my diary has become so boring because - simple enough - my life is boring. and to echo the sentiments expressed a thousand times these last few days - myself included - i miss marietta and those people like crazy!! why i ever thought taking a month off between school and work sounded like a good idea i'll never know. this sucks.

anyway.

my grades came today, and i guess they're as good as i could have hoped for, though they're still way too low for my liking. the c+ in economics is what really killed my gpa, but i deserved that grade. i got a's in honors lit, stats and public policy and somehow pulled off a b in leadership! that one cracks me up, i was fully expecting a solid c. but i won't complain. :) so my cumulative gpa is now 3.469... yes, way too low. but it's not beyond rescuing by any means. i'll just have to finally get my act together next year... somehow.

the last two days i've gone to visit my sister, who's on complete bed rest because her doctor thought there was a good chance she might go into labor prematurely. so that was fun, to see her and help with all the baby stuff. all the baby stuff... she has an ungodly amount of crap. she got literally everything she asked for on her registries at babies 'r' us and target, which is more than any baby in the world actually needs. i mean, she has three different strollers - one chad can jog with, a regular one, one that folds up for travel... it's insane. i don't know, maybe i'll want to do the same thing for my child, but from the outside it's kind of sickening. but anyway, though she's due in three weeks she'll probably deliver in the next two, so that's exciting. i can't wait to meet baby emma! my niece, how weird is that.

other than that...? painfully, excruciatingly, torturously bored. i've played a lot of solitaire. and super mario brothers. and went to borders almost every night. i'm definitely not used to having nothing to do, and i definitely don't enjoy it. i should remember this when i'm complaining about writing papers next semester, haha...

anyway, i think i'm going to start getting off my ass now. being lazy was all well and good for a while, but i think five days was about enough. i'm going to start running again in the morning - though, shawn, i'm sure i'm in worse shape than you! and my democratic congressional candidate has an office downtown, so i think i'm going to see what volunteering can be done there. not that calling people and going door to door are the most exciting things in the world to do, but at least it's something that looks good and pertains to my major. get a couple books out of the library, call a couple friends... yeah, i think i'll be fine.

not having nearly as much fun as i would with you guys, though! but we'll be together again in three weeks :) cheryl, hope you're having a blast in italy; everyone else be doing the same in your slightly less glamorous summers. love yas, see you soon. :)