I spent about 4 days or so gradually moving into this house. I’m not totally set up; we are getting new carpet put in on wednesday, and I’m still waiting on my mattress to arrive. My room is up on the third floor; it’s a little small but I kidn of have two rooms, because there are two on the third floor and i’ve been given the impression that both are mine. We’re having a barbeque tonight to squeeze the last bit of fun out of the summer; i think there will be a slip’n’slide there!
I was planning on maybe getting a bike to get to and from school, but I decided that bikes are boring and all the people skateboarding in california made it look like fun, so I went and got myself one of those. It’s a real blast. It’s kind of hard to do while you’re wearing flip flops, but I really like wearing them, so perhaps I’ll have to carry them in my backpack or something. I also like that there aren’t a million kids at Xavier riding skateboards, which makes it unique or something.
On the whitewater rafting trip I met a girl named Kathleen with whom I get along with very well. She goes to school at Northwestern, which is in Chicago. She has been co-opping in cincinnati at Ethicon Endosurgery since february, and soon she leaves to go back. It kind of stinks that she’s leaving but for some reason it doesn’t bother me too bad at all – I guess i’m just really happy with the way things are going in my life right now.