YUCKapples , 21

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Hey everyone! I wish I could do individual shoutouts but I don't have the time. I should be sleeping right now...but I'm procrastinating with this. I am constantly doing work here and I never seem to get a break! It's driving me crazy.

I know a lot of you felt similarly last entry, not quite in agreement with me with what I said about my roomie. All I can say on that subject is believe me, I know her. And I understand people pretty well (very intuitive).

I'm 19! Today is my birthday! Turned 19 right at midnight since that is when I was born. Last year of teenagehood, my goodness!! Scary.
Kailey decorated my door with streamers, balloon, and a sign that people are signing.
She gave me an adorable card.
Lindsay came racing down the hallway and gave me a hug.
Sagar and John gave me a box with gifts...haha. Like a package of opened crackers, floss inside a plastic ball that is the head of a person (came from HEALTH services on campus, if you get what I mean by health...), a magnet, sticky notes, my gloves that they stole earlier today, and one of John's Kermit the Frog masks. He put that in there because I don't like Kermit and the masks are scary!!

Not 100% sure what is happening tomorrow. The girls (Alana, Lindsay, Hannah, and Shreena...Hannah no longer hangs out with us really, she's too busy with her sorority) want to take me out to dinner at Chuck & Augie's. But Lindsay & Allie have an APO meeting so we may have to reschedule for a different day, we'll see. And I'll be getting presents!! I saw Allie's bag already, hehe. Nick is coming most likely after area council ends at 9:30. He wanted to take me out to dinner but the girls had already claimed me a while ago, but if it doesn't work out with them then I'll let him know.

I went home this past weekend for my birthday. Actually...I was sick when I went home. Shreena was deathly sick (possibly with swine) and I was worried I had gotten it from her because I had all the symptoms she was having. The headache started Wednesday night and lasted to Thursday night, then Thursday night the symptoms got way worse. Friday morning I was really bad, I dry-heaved twice. Uncle Tom picked me up and I went home. Once I started heading home, though, my symptoms started going away! I slept for most of Friday. My mom thinks I was just plain exhausted and that's why I was sick.

Saturday I had my birthday party, just my mom's side. It was fun, we did karaoke on ps2 at the end. Then Nick came over after he was done working at midnight. Surprised me with flowers! :) We mostly laid on my couch together, perfectly happy & content like that. :) It was nice while it lasted but of course things were going to escalate from there, physically...I won't go into details but things have gone further. I mean, nothing "bad," but a tiny bit further.

It was weird though. Nick used to smoke pot. He stopped. Said he wouldn't do it again. He can't do it for the military and he knows that I don't want him to do it and wouldn't be with him if he did. He didn't smell like it, which isn't a sign anyway because he masked it so I couldn't even tell on Block Island day. But it seemed like I was tasting it in his mouth/smelling it in his nose that night. He's never tasted/smelled like that before. He supposedly drove home a co-worker who I know for a fact smokes, so...I'm wondering if he did smoke. And I want to ask him about it too...I would NOT be happy if he did.

There's more with him that I can address, as to what the future holds. Basically, now it seems like he'll be leaving for basic in January (a month earlier than I expected) and will be gone for six months (2-3 months more than what he originally told me).It's about this. But that's for later...

Drama here hasn't been too bad. I'm not involved in any of it, so it's all good.

Over the past couple of days I feel like things are finally getting back to normal with John. Like, he is treating me how he did before I found out that he likes(d?) me. I was in his room a lot yesterday & today, actually. I just hope it doesn't start to make Lindsay jealous, because she really wants to hook up (makeout) with him, and only him...

Ty seriously missed me when I was gone for the weekend. Kailey said he didn't even know what to do with himself. He started sending me these deep texts telling me how much he really did miss me and stuff. Oh gosh, he just misses me picking on him. :p He basically takes the place of my brother when I'm at college, since I pick on Ty constantly.

As for my classes, they're going well. I've gotten A's on all of my exams so far except for my dinosaur exam, which was a 74. That was the class average. The exam was ridiculously difficult though. I have an appointment after class with my professor tomorrow to discuss how I can apply my studying to the exam better. I also have all A's in my classes except for dinosaurs, which is still an 89 despite the 74 exam. Not bad at this point.

Soo I don't have a Halloween costume. I was going to borrow one from Alana and go out both Friday & Saturday this weekend. But honestly, I really don't like the partying here. Everyone pregames so most of the time I don't end up going out, or if we do then 90% of the time we don't end up going into a party. Nick has wanted me to go to a work party since the end of the summer, and there is going to be one 10pm Friday night. By work party, I mean a party at one of his co-workers houses...drinking, games, and sleeping over there. And it will be a costume party. Nick asked me if I wanted to go and honestly, I know I will have more fun there than here. Plus, it would be fun to switch it up between 2 places in 2 days. I have to work out the details, but I'll go home Friday and go to the party without my parents knowing about either. I really don't think my mom would have a problem with it, but I'm choosing not to tell. Nick wants to go in "matching" costumes, of course. haha isn't that supposed to be what the girl wants? Me, I'm like whatever. But we'll go most likely Friday (at the last minute, yes) because there's a costume store at the mall. I'll get something cute!