GRYFFINDOR

haven't posted for ten days. sorry, everyone.

t-minus five days until i move out of jester and back into apartment, sweet apartment. i have a lot of mixed feelings about this. on one hand, i'm definitely ready to not do (almost) anything for the rest of my summer, ready to actually be able to hang out with my other friends, ready to actually go home. on the other hand, there's just something about a group of about eighty people who can raise $1500 in a matter of hours among themselves so one OA whose money line to Africa fell through could go anyway. we represent such a variety of interests and majors and personalities and organizations and backgrounds-i doubt i'll ever find such diversity in a group of people i hang out with again.

so port aransas over 4th of july weekend was freaking AMAZING. i say if you haven't had a bonfire on the beach on a clear summer night when all the stars are out, you haven't truly lived. i got really incredibly sunburned. i almost got to go windsurfing. i slept with five other people in the same hotel room. i went running on the beach-the sand is still kind of in my sneakers. all in all, i am so incredibly glad i went.

harry potter is on ABC TV. yesssssss.

and then i just got back from the lake with my family. i haven't seen my parents or brother in eight weeks. that was amazingly cool. i went waterskiing-and picked up right where i left off. i went cliffjumping this morning. what an incredible rush.

i am so blessed.

pictures to come, i promise-i have quite a few.