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I got a very short e-mail this morning:
"Mel,

Update your blog.

-Dad"


Ugh. Rude.

Anyway. Did I ever mention I have my first practice/class with ComedySportz New Orleans on Saturday? Ha, this little amateur is growing up and going pro! Yep yep. Things have been going actually exceptionally well since I've been back. I finally feel good. Like college is actually FUN now! And jeez, it has grown on me A LOT. I think the fact that it has been GORGEOUS outside really helps. And it's like, when it's gorgeous outside in Katy, it's like... cool, it's nice out. I'll go sit on the becn. When it's gorgeous outside here, it's like... there is so much you can do outside. You can sit in one of the quads or play volleyball or rock in the rocking chairs or go walk around Audubon park. It's like... it's still warm, but in the breeze you can almost SMELL winter. It's my favorite smell in the world. Definitely perks me up. In fact, yesterday, my 9:30 acting class was held outside on the steps of the chapel. It was soooo lovely.
New Orleans in general has just really grown on me. I still bitch about not being able to turn left, but it's definitely better. Not to say I don't miss Katy or my family or my friends or anything, but I feel so relieved to finally just be able to like... not worry about it anymore! I talked to Sarah for like an hour last night, and she is beginning to go through what I felt was the hardest year ever... Just doing applications, fighting about where you want to go to school, touring schools, maintaining grades, staying active in theatre, and then BAM it goes so fast and all of a sudden you're gone and on your own and its like wait what happened?! We have a program at Loyola called Each One Reach One where current students give information about high school seniors they know and Loyola gives them priority consideration on their application and scholarships and stuff, so I submitted one for Sarah. I miss her so FREAKING much. I am going home the weekend after next (Welcome to private school, we have random four day weekends for random holidays that don't exist: "fall break") and I really can't wait to go home and not have any drama to deal with and not have anything to do... Just go home and be with my dog and enjoy my family, maybe heat up the hot tub and get some reading done at Starbucks. Ahh, how nice does that sound???

I have been working out a lot since I've been back... practically every day. It has finally clicked with me how much working out really really helps me relax, de-stress, and un-wind. I just go and hit the treadmill or the elliptical HARD for 15-30 minutes each and sweat my butt off and afterwards it's like... I'm energized and happy and it's just an excellent feeling. Wow, it just started to rain REALLY hard. Wish I had those damn rain boots I want! It sounds gay, but when it rains here for five minutes you're trekking through 3 inches of dirty water for the whole day. I really want some rubber golashes just to get to and from class, because I prefer not to swim if I can avoid it.

Here's just some random pictures I've taken on/around campus (the ones of the squirrels are from Audubon park)