///hear me roar///

Saturday, May 25, 2002

well here i am in blacksburg. the drive up was terrible! it was so damn hot, and of course my little car doesn't have AC. i was roasting the whole trip. and i was worried about daphne in the backseat... "is she too hot? is she getting too much wind? is she getting enough fresh air?". and there was traffic on the beginning stretch of 66, so the trip ended up taking about an hour longer than it should've. but then i got here!! and i showered, and went to bed early, yay!

i didn't really do anything today. i kinda laid around. but i did go look at a place, and decided that's where i'm going to live next year. it's in ramble ridge. it should work out really well :) everyone's really nice, and they like animals, and they're serious about their school work (two are grad students). i kinda can't wait to finally have an apartment.

i'm leaving tomorrow for north carolina, and my awesome internship. it should be an ok drive, it's only about 3.5 hours. i'm kinda down right now, lonely, bored, and missing dan like *crazy*. it should all get better tomorrow though, because i'll be at CPT and it's my dream internship. i can't wait! it's really going to be great. and dan let me take his digital camera, so i'm going to have an unbelievable number of pictures when i get back :)

i won't have internet access though, so i won't be posting for about six weeks. i'm writing several people though :) i figure i'll have the time, so i might as well. i'll miss dan terribly though... but i'll have a great time, and i'm sure once i get there, the six weeks will (unfortunately) *fly* by.

i think i'll get to sleep now. i'd like to get an early start tomorrow :)
Jessica 8:07 PM

Thursday, May 16, 2002

look! i'm posting! this is from earlier today:

so school's over for the semester, yay! i'm in arlington, va right now until my internship starts. i'm basically hanging out with dan and his family until then, having a good time pretty much. i went and saw spider-man! it was great :) i wasn't really expecting it to be that great, but i really enjoyed it. and last night at midnight we all went to see episode II. the reviews all said that it was incredibly terrible, and i was pretty much dreading going. but we already had tickets, so i tagged along. and i actually really liked it :) now i'm all excited to see all the other ones, hehe.

i can't wait for my internship. i'm leaving here on the 24th or 25th, spending a night or two in blacksburg, then it's off to north carolina on the 26th. it should be lots of fun, but no internet access!! i think i'll get by though, because i'll have lots of big cuddly cats ;)


Jessica 6:48 PM

Sunday, May 05, 2002

hey! today was such a gorgeous day! it was so beautiful and sunny, and not too hot. i went into christiansburg earlier today to meet the woman that i helped to adopt a golden retriever that was at the shelter. this woman is so awesome, and i just knoe rosie (the golden) will live a long, healthy, and happy life with them :) and she looked so wonderful, since she's had a bath and a good brushing and all that. that was fun :)

then i went to the pet store and bought a little harness and leash for daphne!! (oh, btw, i got a baby dwarf rabbit that is the sweetest thing in the entire world -- her name is daphne.) so i came home, and the two of us went outside, and walked around a bit, and then laid in the shade. it was so great :) i love that little furball so much! she's like my kid or something. she was a little freaked being outside at first, but quickly got used to it and calmed down. and we sure got a lot of attention! i think she had a nice time though :) we were out there quite awhile, it was so nice!! *contented sigh*

so then this evening me, dan, sarika, and sanjeev went to joe's for milkshakes and dinner. that was cool. then i came back here, while dan went off to study :( he only has one more exam though!! yay! then we go to arlington... we're leaving on tuesday, and i haven't even started packing, not even in the slightest. i called both krogers a little while ago and asked about boxes, but of course they don't have any :( so i don't really know how i'm gonna pack anyway, blah

well i think i'll go play more video games, or nap, or read, or something like that.

here's a couple picks of daphne (trust me, she's *much* cuter in person!! just ask aparna or sarika ;)


Jessica 6:56 PM

Wednesday, May 01, 2002

hmmm, i really wish i had someone to go get coffee with. i'm really craving a nice steaming cup of chai and a tasty pastry, like a muffin. but it's no fun to go alone
Jessica 6:17 PM

bloggy blog blog. not too much going on, really. let's see... danny came down this past weekend! i hadn't seen him for a year and a half, craziness. we had a good time. all we really did was eat out and chill. he bought me this awesome watch i had been wanting, just for the heck of it. he makes crazy money at a full time job, and has no rent or bills or anything :) so we had fun. and he rented a car for the trip, too. a 2002 dodge intrepid. very nice, very luxury. so yes, that was good times.

in other news, my psychiatrist now thinks i have social anxiety disorder. they are tagging so many disorders and diagnoses on me, it's making my head spin. i know i'm afraid of social situations... but i dunno. i guess i'll find out through counseling and all that nonsense. i just wanna be normal! wait... no i don't. i just want a healthy brain :-P

i'm not in the whole exam craziness like everyone else. i'm getting academic relief this semester. it's good, because that way i won't fail all these classes. but it's bad, because i feel like i've let myself down, that i'm a failure. again. i got it for a mixture of reasons. the meningitis spell (which left me outta comission for a little while), all these doctor appointments, all the newly discovered anxiety problems i have (??), and, of course, the always returning depression. ahh... it's like an old friend. it goes away for a long time, but then when it comes back it's like it never left, and things are like they once were. except i like it when old friends come back.

i think i'll go read a little bit now.

if anyone wants to hang out, watch a movie, ANYTHING, you know how to reach me...
Jessica 4:47 PM