Daniel showed up and stayed for over three hours. Ashley got the encouraging talk she has long been waiting for. Ashley is off limits once again... I'm happy for her though because this will help her get through her exams far better than the reverse would have. This will also keep her attached all summer I'm hoping and prevent her from starting to date anybody new while we're home. Hey, I'm being optimistic! It's the only healthy thing to do. I truly am happy for her because she is happy and it's the first time I have felt like this for someone I have feelings for. Now our friendship can continue to grow.
I stayed home tonight just in case she came out of all this upset and needed me to be here. I organized all of my class notes so I can study most effectively now before my exams. I wondered whether or not she would call me even if things did turn out right for her. As it passed eleven I gave up on that idea. There was a floor meeting at nine and I had thought about meeting Jon down there. I got absorbed in my organizing and time slipped away from me. When Jon came upstairs he told me that I missed out because Ashley was down there with all of his roommates. He later told me that she had seemed rather happy when she enthusiastically said hi to him.
At eleven thirty her call came and I was quite relieved to hear her voice. She burned me on why I didn't come to the floor meeting and accused me of not wanting to see her. On the contrary... I then told her what had happened in chemistry lab before she started her story about what had happened. He actually paid his friend to take off and have dinner. That was cool. She was happy at the outcome of the whole thing but it seemed like she was hesitating at first about telling me what was up to make just I didn't get hurt by it, just in case... She joked later that she's finally not bitching to me and apologized for bitching so much for so long. I told her that I don't see it as that. I see it as the two of us talking to each other, conversing, and she thanked me for that a couple of times. I did also tell her that I stayed home for her just in case.
Roswitha soon showed up from studying downstairs and called her mommy. Today is her birthday and she bragged that one of Ed's roommates had baked her a cake with M&Ms all over it. That was cool. I also had the chance to talk to Eva from the tubing trip again today. She was waiting with me for the elevator and I provoked a conversation out of her about finals and all that. That was cool.
Earlier today I walked into lab fully prepared to tackle the extra credit unknowns to try and get enough points to make an A without the final or at least to ease the amount I need to get on the final. Today was locker check out and I chatted with the coordinator of lab for a second which is cool. I then ran around and found all of the extra test tubes and vials form all of the previous lab sections because those are always the most valuable possessions at the end because everybody, including myself, breaks them through the semester. I ended up with extras which meant I didn't have to pay thus I was very happy.
Greg, our teacher, then walked in and called me by name and asked if I was ready to get out of there. I told him I still have to do an unknown to raise my points. He then surprised the fuck out of me by saying that he thinks I already have an A!!!!!!!!! He then showed me in the grade book how I have 914.5 and all you need is 900. There was an A already penciled in next to that number and he told me to get my ass out of there! To suddenly go from knowing you have to do an unknown, one of the most dreaded experiences of lab, to not, it causes an amazing elation. All I use to hear last year was how unknowns sucked and I saw how depressed they were after doing one. I actually found them challenging and fun. I also love the chemistry department now and bragged about how my chemistry teacher did me right.
After telling Chris that I love the chemistry department, and yesterday telling him how I'm not looking forward to this semester ending, he must think I'm nuts! I've just been having too much fun. I like laying out at the pool, I've been getting great mental satisfaction through all of my studying, and have been enjoying my freedom lately.
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