Saturday, April 22, 2006
Friday I received notice that I am the recipient of a German scholarship I applied for. It will come to five hundred dollars, to be applied to my spring 2007 tuition. Originally, the award amount came to a total one thousand, with the other five hundred going toward fall tuition, but the department decided to split the money amongst two candidates this year. That makes me feel a little better about accepting it, really, since I know I am not the only person who works and studies vigorously. Tomorrow or Monday I shall compose a thank-you letter.
I thought I might drop by the Rec Center to go rock climbing with Tim and Mathew again, but I need to create that Power Point presentation and look up German words for the story I am reading. Perhaps after work tomorrow they will be there again.
I received a birthday card from "Michael, Kailey, Eddie Bob, and Dad". The card was plain and rather boring, probably picked out by Terri. I shook it and the envelope, but no money flew out. Even before I thought of that, though, the first idea occurring to me was that I ought to write a thank-you letter, telling him never to bother sending me a birthday card again, though my siblings are certainly welcome to. He dropped me because I don't want Terri to do my laundry and I take twenty-minute showers. I want nothing to do with him, so he should save his stamps and save Terri the bother of having to pick out a card for someone who won't have anything to do with her, either. I am almost positive it was Terri who did the shopping for my Christmas presents the season before last, just by the fact that the list wasn't followed to the letter. When my father couldn't find something on our lists, he just didn't get it, or he might ask about where to find it. I'm not Terri's kid, and she shouldn't have to guess what I might want.
Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean... ich muß jetzt Deutsch studieren. Ich habe dies[e][em][er][en] empfinden. Es macht Spaß, ja...
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 1:06 PM]