School started yesterday.

It was a great summer. I loved working with the city's homeless outreach center. I feel rested and ready to get back into school stuff.

I'm trying to contain my drive at the moment, since I fear it might alienate me from some of my classmates. Today I suggested to a couple of them that we make an announcement to the rest of the class about a project we're working on. So we got up in front of the class before lecture started and I totally hogged the spotlight -- did all the talking, made a little joke, soaked up the laughter and got back to my seat feeling very important. And wondering how I would feel if I were one of the two people I basically used as props for my grandstanding. It's something to work on (my ego). Or, rather, something to blog about and consider working on but then just accept as one of my little quirks and move on and assume, when I'm not reelected to student government, that people hate me for it.

My little sister is here with her boyfriend. They're very relaxed guests, which is nice. Totally self-sufficient. I haven't seen her since Christmas 2006, so it's great having her here. And for once I actually like her boyfriend! That's not totally fair; we both really liked her last boyfriend as a person, he was just a crap boyfriend for her. This guy seems like a good match. Plus, I can have an actual conversation with him.

Drew and I are sharing a desk in his office now. It's a huge desk, so I'm on one side and he's on the other. It's much nicer than being in the library. I guess I should get back to microbiology.