One day, one class

Walking through the crowded building I noticed Billy walking in the opposite direction. I knew we had class together but I also knew that he was headed in the wrong direction for that class so I ask him what he was doing and we pressed on to find room 116. On our way there we found our old classmate Nate and my friend Karen. But something was odd, our teacher, Susan, was not in the class room. Some older gentleman was. As we gathered in the class room he walked out leaving papers, books, and the projector on. The four of us sat around the table wondering who this person was and where Susan was. Not two seconds later our beloved teacher poked her head in noticing a few of her students and someone else's stuff sitting on the table she should have been lecturing at. After a quick hello and setting her own belongings down she rushed out the door to figure out who's stuff was sitting on the table. When got back another professor came in, noticed we were not his class, and left.

First day of school

Horror of horrors, terror of terrors, I woke up on time, well before noon. Other than the fact that I was a bit groggy it wasn't too bad. I got up, got dressed, brushed my teeth, and picked up some breakfast. I was out of my house by 9:30, about 15 minutes earlier than I used to leave for school when I had a 10 AM class last year.

The car drive felt good, really good. Another chapter in my life was about write it's self and I wasn't just going to go through it haphazardly. But as I got closer to school I noticed that everything wasn't perfect. The traffic on ring road was the worst traffic I'd encountered in a while, it took 20 minutes just to get to parking lot A. It then took me ten minutes to find a parking spot, it wasn't actually a parking spot though, just an area where people were parking because there was no place else.

I walked in about ten minutes into class and was greeted by my new developmental psych prof. He asked my name, handed me a note card to put my name, address, and phone number on, and went back to his lecture. I was actually shocked to see a cute young prof for once, he was also pretty funny. The lecture was the same kind of thing that every prof explains on the first day of class, don't cheat, this is what we're doing in class, don't skip class, etc. At the end he wanted to know more about us so I told everyone my nick name so everyone would refer to me as Rei and explained that I was a plumber. My prof joked that he had the plumbers crack and I made a quick retort, the funny thing was he had no come back, it seemed like he didn't know what to do if a student made another witty come back.

After my interesting psych class I decided to find a real parking spot which took another ten minutes but at least I was parked on East campus. The rest of the day was taken up by getting my email reset since I wasn't classified as a student anymore and decorating my office. I had brought my Shaun of the Dead poster with me and a couple of wall scrolls but it wasn't enough to cover the wall that I sat in front of all day.

The CAB meeting was MUCH shorter than previous meetings. Everyone was quite and polite. We didn't have Rohry there to think of a million things he wanted to say at the last minute that wasn't on the minutes. But that was the only reason it was nice not having Rohry around. We didn't know when Rob O' Reilly was going to come to the school and we didn't know when we needed to meet to set up. (His office was also very empty). After the meeting everyone came back to my office to wait for the SA meeting.

The SA meeting went well, Rachel did well during her first meeting and my hand didn't fall off from writing notes. After the SA meeting everyone once again came to hang out in my office. I began to hold a greater respect for Rohry because I found out how hard it is to get work done when CJ is shouting in is speaking voice to someone five feet away from him.

More break ups

Once I was finished at Umbers I decided to call Seth since Lee had invited me to his party and I didn’t have Lee’s phone number. Seth told me where the house was and I arrived unscathed. Now I remember at some point about a month ago Paul, another friend of mine and Lee’s, said he needed to introduce me to him since he and his girlfriend broke up and she was a bitch to him and blah blah blah, same girlfriend bullshit. Well, that very night I felt that I had a crush on him… for about five minutes while we sang Sugar We’re Going Down. After that I sat next to some girl who didn’t seem to be having any fun. I decided to play nice and introduce myself; she introduced herself and added in a rough voice that she was Lee’s girlfriend. Well, that killed whatever it was that I felt before that since I don’t go for anyone who is already committed to anyone.

At some point we all decided to walk to the bar near Lee’s house to sing Karaoke. The bar was kind of small and there were under aged girls singing when we got there. Once they finished their song they were rushed out though since it was 12 at that point. Everyone had a good time drinking, dancing, and singing for about an hour. The entire time Lee’s girlfriend stood in the middle of the walkway looking dejected. Seeing her like this I decided to be the nice person I am inside and ask her if everything was okay. She said that she was find and was just about to leave. None of this seemed like a good thing so what happened next was no surprise to me at all, she had been sending bad vibes all night, I knew those vibes all too well.

After a quick trip to the bathroom I saw Lee’s girlfriend being asked to leave the bar and Lee in tears. He was pretty drunk before she started to fight with him and the whole fight thing must have made him even more depressed than the alcohol made him. When she was escorted out he went after her, trying to make things work out but she wouldn’t have it, she just went home. For the next half an hour we sat in a booth listening to Lee repeat the same few things over and over. What had he done? Was he such a bad boyfriend? Did he ever do anything to her to warrant this? No, he had not. The entire situation reminded me of my most recent break up that happened about two years ago. Did I deserve what I got? Fuck no! I did everything for the guy and he decided to leave me for god knows why.

Everyone got back to Lee’s house safely after listening to him sob. Everyone decided to stay with him for a few more hours since his ex girlfriend (or whatever) was sleeping in his bed and we didn’t really want him to hurt himself or anything. It took about another half an hour but Seth, Paul, and I finally left Lee in the hands of some of his friends from Frostburg.

Nothing ever happens

I was a fairly normal day. Rei did all of her normal activities, woke up, lay in bed for an hour, brushed her teeth, got dressed, and brushed her hair. She also needed to register for her health class that day. Her mother had not registered for it for her, Rei guessed it was because the only class that was open was an 8 week one. But today was the day so she and her mother went to the school to conquer the school. Which sounds more interesting than go to the school to register for yet another class.

Goodbye for now

Another morning slipped by me as I awoke around noon. I looked around my familiar pale green room. TV, Cowboy Bebop movie poster, PS2 and Game Cube, everything was in it's place. Everything was normal but I didn't want to get up, I didn't want this day to come but it was there and I couldn't do anything about it. Rohry's farewell party was in a couple of hours, I guess I felt that if there was no party, that if he just kind of left that it would be as if he never left. Eventually I decided that being sad was kind of dumb so I climbed down to my bottom bunk to watch some anime until I had to leave. I only had enough time for one episode but The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was pretty funny. My drive to the school was kind of somber, not the usual blare music and sing to it kind of thing.

When I got to the school everyone was sitting quietly in the CAB room. It was almost like we were about to attend a funeral. I chatted with Kayla for a few minutes before we decided to get up and go to the other room. In the room we found fruit and a cake, the food seemed to excite Erik but not as much as a pizza would have. Chris had put together a photo montage from the two years Rohry worked at the school. The first hour was kind of boring, Shane had a large group of people around him and Kayla, Erik and I conversed about various topics. Well, most of it was Kayla complaining about how Shane was in the room, how happy she was that this was the last time she'd ever see him, etc. During the second hour and a half we played Apples to Apples which would be the highlight of any party. I don't remember all of the hilarious combinations of words but it was as wonderful as ever.

As all good things usually do, the party ended quite abruptly mainly because Chris and Rohry really needed to get back to work. Kayla and I both gave Rohry a hug and walked out together where Kayla once again noted that she was happy she'd never see Shane again, I just thought about how much I'd miss Rohry.

Unwinde

Time began to slow as I drove home. Thoughts of past relationships with people swirled around me. In one year I didn't know where I'd be but I continued onward home.

The skyline reflected the many street lights up north in the city as I pulled into the drive way. When I walked in the door my mother asked where I was and how I was doing. I answered and went to my room to put on some PJ's. In the security of my room I booted my computer up. I texted Toni the address of Ren Fair, asked if I could meet up with Heidi on Tuesday, and sat around on gaiaonline. What a perfect night that was...

Normal Insecurities

I woke up, which is a pretty normal occurrence seeing that I wake up every morning or afternoon if I've had a late night. The problem was that I didn't hear anything. No television, no cat, no parents walking around doing whatever they do when they're not watching TV. After a few minutes of trying to get a few more minutes of sleep before work I heard my dad come in the front door. I had this strange feeling that my car wasn't at home. It irritated me because my parents KNEW that I worked in the morning. So I did all I could do, I threw on some clothes, brushed my teeth, washed my face, and brushed my hair. When I walked outside I noticed something that surprised me, my car was in the drive way.