hi!
i was going to call tonight, but i caught michael online and he said neither of you were home! guess i'll try and catch you tomorrow. i keep forgetting indiana' 9 is really iowa's 8. how's everything going at home? dad, glad to be back at work? : P i heard albert's going overseas? where is he going and when? do i get to see him before he leaves again? i'll have to be sure and send him some letters. did you get michael to take his Sr. pictures yet? you made me take mine by this time didnt you? 'cause i had wisdom tooth problems over halloween....
in indiana news, we still havent caught the mouse, libby saw it jump out of her trash can last night ... ewwwww we have the trap set upstairs now, but i say if we leave it longer in one spot the better, it'll smell less like humans and more like tasty morsel. i'm definitely emptying my trash can like every 10 minutes now.
that goldfish i won at the fair is probably the most annoying fish i have ever had. i just recently moved it from its place in the kitchen to my bedroom, and its constantly going up to the top of the water and .... well i dont know what its doing. it kidn of smacks its fishy lips on the top of the water, like its breathing just where the water meets air, and it goes PIP PIP PIP .... all the time.... when i'm trying to sleep i just want to put the fish in the indianapolis canal and let it fend for itself. i change the water all the time but it doesnt help. anyway....
i've been trying to schedule classes the last few days, and its been horrible. although they DID change my health grade (finally!!). i need 5 classes this next semester, but only got into 3. two are english classes, and one is journalism. i'm waitlisted for 3 other journalism, but my advisor said if i was farther on the wait list than position 4 i'd probably not get in. and on one class i'm in position 9 and one i'm 10. the other class i'm position 1 so i think i'll be okay in that one, but i still need that one more mystery class. i've been emailing back and forth with my advisor and she's COMPLETELY worthless, she just keeps being like dont' you have any interests? take random classes. so i wrote an email asking the Dean what to do, because he'll probably actually answer my questions. i'm planning on taking ONE elective class and one more journalism class, i'll blue card in if i have to.
as far as school NOW is concerned, i'm doing well, but i have a test in pretty much every class this week, so its been stressful. all the teachers want to make it so we dont have work over thanksgiving break, but couldnt they spread it out a little more? oh well, not too much longer now. i can't wait i've only been home once this semester! i cant believe it. but it HAS seemed like forever.
we had another bike club meeting tonight, and i'm really excited. we're probably going to get a sponsorship from a company here in town that sells wheels called Zipp, i dont know if you've ever heard of them, i hadnt until now but apparently they're very nice (and expensive) wheels. they're going to give the ones with defects in the hole where the presta valve goes through ('cause they cant sell those) for free.... ding ding ding and we also are forging deals with area bike shops which = 20% or more discount on parts! oh yes and we'll also be doing a lot of racing in the spring. there are a few afternoon rides i think i can take part in, but other than that it will be too cold for me .... i dont have ANY warm bike clothes. thankfully we're planning mostly indoor training coming up, we're getting a $1000 grant from butler student activities and we're going to buy trainers like mine.
anyway, i've got to get working on my last piece of homework, i'm studying for my mass communications test tomorrow. hopefully i'll talk to you tomorrow night!
miss you!
love
andrea