MY POOR CAR | OCTOBER 31, 2005

Kim's devotion to Star Wars + A**hole Drunk Driver = ??? What is this?! My frickin' Halloween "trick"? Here is the full story...

I left the College of Design at 11:30 pm to go pick up my friend Kelsey so we could both purchase our own copies of "Revenge of the Sith" from Walmart at midnight. We had been talking about the release of the DVD for weeks, and Kelsey has a slight crush on Anakin, so she was my first choice for the midnight trip! Unfortunately, while I was waiting to turn left at a dead-end red light to pick her up, I heard screeching breaks and then felt the thud of someone rear-ending me. I looked up at the light just in time to see it turn green. I got out of my car, only to be met by a drunken idiot. The first thing he did was offer me $200, waving cash at me. Then I said, "What, you don't have any insurance?!" (I was a bit... "harsh" speaking to this a**hole, but I will edit my conversation because the expletives are not appropriate here).

He told me that he had insurance, but that he was drunk. Obviously he was drunk, he reeked of alcohol! He begged me not to call anyone, then offered $300, pulling more bills out of his pockets (I am not making this up). I was shaking and nervous, so I told him to shut up while I called my dad (My dad will always be the most helpful person in my life). While I was on the phone with my dad he offered me more money, $500, then told me he was almost at home anyway. I said, "I don't care if you are almost (expletive) home! You hit me and I could be dead, or you could have killed someone else!". His response was, "The light was green." "Oh, it was not (expletive) green. I saw it turn green after I felt you hit me!" My poor dad was on the phone while I was yelling at this kid. So while he was begging me not to call anyone else I got into my car to call 911. I took his license plate (Let me know if you see a Chevy S10 Truck, plate #168 HQO), and asked him his name (Aaron Fox, but he may have been lying). While I was on the phone I saw him back up in my rear view mirror. I got out of my car, and he said "We need to pull over to the side" (we were in the middle of the street, and the 911 operator had told me to pull over to the side). I agreed and as soon as I got into my car I saw him speed off. What the heck was I supposed to do but be even more pissed off?

So I recalled 911 to tell them that he fled the scene. I was shaky and crying, and... EXTREMELY IRRITATED!!! So, I told the operator which direction he fled, then soon saw a cop go speeding by in that direction. Then another cop came and I gave him my license and registration and blah blah blah. He told me they would try to find him, and that I should call the Police Department with my case number to get his insurance info. I asked him what they were going to do, and he said they probably wouldn't be able to charge him for drunk driving, but that they would get his insurance info. And I asked, "What about fleeing the scene of an accident?!" And he said they would get him on that too. I told him to call me as soon as they got some info. He told me that his plate was out of county and they couldn't find much info... please don't let me down cop. I will be very upset if nothing comes out of this. I am not upset about my car, just that idiots like this are driving, then trying to bribe people! What an awful experience.

Alas, I have my DVD and am happy, just with an unplanned sore neck and back, and a royally messed up bumper (hello, the drunken idiot didn't even hit me square in the back, but off to the side). So here are the other items I was planning on posting about before this happened.

Some interesting news today - Renato from my summer job forwarded my contact info to a Illinois builder who is looking for someone to design a web site for his company. I may not have a lot of time to work on it right now, but I would really like to do it. I hope something comes out of it. I enjoy the challenge of working with a client too develop a company image, and of course, designing it and making it function is a very rewarding process.

I think I am giving up on the Mediatheque design. I am sick of taking advice on how to design a "new media center" from someone who is technologically illiterate. I have done research on cinemas, servers, parking... and my instructor continues to argue against everything I have researched. Arg.

THAT EXTRA HOUR | OCTOBER 30, 2005

Thank God for daylight savings time, I really needed that extra hour to finish my Construction Engineering term paper! Despite the initial confusion when my alarm clock said 6:05 and my computer clock said 5:05, I was very happy to discover I had an extra hour of writing time. And one sign of true love from my fiance? He spent the whole day helping me edit my paper. Now that is devotion! I am pretty sure that is not what he had in mind when he told me he was "bored."

So, here are the two things I accomplished this weekend -1. I gave a workshop to other design students on how to use the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and 2. I wrote a very long, boring paper on "Prefabricated Housing and its Effect on the Contractor" (and forced my poor fiance to read it). I didn't communicate with anyone outside of my roommate and her boyfriend, my fiance, my parents, and the poor students who listened to me ramble on at the workshop. I talked to a few people on instant messenger, but does that really count? The point is, I stay in every weekend. EVERY WEEKEND. I usually take a nap on Friday night, then stay up until 5am working, then get up and work all day Saturday and then take a Saturday evening nap... you get the idea. This is actually what my regular week is like, only without a nap every night (sadly). I don't go out with people to movies or to eat or anything, I just keep to myself and do my own thing. Sometimes I have to rearrange my schedule to meet group members to work on projects, and I usually dread going (although it is not so bad when I get there). I don't feel lonely and I love spending all this time by myself, because, frankly, I don't have to deal/put up with anyone else.

It usually doesn't concern me too much, but sometimes I wonder why I am so antisocial. Why don't I want to hang out with people and talk? Why don't I want to watch movies with my friends and waste my time away (ha ha)? Why don't I want to go out to parties and get wasted (I guess that is what all my classmates do)? I don't think that I am special, and I also don't think that this is what everyone else in the world does on the weekend, I just wonder how I get away with this every weekend. The only time I usually go out is when I am with Steven, and often, we prefer to just stay at home and relax. I don't think that this is a part of being in college, because I could make the time to do social things if I really wanted. I just... don't. I don't desire it. At least not right now (don't worry, I am not saying that people are actually asking me to do things with them, I am just being hypothetical... so maybe I am just as un-liked as I really think I am?).

Anyway, so I think it is pretty ironic when someone like me, who really feels like she always wants to be alone, gives a workshop to a bunch of students. Because I smile and I am friendly and informative and I answer questions - I just think that when I am doing that I am portraying someone who isn't me. I can be kind, yes, that is not what I am saying, I am just saying it feels weird to act social when I just like to be left alone and leave other people alone. Give people their personal space and hopefully earn mine in return. Oops, maybe I should just keep my mouth shut, but I think this is pretty obvious about me.

DATA AS DARTH VERS 2.0 | OCTOBER 29, 2005

Steven put Data in his costume today, and it is... HILARIOUS!!! Poor cat, but he is a really good sport! Ok, Steven, now that you have done your job, you can quit pretending you are going to hand out that Halloween candy and go ahead and eat it all!

Bummer news - I talked to my advisor last week and found out every class available for me to take in Rome fulfills a special requirement that I need for the College of Design. Normally this would be good news if I was taking next semester in Ames, but since I wanted to be a lazy bum in Rome, this is not good news at all! It means I should probably take all 16 credits, so I don't have to worry about them my super senior year of school. If I do take them all, I will be able to take whatever classes I want my last senior year, which would be nice... Ugh, it is such a tough decision!

FREEDOM FOR STEVEN | OCTOBER 28, 2005

Today marks the end of Steven's two-week notice at work. HE IS OFFICIALLY FREE! Celebrate good times c'mon! Steven worked at this company for almost two and a half years, and he struggled to improve things the whole time he was there. He starts at a new company on Monday - they are lucky to be hiring someone as talented and dedicated as Steven. I am really excited for him to be starting a new job, I think it will refresh his outlook on the business world. Eventually, Steven will quit working there, but hopefully not because of the same reasons he is quitting now, but to start his own home automation business. Then I can be a stay-at-home mom! Ha ha, just kidding, not a chance in hell that is going to happen.

I got a card in the mail from Alex, the other intern I worked with for a while last summer. She is getting her Masters in Structural Engineering right now at a college in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It is always fun to get non-bill related stuff in the mail, especially when the card has your favorite buildings in Chicago on it!

Good news - Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith comes out on DVD in just 4 days on Tuesday, November 1st! Yesssssssssssss!!!

DATA AS DARTH | OCTOBER 25, 2005

This is the first year that Steven will have trick-or-treaters at his town home. He wanted to just hide in his bedroom and ignore the children ringing his doorbell, but I think I convinced him to hand out candy. He wanted me to come do it, which I gladly would have, but I am too busy. So he told me he was going to hand out apples or cough drops so the kids would spread rumors about how crappy his hand-outs were and not come back next year. Oh Steven. Anyway, he was worried about what to do with Data. If he kept having to open the door, he may escape. So I convinced him to dress Data up in a Halloween costume and put his leash on and hold him when the kids come. We bought a little Darth Vader cat costume for him at Target, and I think there is a .001% chance in hell that he will actually wear it. Steven is supposed to take his picture when he puts it on, but I can't imagine it will be on him for more than 5 seconds at the most. So I made a little picture of what it could look like...

I'M STILL AROUND | OCTOBER 23, 2005

Long time with no updates - I think I am hitting that part of the semester where I have NO free time whatsoever. Well, maybe that is a bit of a fabrication. I spent all day Saturday with Steven, doing absolutely nothing outside of visiting friends and family, and sleeping. But, I was thinking about what I needed to get done, which is almost as bad as actually doing it because it ruins your fun time anyway. I still haven't written my article on architects and client responsibility for CORE. I have two papers due on the 31st of October, and I am supposed to be drafting the floor plans of the Louis Kahn Exeter library so my team can laser cut them. I am sure there are a zillion other things - but it hurts too much to think about them! Am I managing my time poorly or am I really that busy?

Thankfully, I survived last week - getting to bed no earlier than 5am every night. And somehow, we still didn't manage to get everything done that we/I wanted to have done. Not surprisingly, the jury was not too impressed with the lovely site model and plans I prepared - which means we will be entering the design phase - again. Architects don't just design the same building over and over again, eventually they stop doing that and examine the structure of the building, and the mechanical and electrical systems, along with making interior and exterior material decisions. But in school you just do the same thing over and over again - because your professor keeps nitpicking at your work, and you have to make the choice - listen to him or receive a bad grade. On Wednesday, two days before this preliminary review, our instructor informed us that he wanted us to redesign everything for Friday. Just based on his personal, subjective opinions. Now, I know that real clients are picky, and that I need to listen to the advice of my professor, but it is so frustrating to be mislead like that. He is not encouraging our creative thinking, but trying to instill his own. There is more to the problem that just this, but it is not worth venting over. I just need to ignore him and move on.

I feel so sad when Steven leaves... like, "No, don't go, you are the only person I really like to talk to!" (and it is so much better in person). I think we both dislike talking on the phone. At least I know I do. It never feels private, because I am usually on campus when I get a chance to talk to him, and I think it is incredibly rude to talk on the phone with other people present. And I hate it when other people jibber jabber on their phone around me. It is one thing to answer/make a quick call, but it becomes a nuisance when people feel the need to have intimate conversations on their phones in a public space. Arg, it drives me nuts. It was especially bad when I used to ride the train this summer. One woman was whispering on her phone for a 30 minute train ride. She was trying to be polite, but the whispering only made it worse. Even though I am so reliant on my cell phone to keep me in touch with my family and friends, I sometimes find it a big burden.

HELP ME THROUGH THE WEEK | OCTOBER 18, 2005

This is going to be the week from hell. Our studio is having a schematic midterm review this Friday, and Alejandra and I have not fully developed our floor plans. We actually had some general ideas and floor plans prepared last week, but as it is in the design profession, you are always working through iterations. I am not sure if we are going to have our new design - displayed in plans, sections, elevations and a model - ready for Friday (even though we have both been working until 4am each morning to get work done). I am not worried about the end outcome of our design, because I know we have more time afterwards to continue design development, I am just disappointed in our progress. Working with a partner is wonderful because you have someone to share your responsibilities with, but it is frustrating because you have to merge ideas together before you can get anything accomplished. Alejandra and I have a lot of similar ideas, but communicating them to one another is quite difficult, and takes A LOT of time.

I am debating whether or not to take the required 16 credits while in Rome, or if I should audit one class and only take 13 credits. The required courses are a 6-credit studio, a 3-credit drawing class, a 3-credit seminar, a 3-credit history class, and a 1-credit Italian course. The studio, drawing course and seminar are all integral - the assignments you do in each one compliment the assignments in the other. The seminar is aimed towards encouraging students to travel and keep logs of what they see/do/hear/etc. The history class is quite intense, one hour of lecture each week and three hours of walking tour each week. The Italian course only lasts the first three weeks of the semester. All of the classes sound interesting and beneficial, but I was really hoping I could slack off (for a lack of better terms) while in Rome and just experience the city! It seems that they try really hard to encourage you to experience new things, but from experience, I know that when I am supposed to be sketching and traveling at the same time, I hardly ever get it done. If I audit a class, I will just go to it and to the assignments, but not get credit for it. The instructor recommended doing this with either the history class, or the drawing class. It seems ridiculous not to take all of the courses, especially since it won't mean a cheaper tuition, but I really don't want the Rome semester to be a stressful one. This is a stressful decision!

Soon I will know more about the whole semester schedule, which is exciting. The head instructor is finishing the schedule right now, and soon she will tell us which weekends will be 3 or 4 day weekends, and where we will be traveling on which dates. I am excited to find all this out so Steven can begin to plan when he is coming. Steven's family is also planning on coming, but I think they already know when they are. I am really trying to convince my family to come, or at least my sister, but it is a rather expensive trip for the amount of time they would be there. I just had so much fun with my dad when we spent some time in Spain in June 2002, I wish he would come to Europe and at least visit Barcelona with me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! | OCTOBER 16, 2005

Tomorrow is my Dad's 49th birthday! You are getting old, Dad! Happy Birthday and I love you!

BLAH BLAH BLAH, I NEVER SHUT UP | OCTOBER 15, 2005

I started my little list of places I hope to see while in Europe next semester. It might be a bit optimistic, so I will adjust it after I find out exactly how much extra time/money I actually will have in Rome. Rome's southern location will make it more difficult to travel (and by difficult, I mean it will take more time and cost more). I am extremely excited to explore the city of Rome and the rest of Italy, but I am dying to go back to Spain, and especially visit Barcelona. Blah, blah, blah, all I ever talk about is my Rome trip.

Is college just this time of your life when you never sleep? Or is it only that way for design majors? During the summer I am in bed by 10 pm. I enjoy accomplishing so much more (now) by staying up late, but it is depressing to always feel exhausted. I am worried that it will be like this when I get my first job, because even this summer I spent 12 hours at work a day (including commuting to get there) and I felt like I never got to see steven. Or have a life outside of work. Hmm, is it too late to change professions? If not, is there a profession that involves a lot of sleeping?

ANOTHER BUMMER WEEKEND | OCTOBER 14, 2005

I am afraid it is going to be another bummer weekend. Steven was planning on visiting but had to cancel because he has been very ill. I really hope he feels better soon, but I also feel sad that I won't get to see him for another week. When you enjoy your time the most spent with one other unique person, it is a bummer when you don't see them that often. I suppose all the time we spend apart now prepares me for my semester in Rome, where it will be at least two months before Steven comes to visit. Although, I can say a few positive things about not seeing each other that often (I know, doesn't that sound like an awful thing to say?). I think that having a long-distance relationship has let me become a more focused student (contrary to what I have been writing here lately). When you are in a serious relationship you end up spending a lot of your time with that other person, which results in getting nothing done if they live in the same area as you. Also, living apart from each other has allowed us to strongly develop our own interests and hobbies, so when we are together we don't necessarily have to be working on the same project. It is really interesting to be in this situation because I get to learn about all of the neat things that Steven is getting interested in, and also share my interests with him. And one other good thing about long-distance - I am less dependent. I could go on and on about that, but it really isn't worth it.

Other thoughts - is a blog a way of staying in touch with friends or meeting new friends? I think the only people who read mine are family members (correct me if I am wrong), and the occasional new person - which is very cool and exciting. I have been thinking about this lately because I started this web site with intentions of using it to keep in touch with friends and family, specifically while in Rome next semester. But, I don't think many of my friends have actually taken the effort to read what I write here (I can think of two who have). It isn't really the point now since I am back at school with most of these people, but it makes me wonder if web blogging is not as popular as I thought it was. Maybe it just takes some people awhile to catch on. It's that or they are too lazy to read.

KONFABULATOR.COM - VISIT IT, NOW!!! | OCTOBER 12, 2005

Oh my gosh, I discovered the most awesome tool for my computer today! Ever since I learned about Macintosh desktop widgets from a blog that I frequent, I have been dying to have some for my graphics-illiterate Windows based laptop (Widgets are little javascript applications that you can run on the desktop of your computer to do all sorts of functions). And I finally found some at konfabulator.com! I am not sure why it took me so long to discover this site, but once I opened it I was in widget heaven! And now my desktop is widget happy! Besides the widgets that come with the typical download - current weather, a clock, an animated picture frame, battery power, and wi-fi signal, I also downloaded some awesome post-its to replace the crappy ones I had, a cat that moves around, a english to metric unit converter, a beeping R2D2, and a special wedding clock to help me count down the days to my wedding! And it's all free. Oh, I am so content right now. This is definitely the best part of my week thus far. The only thing that will top this is when Steven gets here on Friday to visit me for the weekend.

Monday was the beginning of the eighth week of school, which means the semester is half over. This makes me feel a little nervous because - a. I haven't really learned that much yet (or maybe it is that I haven't retained what I learned?), b. I kind of feel like Alejandra and I are getting no where with our Mediatheque design, c. I have a bunch of major papers and assignments due soon and d. I will be in Rome in about 3 months - scary! We will also be having mid-semester reviews next week in studio which means I need to work my butt off and pretend like we have a somewhat competent design to display to our professor.

Shhh... don't tell anyone but I am sick of school and I want to quit. Ha ha, at least that is how I feel. I have caught myself doodling in notebooks instead of listening in class. I have been reluctant to get anything done I don't automatically feel like doing (which makes the whole working my butt off idea rather difficult). Ugh, I feel so awfully unmotivated yet I somehow keep volunteering to do more and more - help maintain the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) web site, write an article about responsible design for Core, run an AIAS weekend workshop on using the laser cutter... maybe my widgets will help me stay organized? Or at least keep me motivated? Doubt it!

LOVELY LIGHTING STUDY | OCTOBER 9, 2005

It has been such a crappy weekend. I think I have reached a new level of frustration with my school work. But alas, I have produced this lovely lighting study for all to experience and revere (give it a few seconds to download before it will work properly). The reason the weekend has been so awful is because I have been forced to work in SketchUp to do this shadow/lighting study, and in case you were not aware, SketchUp is a 3D modeling program that is the spawn of Satan! I think it was designed to be "simple" but in an effort to dumb it down, the programmers put a thousand little quirks in it that make me want to kill something every time I use it. The interface is awful. They have all these silly looking icons that you have to click on (NO SHORTCUTS!!!) to use them. Granted, it gets the job done, but in the most awful, round-about way. Enough complaining though. Chances are, if you know me you have already heard me whine about it this weekend in person (my personal apologies to Steven)!

HELLO TO TAMI - YOU ROCK!!! | OCTOBER 6, 2005

I am giving a "shout out" to Tami, Courtney's mom, because she is probably my most dedicated reader! Yay - somebody actually cares! It feels nice to know that someone is actually reading my silly babbling, because I actually do put a lot of effort into maintaining and updating this site.

So, I have a few business things to say. It has come to my attention that the chat box on this page is not the most intuitive thing to use. So I added some directions for you. In the first box, where it probably says name, you click in it to type in your name (first name, nickname, pretend name, it doesn't matter). You don't have to enter your name, but it helps me and everyone else who reads your entry know who you are. The next box, where it probably says e-mail/url, is a little space to do a self-promotion of your web site, or enter an email so people can contact you. You simply click in the box and type in your email or url, if you choose. When you do this, your name becomes red in the entry to cue people to click on it. You don't have to use this feature unless you really want someone to contact you. As you can see, I am not using it when I post entries. The final box, that probably says message, is where you enter your post. You can type whatever you want up to 500 words, but I do have a profanity filter on it, and the ability to edit obscene posts. If you want to include a facial expression in your entry, you click on the box that says smiles, and a window will pop up. From there you can decide what expressions you want to use - all you have to do is click on them and they will appear in your post. When you are all done, all you have to do is press GO and voila, your post magically appears! I have not activated the login feature because most people's computer settings will automatically save their name and email/url, so don't worry about that button. If you have any more questions about this, please contact me.

Next business topic - I am getting pretty sick of this sloppy layout and thinking of changing it to an i-frame layout. This basically means you won't have to do as much scrolling to read these entries and look at images. Here is a sloppy example, please let me know what you think. Also feel free to give any other suggestions, no matter how picky you think they may be. I appreciate everyone's comments and critiques. I am very new to web design and would like to make the most user friendly web site possible (don't worry Dad, I will use a lighter color on this next layout).

Ok, enough boring stuff. Tomorrow I am meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Stange, alumnus from South Dakota who awarded me the James H. and M. Suanne Stange Scholarship this year. I am usually not nervous about this type of thing, but I am afraid they will walk away thinking, "Why did we choose to give a scholarship to that girl?!" I guess I better try extra hard to look like a presentable human being tomorrow, rather than a typical college student!

And one more thing - I just couldn't resist! I drove home tonight for my nephew's first birthday party, and he had his own little cake to eat. They just let him use his hands to dig right in - and you can imagine what happened! I am going to miss my nephew so much when I am in Rome (yes, along with the rest of my family). He is going to be all grown up when I get back! Maybe he won't even remember me! I guess I will just have to spend as much time as possible with him before I leave... wait! I leave in 3 months! How am I going to do that?!

CREATIVELY DRAINED | OCTOBER 5, 2005

I feel creatively drained. Not to say that I was ever the "creative type", but when you are a design major, creative is how you want to feel - all the time - which is near impossible. Is this urge to be creative replaced by the urge for innovation in other professions? It this feeling just an offspring of the basic human need to feel like an individual? I had an appointment with the doctor today, and she asked me "So are all the architecture majors really artistic?" And I told her that there is a variety - some of us are very pragmatic and some of us are very artistic, and there are a great chunk of people that fall into the middle ground. She then asked me "Are you more pragmatic then?" I told her I fall somewhere in between but sometimes feel like I should have been a graphic designer. Ha ha! Now there is a major you can't survive in without a creative edge!

It is all very true though - some of the students here are too artistic for their own good. They create building designs that are based on aesthetic principles alone. And there are those that are entirely pragmatic - following the codes for every design and simply creating a large box to hold the building's program. If you observe the students closely, I think you can get a hint of where they are heading with their career. It is obvious that some people will never become a licensed architect because that is not how they want to use their education/or they don't have the motivation. And it is also obvious that some of the students have the potential to become a "celebrity" architect. And for me? I want to become licensed so I can begin making decision contributions in the firms I will work at after I graduate. But I can definitely imagine that my architectural career will head down paths that are unpredictable, simply because that is the way of the profession. Architectural design changes as society changes.

The point of all this rambling is to say that I have felt so drained lately - creatively, physically, emotionally, you name it. I know that lack of sleep is definitely an influencing factor, but for some reason, I continue to ignore my body's wishes to rest. There is so much I want to do everyday, and sleeping just gets in my way. So I end up staying up very late every night working on all the things I want to work on. This worked for awhile, but now I am beginning to see the effects it is having on my body - my eyes feel sore, my feet hurt, I feel more emotional than I probably should. What am I supposed to do? Quit work? Quit class? Quit editing this web site (this would probably have the least amount of consequences)? I am sure I will figure it out...

Tomorrow is my nephew's one-year birthday. It feels so weird to be an aunt. It is a good sort of weird feeling that really puts your life into perspective and makes you think about the future. When I am 40, he will be 20! I am too young to be thinking about being 40! Anyway, I love my nephew to pieces. He is such an adorable baby (you know how some babies aren't...)! I have been really excited working on this scrapbooking project for him (see Portfolio page). Of course, being creatively drained, I did not finish it in time for his birthday. I did buy him a wonderfully humorous card though, that doesn't really make any sense, but gives me a chance to tease my brother and his girlfriend!

HIATUS OVER! | OCTOBER 2, 2005

I feel like I am living in a nightmare of an awful week that will not go away. I have been feeling worn out, unmotivated, and very frustrated with almost everyone/thing since last Monday! I can say a few positive things though - the first being that I got my laptop back last Thursday, with a brand new hard drive in it (this just raises more frustration though, as I waste my time trying to get my personal settings back to normal). I also found out on Thursday that I was getting a substantial raise at work because my employers want to "pay the highest wage on campus and draw in the best employees." I also got to see Steven this weekend, which was nice because I hadn't seen him for a little under a month (unfortunately, Steven had another agenda while we were together this weekend, so when I say I saw him, that is what I mean... I saw him for a second or two).

I worked really hard last week on persuading Alejandra to come to Rome, then I finally realized today that the only reason I want her to come is so I will have a travel buddy. I think I would enjoy traveling alone in Europe during my free time, but I doubt it is safe for me. As intelligent and witty as I like to think I am, I know that it would be wise for me to travel in a foreign continent with at least one other person. So today I was thinking that it would be the most fun if I was with her, but if she doesn't come, oh well, her loss. I have other friends I am sure are planning on traveling... or I might end up out on my own.

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