i have a feeling no one reads my posts.

things have been okay to good lately. my mom is doing well. i'm definitely beginning to see her mood change back to "normal". There isn't as much tension as there was the week of dan's death. i think she got some comfort after taking many of dan's personal and household belongings. i wouldn't say our house looks cluttered, but more 'filled up'. dan's taste was kind of "old ladyish" but it makes my mom happy to have his stuff apart of our home now, so i don't mind.

it's my last semester of high school. it's weird to think i won't be going back next year. unfortunately i won't be going to a university right after because of my procrastination on filling out applications. i did decide to go to community college for a semester then transfer my credits over to UIC or Columbia though. You're probably thinking, "Columbia?! I thought you wanted to become a psychologist or something along those lines?" I am currently taking a psychology class and it's not intriguing me like i thought it would. I'm opening up my options and am thinking about taking some classes on interior design. we had a visitor at my high school the other day from Robert Morris College talking about degrees in design. i've always had an interest in some sort of designing (specifically interior/space designing). Hopefully I can get myself into some school by second semester of next year (preferably not community college).

While I'm on the subject of school, I'd like to let you all know that i did a 360 degree turn academically and in attendance this year. I was a little skeptical in believing that i could keep up my grades after the first quarter of this year. I always do well in the beginning of school, then when winter starts a comin', i go downhill. I've kept my grades to an A average so far and I only have 3 more months left. My attendance has been good also. Aside from missing a few days because of stress from dan being sick and work this past month, i average 1-3 "sick days" a month. Compared to last year, on average, I would miss between 7-9 days a month. Sweeeet.