Checking In

I am terrible at picking up the phone and calling people. I don't know if anyone remembers when I was younger and my dad would have to fight with me to talk to most of you on the phone. I still quite haven't figured out why I did it but the habit is still with me. That's the main reason I'm making this blog. It's not a "I'm on a great life adventure and read about it"... not that interesting though I hope that I will be able to do that some time in life. It's just a place that I am going to put updates about my life.

You don't realize what you are missing in someone's life when you don't get to see them every day. Right now my new roommates know more about what's going on in my life than the people who actually matter.

I guess I should hit the basics first.

I just entered my second year here at UCSB. I'm currently living in Isla Vista in a small apartment with three strangers who are sorta becoming my friends. I say sorta because I'm still putting up "walls" and I don't see myself hanging out with them once next year rolls around. My apartment is too small and costs too much, but the awesome spice rack Auntie Molly and Uncle Robbie got me makes my food way better than my roommates. I share a room with a 20 year old who is out on her own for the first time in her life. I have learned patients from this cohabitation.

I am a chemistry major and I love it... strangely enough. This quarter is jam packed with intense classes. I have organic chemistry and the lab for that class, physics (waves and electrostatics) and the lab for that class, and a math class (differential equations and linear algebra).

I decided to try out for the club soccer team last week and sadly did not make it but even if I had I don't think I would have had the time to play. However the tryout has sparked my obsession with soccer again and I find myself playing two or three times a week. I referee intramurals for work(money) so I'm around the beautiful game ALL the time. I gave up on rugby after three serious injuries last year, one that landed me in physical therapy for about a month and a half.

Freshmen fifteen... well more like freshmen twenty definitely hit me like a brick last year so this last month I've been researching ways to get healthy. Basically I need to put down the freebirds(local burriot place with HUGE servings) and go run some more... which I am implementing in full effect. I am starting to feel better but I have a long way to go to get back into pre-college shape.

I have already started downloading Christmas music. :]

Love you all and hope all is well. Sorry this was so incredibly long.