its 3 AM, i must be lonely..

well im not really lonely...but speaking of 3AM...thats a normal time to be sleeping, right? well, not for me. i had the pleasure of working at heb from 3-1130AM yesterday and i hope that i never have to relive that experience again. first of all..trying to sleep ahead was about impossible. i luckily got real tired around 10pm so i tried to sleep then but of course couldnt. then alison and josh came over with their new PUPPY! so of course any chance of sleeping is thrown out then. so we play with Cali, the new pitbull puppy and then everyone leaves around 1am. so i try to sleep and am actually able to...for a good hour and a half before i start my wonderful shift. people kept asking what i was going to do and i had no idea bc ive never really had the overnite shift. well, lemme tell you, it was a blast. first of all i could barely keep my eyes open and had to do monotonous jobs like clean or returns and such. the 'highlight' was around 4AM when i was asked to go outside and push in baskets. i kinda thought i was going to die...4am...criminals are the only people awake at that time...and maybe drunk college students. but yeah, me..alone in the dark parking lot. we do have a police officer on hand overnite but was he outside? of course not. he was inside doing who knows what..but not protecting me thats for sure. but in the end, i did survive obviously. but anyways, it was pretty terrible. no one shops bw 3-6am so i felt my purpose at heb...well, i didnt really have one.

onto bigger and better things. everyone is coming back into town. i guess bc they have to go to class on monday. it hadnt really hit me yet that i wasnt going to be in that whole going-to-class process and probably wont for a couple of weeks. but i still feel like school isnt going to start for a while but i guess thats what happens when youre in classes anymore. but anyways, friends are coming back into town and its already getting back into the swing of hanging out nonstop with everyone and its great. during the summer i was kinda ready to move back to austin and start a working life there and it didnt even seem like such a bad thing, but with all my friends back and being able to hang out with them all the time...suddenly im not ready to leave and probably wont want to in dec. people keep telling me im staying till may and that im not going to leave and i keep telling them that yes, i really am getting out of here. i think by dec. i'll be real sick of everyone asking me what im still doing here if i already graduated. needless to say though, its going to be tough. honestly, the college scene is a whole lot more fun than the 'real world.' having all of your friends in a central location...being able to take random road trips whenever...freedom to do pretty much whatever you want...i dont want to grow up! college is fun...enjoy it while you can...even if that means stretching the experience into a 5, 6 year plan...