Quik update...

So I don't really have too much to say, and I don't want to take too much time saying it, because I've got a short story to write and some laundry in the wash...

Yes, I am washing laundry for my first time. Go me! I'm afraid it will come out horribly and I'll have to go buy all new clothes...hopefully not!

Yesterday we went on a field trip to the de Young museum...I dunno, it really bored me. Not my kind of place. It was sort of interesting, I guess, but not somewhere where I could spend more than an hour, and we were there for three, so that's a problem.

Meh...haven't done much. I am seriously worrying about the laundry, don't ask me why. It's a silly thing but I'm so afraid that I'll screw it up somehow and then everyone will laugh at me. There are a surprising number of people who came here never having really done their laundry...but I couldn't find any of them to stumble through the process with me. I'm not going to feel okay about the laundry until it's done and I didn't screw it up.

*insert groan here*

I am now going to stop complaining about laundry. But it's really the only thing I have to complain about...I guess that's good.

I am now going to write about a strange character being burned alive in a chalice of Sacred Flame. (Yes that's for my short story.) But at least it will keep my mind off of the laundry!

The b-word...

So I came away from the laundry okay. A few things probably shrunk, but I don't think they shrunk beyond the point of me being able to wear them.

I'm working on my story but it's confusing me a little and I feel like taking a break...

I'm just gonna come out and say it: I think I'm bored.

Yes, bored. I haven't been to anywhere interesting outside of Terra in ages. Sure we went to the De Young Museum yesterday but it wasn't really that interesting. I want to *go* somewhere...somewheore interesting. I might go to the Stanford Shopping Center later today, and there's supposed to be a movie marathon going on somewhere on campus, but I don't know where. I'm also definitely going to go for a run at some point, but I figure I'll do it after lunch...

Actually, before lunch might make more sense. I don't know when lunch starts but it's not too far to the track. I could run there, run a lap, run back...sounds kind of fun.

And apparently (because I've forgotten) they start serving lunch in about five minutes. Oh well. I'm set on the "run" idea. I'm gonna go do it.

See you all later--hope you're having a fun time with your summer!

Hehehe...shopping!

So I did the run, went to lunch, and then when I'd just gotten back to the dorm a group of kids was walking to the Stanford Mall. So I yelled at them to wait for me, got my wallet, and went with.

It was a pretty cool trip -- I think everyone got something they really liked. Everything I got was ridiculously on sale.

At GAP, I got a lime green polo shirt, and a really pretty white sundress that's kinda lacy around the hem. I was content with myself, because I actually got a dress that I would wear.

And then we went to Express and I saw it: the Dress of the Gods. It was just that pretty. Rumpled brown satin, uneven hem, spaghetti strapped, tight in all the right places, moderately low neckline but comfortable looking.

And also $50.

But my friends convinced me to try it on...and it really was the Dress of the Gods. It fit just as well as it looked like it would--it maybe even fit better than it looked like it would. But it was still $50, and I don't spend money all that much; it's not something I'm comfortable with. However, I called Mom and she talked me into getting it. So did all my friends.

Turns out, when the cashier rang it up, that it was down to $20. The initial price had been $80. That was the most amazing shopping moment I have had in a long time.

Then we went to a few other stores and I helped my friends find cool clothes--I didn't want to exhaust my luck. But I think I'm taking another trip to the shopping center next weekend...

All in all I had a good time, but now I have to write the ending of my story... Wish me luck!