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This weekend was pretty great. I'd had kind of a stressful week. I had a organic quiz on Thurs. and a Med/Sci test on Fri. But I made A's on both so I'm pleased. It was only stressful because it was the first grade in each and I didn't know how hard they were going to be. At around 3:30, Aunt Beth and Hogan finished with his class field trip to the capitol and Bob Bullock Texas History Museum called me to meet and show them my apartment and UT. Hogan is in 3rd grade (or is it 5th?) and is really interested in science so after we drove by the stadium and the music buildings, we got out and toured the chem building and saw some chem labs. From there we walked to the tower and went inside to show them the life sciences library (the prettiest library on campus). By that time Alice had arrived in Austin after fighting some traffic. We met back up with her at my apartment and went to my cousin Marlis and Heather's house in west Austin for dinner. I hadn't seen their house before, but Heather is a really great interior decorater so I wasn't surprised when it was magnificent. The next day Alice and I met Aunt Beth, Hogan, Marlis, Heather (and their three kids) at my great Uncle Scotie and Aunt Juanette's house for lunch. Marlis' brother David and his wife Alyssa (and two kids) were there as well. I wasn't expecting them because Alyssa had been sick the past week and so had the kids, but they all seemed to be in good form. It was really great to see everyone and spend time with them. Before coming to UT I would only see them at the reunion once a year if that. Now I get to see them all the time! The rest of the weekend Alice and I spent together, which was totally great. We ate at the Clay Pit saturday night and saw The Wedding Date (C+). It seemed like a good story but the movie didn't do it justice (I guess one should read the book). For lunch the next day we ate at Hut's burgers (also totally great).

So my friends and I are in the market for a place to live with room for 5 people for the fall for for for fer far fir fur. Somewhere close to the UT campus is what we really want and it has to have at least two bathrooms (preferably 3 or more). If you know of anything that sounds like that let me know ASAP.

ok yea... Now

ok now I'm feeling overwhelmed. Well, I can handle it... it's just that I have a lot going on. I don't get a chance to study during the week as much as I'd like... or sometimes at all. I don't know what I'm going to do about this yet. I have meetings for something most every night, or so it has seemed. This past weekend I spent 6 hours at the library just catching up... and I'm not even there yet. I made over a 100 flashcards yesterday and have more to go. We'll see if it calms down a little more. I actually have plans this weekend so it'd better!!

Alice is coming to town this weekend, as well as Aunt Beth and her oldest, Hogan. I can't wait. We're getting together with the rest of my family from Austin... yay! I should see them more often. I should also work out everyday. Anyway, I got freaked-out the other day about my course schedule for the next 3 years (6 semesters). I decided to spend some time making one up for the rest of my classes for the rest of my college career. Maybe if I spent more time obsessing over class hw instead of making three year schedules I'd have less work to do? Nah.

I gave blood earlier today for the first time. I know what you're asking yourself- how are green ducks left hand pancakes? It's just that it's never been a convenient time to give blood without knowing how I'd react. I'd read Cameron's and Emily's stories about giving blood and then passing out afterwards and didn't want to risk collapsing on the way to class right after or something. As it turns out, that only happens to a very rare few- and I just happen to know two of them. Also, I always new that I had O negative blood, but learned something new about rh factors. I know that rh factors were the signs (+ or -) assigned to the letters of blood types. What I didn't know was that a - person can only receive -, but a + person can receive either + OR - blood. In otherwords, people with - blood types can donate to either + or - blood types. I also explained to a girl (who was actually curious) how someone from two A parents, could be O. I promise she wasn't bored. To sum up, my blood (O-) is really valuable because I can give to everybody!