class!

well, today classes started up again. i think it's going to be a really good semester. it's definitely jam packed, but it will be fun. i'm really excited about my religion and my german courses. finally, something new and outside of the music department! yay!

more later...

auf wiedersehen!

freakishly hot

after playing softball at 1:00 in the afternoon with the heat index spiking at a balmy 112 degrees i can tell you without restraint that it is freakishly hot outside. the bad thing is that you don't realize how bad it is until much later. i was fine after the game after have guzzled down about a gallon or more of water and gatorade, but then the headache came. a heat headache. it felt like a migrane and pulsed right behind my eyes. much better now, but WOW. i hate that pain...everytime i get a headache i fear that it will go on and on like the one i had a couple years ago when it hurt to breathe.

i'm blabbing about all this to say, in short, BE CAREFUL. don't be stupid. drink water, drink gatorade, drink any fluid that is going to hydrate you (i.e. NOT alcohol or caffeine). people can get seriously ill in temperatures like this that are hitting all over the US. so look out for your loved ones and make sure that everyone is getting water. there is a fine line between hydration and dehydration and it's not one you want to cross.

mommy lecture over.

amanda :)

"it's gonna be a hot one"--sunrise, satellite beach, fl

moved in!

wow! i'm finally, mostly, sorta kinda moved in to my new place of residence! :) my room is starting to look really good and it's really the first time that i haven't felt cluttered in a long time. i really am going to try to get organized this year. i got a new planner today and some highlighters so that i can be super anal-retentive when it comes to my schedule...heehee.

i think after a day of shopping for apartment stuff out in the heat a night of movies and some alone time is definitely called for. it's hotter than hell outside--gonna be worse tomorrow--and i'm going to be playing softball tomorrow at 1:00 in the afternoon. yikes!!! it's gonna be a scorcher.

well, off to enjoy my new place. more later...

amanda

st. john the baptist cathedral, savannah, ga

back to reality

i'm leaving the beach bum life in the morning and going back to the real world. sand, sun and waves has been wonderful this past week, but i'm going back to the life i love at home. i guess you could say i have three homes, all of which i feel pretty much at peace with myself and who i am and who i want to be.

here's to starting a new blog!

sunrise on Hilton Head Island