Legal and regal.

It's been not quite a month since I last posted.  I was wondering how I'm supposed to continue since my last post, but I guess that's all I can do: continue.  Everything else has.  It's been almost a month since my uncle died, and it's amazing how much school has numbed me to everything.  But then I'll think about him and I'll wonder how on earth it's possible that he's gone.  Maybe it will be better once his memorial happens.  It will occur on September 15th, I believe, in Yuba City, California.  My mom, aunt, and sister are blessed enough to be able to fly out to California for the memorial, thanks to the generosity of my mom's cousin.  But since I have classes, I'll be unable to attend.  But, of course, I'll be there in spirit.

I moved back into the dorm with Lauren and Kat on the twenty-first of August, and classes started two days after that.  Let me tell you, it's been busy.  I already feel like a Grade-A idiot in two of my classes, but that's a whole other story.  I like my French classes, at least.  I like having two instead of one.  And it's cool that it's no longer a class specifically catered to teaching the language; now we're learning about actual subjects.  Pretty schnazzy.  Hopefully my friend Liz and I will found out our peer tutoring assignments some time this week.  I need to earn money.  When I get paid this month for August, I really want to buy a pair of roller blades.  I really miss blading.  My sister, Dawn, and our neighbor, Stefanie, taught me to roller blade when I was five, and I've loved it ever since.  I used to want to be a professional roller blader, actually.

Anyway.  Guess what else?  I'm twenty-one!  My birthday was on Wednesday of last week, and it was quite a good day.  Kat bought me a beautiful cake and they took me out to dinner at Colton's.  I got an Appletini, and it was delicious.  The servers also rang their obnoxious bell and gave me free ice cream.  Nice.  A week-and-a-half before my birthday, on Lauren's birthday, we went to St. Louis to celebrate her, my, and Kat's birthdays.  We went to the American Girl store, we saw The Lion King at the Fox Theatre, and just had an amazing weekend in St. Louis.  It was definitely a great way to end the summer.

Now Fall is approaching.  We spent this past weekend in St. Louis with Kat and her family to celebrate everyone's August birthday.  (Kat, Lauren, me, Kat's cousin, Kat's uncle, and Kat's father.)  Lauren and Kat are still in Hannibal, and I came back up to Truman early.  I have homework that must be done here tomorrow.  Blegh.  Oh well.

Why did I fall asleep earlier?  Now I'm not tired.  Boooo.

Side note: no one really said anything, but it was implied enough: yes, I drank alcohol on my birthday.  I neither endorse nor condemn alcohol or anyone, and I will never go around saying, "Look, I'm drunk!  WEEE!!"  I try to keep everything on my Facebook page family-friendly to respect others' beliefs.  I know I've slipped up every once and a while, but I do genuinely care about those on my page.  So as I respect you and your beliefs, please respect me and mine, and my decisions.  Thanks. :)