Things are looking up, I've gotta say. When I "graduated" I had a job lined up, I expected to finish my project and get my degree in short order, and I was really looking forward to living at home, because I've always liked home (and the fact that there's a hot girl living downstairs doesn't hurt anything, either). Then, of course, my project started getting worse, not better. And both jobs I wanted fell through. Plus, I decided not to take the research fellowship I was offered because I was burned out on working in that lab... So, I still don't have my diploma, and I still don't have a job, and things aren't going too well with the hot girl downstairs (Laura Ann, for anyone who knows her), and I'm not really enjoying home because the dynamic is totally different than I remember it -- thanks entirely to the fact that there are now seven of us in the house, not four. It's alright usually, but isn't it ironic how I can feel lonelier in a house of seven than I ever did in a house of four?

But, things are getting better. I'll be getting a phone call from a company soon, and assuming I pass the interview, I'll have a really well-paying job in about two weeks. I'm settling into the feel of the fuller house, though it'd be better if I had a girlfriend. I turn 22 in four days. And that project? You know, the one that's been bugging me since last September? Did I mention I finished it? I'm gonna get my degree! <does a little dance> Oh yeah, and I'm trying to get together a group to go to a Latin club sometime next week. Anyone who's interested is more than welcome to go. The numbers are even right now (two guys, two girls), but people in Latin clubs are always really friendly, so no matter who you are, as long as you don't huddle in the corner, you shouldn't have too much trouble finding someone to dance with, even if you don't have a date. And, if anyone's interested, I'm going to be having a birthday party on the 24th. I know it's the same date as Katy Z's, but the offer's out there if anyone's interested.

Yay me!