RAIN!

The weather here is glorious! GLORIOUS! I got on the bus downtown and at about 50th in the U District big, fat drops of rain started dotting the pavement. Then they came down harder, and big, fat hail came down as well, bouncing off cars and coming in through the open window of the bus, and splatting on the top of the bus--it sounded like someone was hitting it with a stick. That's how hard it rained...and then, glory, glory, lightning and thunder! Six seconds apart no less, so so so close...I walked home from the bus stop and got drenched, my coat sopping, my jeans soaked, my hair wet like I got out of the shower and hadn't reached for the towel yet. My bag is soaked too, as is the cardboard box of triscuits--ooooh, I love this weather! Should have happened yesterday, when it was eighty degrees--if it was a little warmer I would have danced down the street and gone gutter-hopping. But a bit cold. Oooooh, so much fun...I adore thunder-and-rain storms!

Aha. Thunder again, only three seconds off, and this time the house shook...oh boy yes, this is the kind of weather I adore...

Also I think I know where I am going to college. Shauna took Lyss and me to Nuncle Lizzy's for class today, and asked what was up about college--so I explained my dilemma--and boiled it down to Seattle U and LC. Shauna told me to close my eyes--difficult in the rather frenetic state I was in for most of the day--but I did; and she said the names of both colleges and told me to see what my body felt like when I heard each name. After that it was fairly obvious where I really wanted to go. And I guess I kind of knew it all along; I was trying to convince myself I would enjoy the honors program (which is true) and that SU was affordable (which is also true, relatively) but all in all I know that LC makes me happier.
Haven't told the parents yet (neither of them are home). It is expensive. And that makes me cringe a bit. But really I am figuring what is money to happiness? Really? I just hope they won't have to take out loans and things. I talked to them about college yesterday...they both want me to go to SU, I can see, but they said they would support me wherever I decided to go, and as cheesy as that sounds it's lovely. They really are wonderful people.

I talked to Scott today about my thesis...I think right now he is more excited about it than I am, heh...it was always sort of his pet thesis, he really wanted someone to do it...(Me, a while ago: I don't know what to do for my thesis... Scott: Do same-sex marriage! Me: Er...no, I don't really want to.... Me, some time later: I think I'll do same-sex marriage... Scott: YAY! Well, you get the idea...) I need to clean it up and add in transitions and explainations and that joy of all joys, an actual thesis statement...*snerk* But it shouldn't be too bad, really.

And in philosophy we're reading Machiavelli (yee-es!) and in Primate Bio I am nearly done with the paper and we're going on the trip next week (wheee!) and in Comics we're doing finals of our projects (bristol board! so exciting!) and in photo I finally went and got some paper, and am getting Jennie to write things to put on acetate, and in math...well, I'll manage. :) (We're doing new stuff with integrals...which I think I understand. Maybe I will put in a bit more effort this quint and we'll see how that goes...)

So now I will go and do homework for a bit and then go away and then come back and do somemore...

I love you all, people. Really I do.