Yay for Moving!

Finally I have gotten out of a horrid living situation, into a wonderfully pleasant one.

My old roommate lost what was left of her marbles last week, made herself look mentally instable to the right people, and I got to move out of there ASAP.  Her mental instability all centered around a small fan.  To make what could be a long story of she-said-I-said short, I turned off her fan any time she left the room for hours at a time, as I didn't want it on and there was no point in wasting the electricity.  She went bonkers over me touching her stuff.  And then went into a rant about how horrible I've been (and here I was actually trying to be nice and not telling her all the horrible things I wanted to).  She screamed at me, cried hysterically, and demanded an "intervention meeting".  I was like, oh yeah, bring it.  The right people were brought in, she looked totally insane and childish, and they were like "lets get you moved out Now".  Hooray for me.  I didn't lose my temper once, and was acting like a super big adult ;)

It took a week full of glares meant to be threatening and a peaceful silence, both on her behalf, before they finally got me a new room.  Several new rooms in fact.  I got to meet all the girls and take my pick.  My choice: Valerie.  She's an English major, gaming bookworm just like myself, who also happens to have a twin sister that lives next door.  Match made in heaven!  Its only been a few days, but things are looking wonderful so far (as opposed to the instant hatred I had for the old roomie).

And that has been my drama for the week.  Nothing too exciting going on.....Except for the SNOW!  It has finally made its presence known in Fairbanks.  For a few days its been coming in fitful bursts that quickly disappear, but last night laid on a thick enough layer so its sticking around.  This morning upon leaving the dorm I was overcome by an intense desire to ruin the perfection of that fresh blanket of snow.  I contained the mad dash and squealing I wanted to do with a dignified tromp through it (I can't look like too much of an idiot).  But I was sure to leave as big of an impression in it as I could.  And I squealed on the inside :)

This next week will have more snow (surprise) and some activities outside for a few of my classes.  I've got a GPS lab for ecology where we get to tromp around campus on a hunt type survey thing tomorrow.  That evening I also get training for duck handling!  This weekend I will be helping with a duck banding survey on the Chena River, and I will become a certified duck handler.  I should be able to age, sex, and generally guess on the overall health of the duck by the end of the session.  Fun fun!

That's it for now, I love you all, enjoy the rest of your week.  Until next time!