i started classes the 24th, they're going ok, i was sick from the 24th until...well, my nose is still stuffy. the sickness also got in the way of the concert - for those of you who don't know, i LOVE LOVE LOVE Nine Inch Nails, and Trent Reznor (the guy behind it all...well, he kind of *is* nine inch nails) is retiring. so i won tickets on the radio to see his sold-out last show in chicago, and brought my little brother. it was my brother's first concert, and i've gotten him really into nine inch nails, so it was an exciting bonding experience. except that i'd been sick, and just as the band came out on stage, i got really nauseas (and no, i hadn't been drinking at all) and spent 75% of the show off where i couldn't see the stage (we'd had floor tickets) trying not to puke while my brother rocked out by himself, instead of next to me singing along together and having our special night together. i cried.

but i guess i can't change it. i've been bitching about it more than i think is nice lately, so i'm trying really hard to get over it.....

i also finally found an apartment - a cute 1 bedroom, and i just finished unpacking yesterday. it's nice having a place to live cuz while going to school it's really hard to be living on a couch...between being sick and being homeless, my school year hasn't started off so strong, but it'll get better.

also, my friend mai, who i stayed with while looking for a place, and i have gotten very close over the past couple of weeks. i'm really glad i got to spend time with her even though it was b/c i didn't have a place to live, because she and i had the chance to spend a lot of time hanging out and talking and we connect on so many levels. :)

other than all that, i guess things are fine and everything will be okay. my car's speedometer and gas gauge stopped working, so i'm waiting for my dad to send me the part, which is annoying, but yeah, it could be worse i guess. at least the car runs.

also, i'll be way better about updating in a week, when i get internet at my apartment...as it is now, i have to drive to the school to post shit.......

i love you all :)

first off, i'm officially moving back to minneapolis at the crack of dawn tomorrow (thrusday). i still don't have an apartment, so my dad's coming with me to shop for one and get it before school starts on tuesday. i'm pretty darn stressed about that.

also, i got the new laptop i'm required to have for school, and got all my pictures and music off my old laptop - but for some reason my itunes won't transfer my ratings, play counts, or play lists from my old system, which is quite upsetting to me, seeing as i rated every single one of my 2,600+ songs and have over a dozen play lists....

well, i may just bring my old computer with me and figure it out later.

in other news, something really really awesome happened to me yesterday! i called into the local rock station, and they *actually* picked up the phone. i was answering a trivia game. and i got the answer right! and that meant that yesterday I WON TICKETS TO THE SOLD OUT NIN SHOW!!!!!!!!!!! *happy dance*

it was totally surreal - like one of those things you know must happen sometimes, but just never imagined happening to you...like winning the lotto. like, somebody must win once in a while or there wouldn't be a lotto anymore, but you just never dream it could be you.

i'm so damn excited for this concert, even if it does mean i have to drive back out to chicago right after my first week of class in minneapolis.

i've been struggling to find a u-haul place that isn't booked, so i think i may be stuck just bringing what will fit in my car this time around, and then get a trailer the weekend i come back out for the concert and move my furniture then....

anyway, that's what's up. hope you guys are doing well!!

i love you all!

*hugs*