hello peoples! yes, it's me again. what? did y'all think i died and went to hell already? well, you aren't that lucky. anyways, today is the first day back to school and boy was i ready. it was great seeing everyone again--well, most people anyways. it's great to be in both david and vira's classes again. tonight i have physical anthro with mr. osborne, and tomorrow i have macroecon with mr. keele. so there you have it, four wonderful instructors who all have the privilege of having me in their classes one more time. couple a things... no more food in the learning center. rené's refrigerator has mold and smells horrible. vira gives out her syllabus during the second class meeting. angelica took off all the things that were on her backpack--a new look. and then there're the things that never change. like just about everything else. hmm... anyways. no school on friday, as it is an inservice flex day or something of the kind. no school on monday, thanks to good ol' martin luther king jr. and so it leaves my birthday weekend as a four day weekend. yipee!!! of course my birthday falls on tuesday. i'm hoping and praying that paty does not have to work. otherwise, i might have to spend my birthday following her around the movie theatre. (before i forget...yesterday was tons of fun. jess and abby picked up me and julie and we went to visalia to the malls and then to circuit city. abby didn't find what she was looking for, but i found a carrying case for my ti keyboard and calculator. we got back in town around 5 and met mr. goode for coffee at juice and java jungle and sat there and talked to him for about two and a half hours. we were going to go see the two towers, but it started at 7 and we didn't get out of there until a little after 7:30. however, it was a great conversation and we had a lot of fun listening to mr. goode talk about