I ended up only taking 12 credits this semester because I dropped my world religions class. I just couldn't get myself interested in the class once we finished up with the Catholicism section. Maybe it was because Catholicism was easy for me since I attended a Catholic school for 12 years of my life. Once we started digging into the Hinduism section, it seemed like I was learning an entire new language, and in a sense I was. The only problem being that it was a language that I didn't care to learn about. At any rate, I enjoyed my other four classes for the most part. I didn't think my teacher for my Finance class was very good at all, but I still managed to pass.
I met a lot of new friends this past semester, and that is what made my semester more enjoyable. I almost always had someone to go out with if I wanted to do something, and I went out a lot more once I met these new friends. It's a lot nicer when I go to the bars and know a lot of the people there. Last year my roommates never wanted to go to Es Tas or Outlaws, two of the Ames bars, because they didn't like the music. I, on the other hand, really like these bars, and now that I have different roommates I go to these bars a lot and I like them much better. I'm much more into the chill bars that aren't always playing rap music, where I can sit at a table and hang out with friends instead of dancing a lot. I think I've finally found my scene.
I went to Virginia to visit my little brother over Thanksgiving break. It was so nice to see him!! Unfortunately he had to work every single day that we were there, and we basically had to entertain ourselves the entire time. However, I'll take the couple of hours that I got to spend with him before he left for his deployment. He's been gone on the ship (USS Carl Vinson) for a few weeks now. I miss Noah terribly bad. We email each other back and forth, but he isn't able to respond every day. I miss being able to text him whenever I have a random thought and get a response within the hour. He isn't able to tell us where he is for safety reasons. I do know that he'll be over by Asia, and if I had to guess he'll be going by Korea because of the recent bombing. He claims to be taking lots of pictures, which makes me happy because it must mean he's getting to see some pretty neat things (at least I hope). I want this deployment to be as enjoyable as possible, especially since he has to miss Christmas two years in a row. At least last year he was able to Skype us while we opened presents so it was almost like he was there.
Even though it's almost a year away, I'm already trying to plan my next trip out to Virginia to get to see him!
