life and such

it is hard to type right now because my fingers are nearly frozen to the keypad.

my room is like the arctic (pre global warming of course).

there has been a minor crisis in my life. GASP.

so of course things have come up to interfere with a weekend at craigs house. as they always seem to... (this was "weekend at craigs house" attempt number two)

SO FENCING.

ive been in this fencing club for a couple weeks. And we were all practicing for this big ominous "tournament" coming up. which was at some arbitrary time and place.

and at our school, instead of having a set team... people in the individual weapons compete against each other to place in the top four to fence in this "tournament." In other words we compete against each other to see who gets to go to these tournaments.

SO LAST NIGHT was the qualifier rounds at our school to make it to this tournament. i still hadnt been informed of the time or day yet.

so then i heard that this big tournament we had all been practicing for was apparently this sunday. they same sunday me and craig were supposed to go to the national cathedral. OF COURSE. so i immediately said. im not going to this fencing tournament. the president of the club was like "ohkay" because basically he just does whatever i suggest.

But then one of the other guys was like "laur there is only one tournament per semester" and i was like "WHAT?! "

in high school of course there were multiple tournaments every month, and meets with other schools twice a week. so it was shocking to me that our fencing team only competes with other schools once a semester. UGHHHHHhhhh.

so THEN i said i would wait and see how our round robin results ended up.

as it stands im fairly sure i qualified....(i didnt lose to anyone) but we dont know if craig qualified yet (he did pretty well though i think.) Craig actually beat the president of the entire club, who is a senior, and rather uptight. We both beat him actually. that was a little ouch i think.

Pros of staying at college this weekend and going to the tourney:

-tourney only happens once a semester...craigs house can happen a different weekend maybe?

-get to go to the "fall festival" on the greens

-probably get more school work done than i would at craigs house

-have the option of re-taking my math test at sunday night study hours (everyone in the class does)

-get to get off of campus for fencing tourney

-get to meet other fencers in the area

Pros of going home to Craigs house this weekend:

-GET TO SEE THE FARM

- get to cook dinner

- get to meet Torque (the dog)

- get to see craigs mom and dad

- get to go to DC and tour the Smithsonian's

- get to visit the national cathedral

-get to watch UP

-get to get off of campus

- get to have a bonfire

i think it makes sense to go to the tourney because craigs house could happen next weekend?

but i feel like that would be rude to the wixons to just kind of bail like that. plus i was super excited to go to someone's house. because i haven't been home once since i got here. Cold turkey. i miss houses. and pet dogs. and bathtubs. and driving around in cars. and walls that aren't cinderblock.

but we'll see.

i think maybe ill go on a run.

before i turn into an ice cube.