Man, my mind is a blank on this title . . .

Yesterday we walked for a few miles up in the forested hills in the sunshine. It was beautiful. It was also a nice reprieve from the unrelenting Minnesota winter (well, to be fair, it has relented some on occasion) as it was about 55 degrees.

Today we're gonna do something. I dunno what. Maybe we'll go to Rapid City for a bit, or maybe to Crazy Horse. I don't really care, I've seen them all, but Untogether has never been here before, so we do what she wants to do. My only goal for this trip is to make it up to Mystic. I love towns that have weird names and you need to take a gravel road to get to. And mom says that the drive is really pretty, which is all the encouragement I need.

I've been feeling tensions all around me in the social situation between Untogether and my parents. It's very annoying though, because I can't seem to figure out if that tension really exists, or if I'm feeling tense and projecting it on to whatever is convenient. Part of it too is that I am overly sensitive to comments or jokes from my parents. My dad simply has to remark on the television show that we were watching and I bristle. I have been working on this; I know that he doesn't mean anything by it, but when I judge someone to be my friend, it is very hard for me to understand why everyone does not instantaneously love them. Narcissistic? Me? Never . . .

Ahh, the sweet air of SoDak

First things first, I know that I warned everyone, but my last post was based on feeling very cranky. It was honest, and that's why I do not apologize for posting it nor do I take back anything I wrote, but I was feeling way more put upon than I necessarily really was. So, while I do not apologize for posting, I apologize for hurting any of my commenter's feelings. I know that comments to my blog are written generally with a respect for me and when I am whiny they are often written to cheer me up. Sometimes I am dead-set and determined to remain depressed and put upon. Your cheerfulness is uncalled for and annoying then. (Although probably more appropriate than my morose musings.)

Alright, with that out of the way, we move on to what is currently happening.

Yesterday, after finishing up my midterms on Friday, I drove all day long and as a consequence, am now at my parents house! Yay! Air, and trees, and dogs, and stuff! I brought my friend Untogether with me and she brought her cameras. The dogs were ecstatic to see me, and I have a whole week of high-altitude sunshine, home-cooked meals, and even a certain amount of relaxation.

I wish that I could just leave all of school behind for the whole week, but there is a bit of stuff that I should keep working on. I have research to do for Vertebrate Paleo, and some to do for Climate Change. I signed up to audition for a class on next Monday, so I have to prepare an audition, and my director for the Topdog Underdog scene I'm in wants to be off-book (memorized) after break. I also have a paper for Theatre class that I should write now so that I'm not rushing to do so when I get back. Finally, there's still a bunch of Geochronology labs that I have been falling behind on. Amazingly, this still sounds like a break for me, mostly because I can do it all on my own schedule and I don't have to show up for pesky things like classes and work.

I will try to keep everyone informed about my week out here. I really miss blogging lately; it's like all of the crap that's going on just builds up in my head if I don't regularly write it out. (Huh, crap and regular, ha . . . I think I might be going through a juvenile boy sense of humor period again.)