Ah, tonight I was driving home, and saw a sign in the hardware store window that said 'Open Every Day". Oh rural Minnesota, there is so much you need to catch up on. I can't live here this summer though. I am going to forever be a city dweller. It feels so nice to be out of all the small towishness of my former world. I went to the hospital today to have blood drawn before my appointment later this week, and they only took three small vials! Only three! I've been up to eight before. That was a rough night, I think I went home and slept for about 5 hours after that. But even the hospital had an air of smalltownyness. In the 20 mins I was there I saw about five people I knew. I freaked out a little after that and left Alex a bit of a hysterical message. It's just so wierd to be back here, let me tell you what, the years go on a we're still fighting, and we're still fighting it.

Tonight Albert and I watched American Beauty. It's a fairly messed up movie, but I understand why it got such good reviews. One of the things that was deemed beautiful was a plastic bag swirling around in before-storm gusts of wind. The character said he watched it for 15 mins. This made me really happy, because that is totally something I would do. I'm pretty sure on our trip to Hawaii in 11th grade I sat and just watched the ocean roll in and out for a good 3-6 hours composite. This doesn't include time spent at the beach with the family etc. This is simply time I spent watching the ocean. I really miss the ocean. I also miss thunderstorms. I could watch thunderstorms for hours and not get bored. Even if there is no thunder or lightning at the time, you can still watch the rain pouring down, or the trees blowing in the wind. It's awesome.

It's 2 degrees F here, it's 16 degrees F in the cities, with a high of 32 tomorrow. Jealous. 'I wish I could go back to college, I'd sit in the quad and think oh, my God I am totally gonna go far. What would I give to go back and live in a dorm with a meal plan again?' Ok, minus the meal plan. UDS food sucks majorly, though it has only given me food poisoning once. But we did successfully grow E. coli off of the spinach in Bio lab. Time for bed though. I have to get some sort of homework done tomorrow. I get to go buy food tomorrow! Hoorah for Sam's Club, sorry Walmart haters, I can't afford to have morals right now, I go to college.