12 weeks

Twelve weeks until we are free to go back to New Mexico. While, granted, I have learned a lot here I find that I'm ready to get away from the sense entitlement that plagues this campus. I just want to finish school and get into my career, I'm tired of babysitting these people.
I'm excited for May to get here also because I'm going to get scuba certified the weekend we leave to go back. Instead of going through Chicago we are going to go down to Lexington so that Ed (the same person that taught Patrick) can teach me. Afterwards, we'll just head for home. While it is exciting, it's a little scary because it is not exactly the safest thing in the world to do, but I think it will be worthwhile. It will be worth it if Patrick and I are able to scuba dive together the next time we are in Hawaii.
For the Super Bowl, I think Patrick and I are going to watch it at the FIJI house. Although I would be just as happy watching at my apartment, I think it would be fun with a big group of guys. That is, if they even want women around for it. It depends on if they are having a "brother hood" event for it or if it is open to girlfriends.
Class is moving along. We had our first tests this week and, while I don't have my grade yet, I think I did fine. I'm very proud of Patrick who got an A on his first pharmacology exam! Not the easiest subject matter and he did great.
Right now, in Microbiology, we are talking about genetics which is all review for me. After cell biology, I don't think it can be any more complex. Nutrition is, for lack of a better word, a cake walk. We are talking about really interesting things such as trans and cyst fats and exercise. Things that are pretty practical. Unfortunately, Patrick has a stringent academic teaching his class, so his isn't as interesting as mine is.
Family life seems to be moving right along. Apparently I owe some woman, who owned a video rental place in Moriarty, $100. The ironic thing is that I haven't rented from this woman in over seven years, not since we first moved to Moriarty from North Carolina! She called my mom and told her that she, Joanie, Mike, and I all own large amounts of money to her for late or never returned movies. She said she would call my mom back with a listing of the movies but still hasn't. She also didn't leave a number for my mom to contact her. She says that she will take us to court (over $100!!!) - which I find interesting because she hasn't sent us to collections. Personally, I'm not too worried. Because I can prove that I lived out of the city for the last seven years and for the majority of that time I didn't have a car that would allow me to travel to Moriarty to rent these movies and then never return them. I will, however, be livid if I find out that one of my siblings rented them under my name and then didn't return them. I still shouldn't be liable for the cost of them not being returned, but you never know.
We get to leave for DC in just three weeks! Gemma thinks that she will be able to come late on the 3rd and stay for that Friday and Saturday when we will leave. I'm really looking forward to getting out of here for a week.