So much to do...

...and so little time. It's difficult for me to comprehend the fact that I will be on a plane 5 weeks from tomorrow. For eight months. Hmmm. And how much stuff to I have to get done before then? Way too much.
Anyway, here is the tentative plan for May. I get on a plane to Prague (via Frankfurt) on May 4th. I'll hang out there for a few days, then hop on a train to Vienna. Gotta get me some of that wiener schnitzel! From there, I want to go to Budapest - I here it's pretty cool. Then I'll cross back over into Austria and hang out in Salzburg. Yay for the year of Mozart. Oh yeah, and that's where I'll pick up my Russian visa - without speaking German. It should be interesting. After that, it's off to Germany. I want to visit Munich and Berlin, and a bunch of little towns in between. Randi said she'd be in Wurzburg all summer, so maybe I'll visit there too. Then I'll take a ferry from Rostock to Hanko, Finland, and a train (or maybe another boat) from Helsinki to St. Petersburg. Whoa. It's gonna be a trip.
So if you see me between now and May 4th, I might resemble a chicken with its head cut off. Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. And I have to figure out where I want to go to grad school. Hmmm. Am I supposed to keep my sanity too?

Look ma - this picture is for you!

Wow - there's Mexico

Taking a break from conquering

Conquering the fear

Another victim of the Waterview Wireless Network

I don't understand how a college campus which prides itself on being technologically savvy can have such crappy internet connections for its residents. Once again, the network in Waterview has gone down, and I have had to traipse all the way over to the CV lounge to check my email. Grrrr. If I had money, I'd get a cable connection, but I'm leaving in two months so I should just deal with it I guess.
I'M LEAVING IN TWO MONTHS!! I had this startling moment of realization last night as I was discussing my plans with a friend of mine. I have two months to finish planning this trip before I'm on an airplane to Prague. Oh man, I really starting to get nervous. And excited at the same time. I'm really looking forward to traveling on my own, as crazy as that sounds. I've done roadtrips on my own, why not Europe? And I can go at my own pace and go to all the crazy art museums I want. And no one can get mad at me for walking to Piazza Navona at 5 in the morning to feed the pigeons (that's right, Mr. Ellerbrock, I can take care of myself...)
I just turned in my application for the Russia thing. They're supposed to let me know within two weeks, and I have to get plans finalized pretty quickly after that, so these next few weeks are going to be a bit hectic.
That doesn't mean I'm not going to have fun. :-D Sondra and I are driving out to Big Bend on Saturday for a week in the desert. I love that place. So beautiful. And I really need an evening in the Starlight to loosen me up. :-D
Anyway, gotta head back to the apartment and do some reading for Dr. Towner. I love Faulkner, don't you?

And all over America, it's still cold as hell...

I'm so glad I remembered to turn on the heater last night. Of course, how could I have forgotten? I had firsthand experience with how cold it was outside last night. Molly and I decided that watching Working Girl was not nearly enough (semi-young) Harrison Ford to satisfy us, so we decided to watch Star Wars Episode 6 as well. Don't laugh at us - the guys started it. The only problem was, the DVD was at the quad and the residents of said apartment were not at home. After a phone call to Jordan, we decided to go get the movie, seeing as how the apartment was open (according to Jordan). Well, it wasn't. And the walk to phase III was rather chilly. Boo. But we did decorate their door in retaliation for having led us to believe we'd be able to get inside. We watched some Hitchcock with Jonathan and Abram instead, but I still want to watch Star Wars. Maybe tonight.
So ends the second pointless, rambling post.
Oh, and a picture from the thrift store formal (I decided not to attend)...