Not 5 Anymore

I just had a pretty cool day.

I found out that my best friend from pre-school (somehow we've, in some sense, kept up with each other over the years) is going to get married in summer 2008...like, this summer. I'm really happy for her; it also made me tear up a bit - it was just strange to think that 16 or 17 years ago we were running around in the classroom and the idea of getting married was something so far in the future as to be almost entirely unreal. I know other people that've gotten engaged and are getting married this summer, of course...this one really made me pause, though, because it gave me that really creepy "big picture/we all grow up so fast" feeling.

I had a really good conversation with my Dad earlier, and I'm looking forward to going home for Thanksgiving. This has definitely been my favorite semester at CMU (so far), but hearing about things at home made me really wish I could be there.

Then I talked to a friend of mine from high school (whom I haven't seen since then) and I'm actually going to see her next weekend since she'll be in a swim meet against Pitt. I'm really excited about that.

Also, I finished writing my history paper in what has to be some kind of record time for me...it took me about 7 hours total to get out a 7 page paper. Granted I took quite awhile to read the actual book before writing the analysis, but I was proud. I feel like I'm actually getting better at writing and thinking about the material - given that it's been a long time since I've actually gotten anything skill-related out of a history class, it was a great feeling.

Actually, my whole weekend has been pretty awesome. Life is good.