A weekend alone

Patrick drove to St. Louis this weekend for Academy, a conference for FIJI. He left Thursday morning and I have been enjoying a weekend alone since. The majority of it was spent cleaning my apartment and watching movies. I went to see Phantom of the Opera again and enjoyed it this time as much as the first. Amazingly, seeing it on the stage didn't have as great an impact on me as the movie has. Perhaps it is because you can really see the emotion and feeling on the actor's faces more so in the movie. Or perhaps it is because with a movie there is a great deal more that can be done with the sets, etc. Either way, I almost went to see it again today, but restrained myself. Barely.
I got to speak with Gemma this weekend as well. She had left me a couple of messages over the break but because I never check my home voice mail, I didn't get them until yesterday. So I called her back and we were able to catch up. I also got to speak with Will and Pete, which was nice but a little strange. I haven't spoken with either of them since my last visit to NC, almost 2 years ago. It was kind of a struggle thinking of things to talk about. But they seem to be doing well. Will is in his last semester of law school and can't wait to get a job. Pete is still seeing "the once and future Jew" (as Gemma puts it) and they have a bet that if Pete takes off 25 pounds by spring break, she will pay for the vacation. If he doesn't then he has to pay. Interesting bet.
It still somewhat amazes me that all three of them are in law school. They will be perfect at it, no doubt.
Classes start tomorrow. I'm a little aggervated because I was waitlisted for my microbiology class and then got kicked off the waitlist. I go to re-register for the class and it comes up that I have to have instructor permission. This place is so frustrating. I emailed the instructor and advisor to see if they can take care of it before my class on Tuesday. Hopefully it will be cleared up by tomorrow.