of Kuwaiti kids… or maybe I am just drawn to them like a magnet? Just one of the things I love about Lynn. Full of diffrent cultures and languages!

I miss the Middle East a lot. Some days I feel like my heart is crying out to return over seas, even if it is for a day. To me, the desert is my home.

The class is here, where is the professor?

Tick tock, we are counting down our 15 minutes. Its the first day back and a lot of us are ready to go back to bed.

I am so happy to be back to my dorm room. I had fun with my family, but I was starting to miss my freedom a little too much.

Sadly, soon as I arrived in DC, my cell phone broke. I didn’t realize it was the phone, not the charger until I got back. Long long long, story that I do not feel like going into details over. I’m a little upset since it has so much information on it and that I use it all the time for everything. I am almost not sure how to function at school without it.

Thank goodness T Mobile has all my information online that was on my cell phone so I can find my address book and call people to tell them that my phone is broken.

Now I have to run around town tomorrow to try and get my phone fixed in the middle of my always busy monday’s. Great.

Just a few more hours until I get on that plane that will take me home! I can not wait! I have not been home in months. I miss my family, my cats, my room, my own bed, and my own bathroom!!!!

Now I just have to live through this last class and pack…. yes I said pack. I need to throw clothes in my bag and go.

I am having breakfast with my friends before we all leave. Rob’s idea. I think he’s going to miss having two girls boss him around all day long. Hehe. I helped him pack last night.

Cristina already knows I am going to miss her. I complained about her being gone the whole time she was away at a family wedding.

I am excited. I get to go home!