Jim is officially 19! He thinks it’s cute that he’s older than me. He says that he can take care of me better now that he’s older. Hah. OKAY. Even though we celebrated more officially over the weekend, we went to dinner together last night for a birthday date and saw a movie. It was such a great time and we both really just needed the break. He’s planning on going home this weekend to see his family and celebrate with them too so I might go home also. It’s not like it’s far, but it’s a nice break from being here each day!

As much as I love having a roommate, having my own room for a few days will be nice. Even living so close to home, I feel like I miss it so much more. Maybe it’s the appreciation for everything my parents do for me or just knowing that I have a place to go if I need to. I just really miss it. Surprisingly, I can’t wait to see Penny. She’s significantly less annoying when I don’t have to drive her everywhere or listen to her complain about everything! 

Nothing too exciting has really happened in my life. I’m doing really well in all of my classes, Jim and I are doing well. Jen is still equally awesome!

I got an on campus job recently as a tour guide. I’m still in training to learn how to walk backwards and point on campus landmarks. It seems easier to walk backward while holding a megaphone, but alas, they want us to use (lose) our voices. It doesn’t pay much, but it does allow me to feel like I can take Jim out every now and again. I swear, that boy...spends too much money on me and when I tell him not to, he just kisses me on the forehead and says, “you’re worth it”. Who does that? LET ME BUY YOUR ICE CREAM, DANGIT. Okay, totally not a real problem, but still...I want to treat him to something.

Hold on, he just walked in my room…

...Okay he’s gone now. He reread part of this entry and said that I do treat him well by “being me”. Ugh, *insert eyeroll*.

He has a way of being really cute.

We have a dorm hall dance coming up soon. It seems pretty similar to the high school fall dance we had. I want to ask Jim. I probably will be the weekend if he hasn’t asked me. I don’t want it to feel like it did a few years ago when I tried to call him and he was out then I ended up going with Roy. I want us to be on the same page, always. I’ve heard they give out some cool door prizes too so that would at least give us something to look forward to aside from the dancing. I don’t think he’s really into dancing. Maybe swaying. Maybe just head bobbing. Or maybe he’s a head banger? We really haven’t dug that far into our relationship past the initial googly eyed phase. Not a bad thing though, I’d gladly stare at him all day, every day.

Anyway, nothing else to report. I'm sure there will be something more exciting when I come back from the weekend or after the dance. We'll see when I pick this thing up again. Final exams are not that far off!