my split home: houston vs austin

got back at 1pm from houston today. the trans-siberian orchestra concert was amazing, as usual. (seriously: strings orchestra + an amazing lead violinist, 2 piantists, 3 electric guitars, 18 vocalists, and awesome drums; add 83 people to work the lights/lasers/pyrotechnics, and you have some amazing stuff going on here.) and i had a great time staying at lauren's house, too. i like her mom. and they have cats!!!! *grin* also, going to her methodist church was pretty interesting; it's almost-not-quite different than my lutheran service back here in austin. but, yeah, houston was much fun. *smile* and i got my other christmas gift from jim as well. *snerk* a cell phone case, so i won't keep leaving my phone everywhere. i met a friend of jim's named brittany, and hung out at his house for a while. he finally got a wii!!! *laughs* jim, his mom, brittany, and jenny all sat at gamestop for... (mental math, mental math....) ten, maybe eleven hours? whatever, a long time. but he finally got a wii. *snickers* i had fun. and his mom fed me yummy stuff, which is always a plus. ^/___^

and, thus, i return to austin. it was raining in houston when i left this morning (lots and lots of hydroplaning... *shivers*) but it's just your average texas winter back home: hot. *eyeroll* so i get home, haven't eaten yet, and leave again after maybe twenty minutes to go to my doctor's office. i end up using the money i actually (*gasp*) earned, for my very own self by babysitting, for the co-pay that mom neglected to tell me about. *fume* so i go in and they do a basic check-up: i have strep throat a viral throat infection, and yes, you will be getting a shot today as well. ho-kay: the hpv gardasil shot hurts like no other!!!! at least i didn't have to get it in my butt, tho. that woulda sucked.

so now i'm home; sore throat, sore arm, sleepy from driving, and hungry. and i still haven't unpacked half my stuff from the dorm room, since my room got overtaken by my parents the ghoul in the attic, and is filled with crap that isn't mine. i had to clear stuff out just to be able to get to my bed. ah, well.... home is home, ne?

oh. oh!!!! yeah, and y'know what else? (i already said this, but it's worth saying again) i got an a- in human sit!!!!!!! woot!!! *amazed* kay, that's all.