She lives!

I've wandered my way back here after a few months. I apologize for the absence (a few of you complained :D). Toward the end of the Renaissance Festival and during the onslaught of finals and (gah) Christmas I wasn't able to visit my message board often, if at all. Alicia came home for the winter break, so that trashed any remaining motivation to inform the masses. I apologize. Maybe it will pick up here again in a bit when I hit o-chem once more and dip into the world of procrastination.

Or I might find some kind of motivation and quite this ridiculousness altogether to focus on my studies.

Right.

So I finally made it out of Texas for a bit. This trip couldn't have come at a better time. It allowed me to step back and reevaluate some situations, make a few decisions. I also got to dress classy and dip into the upper ranks of society. :) I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. However, I admit to missing Michael and Alicia and my family.

I'm visiting Kansas City, Kansas with my grandmother and her new husband - an enjoyable ex-surgeon with a wealth of generosity and humor. I've happened once again upon this metropolitan in the U.S. Midwest (though under different circumstances), and I enjoy it just as much as I did the first time two years ago. Everything is beautiful and organized. It doesn't claim the dirtiness and cramped style of a city like Houston, nor is it dependent on college students for survival like Bryan/College Station. It's referred to as the City of Fountains. Does that give you an idea of why I love it? There's a wealth of beauty. I really could see myself living here. This trip makes me pine for the big city environment I used to live in. Le sigh.

But I've been here since Tuesday and it's time to return home and get ready for the new semester. I'll be travelling all day Sunday in order to be home for my birthday on Monday. Hopefully I'll see some of you then! Have a great week. My sarcasm will return upon stepping foot in Texas again, I'm sure.