The Purplish Shades of Schkundrat

Updates! Bretterson calls for updates, and Bretterson gets them! There will be so much to read! In this post, there will beeeeeeee ... cats! dorms! books! pandas! engineering! intrigue! murder! Okay, maybe not the last two. But.... maaaaaaybe!


So. I'll set the scene in my Lafayette apartment. I was happily situated for the summer, I was the proud owner of two extremely fluffy cats, my sister was living with me in order to take a French class, life was good. The thing was, my roommate was still around and things were up and down between us. A lot of it had to do with the fact that there were mixed feelings about the move to come at the end of July to a house owned by my roommate's parents that to me didn't feel like home (mostly because I wouldn't be able to bring my fluffy dependents along with me). 


The move came, we were in the middle of packing, and then suddenly it was discovered that I was expected to sign a lease that required me to remain for an entire year even though I'm graduating at the end of the fall semester (No more engineering! Ever! Until I get a job!) This had never been brought up before, and I hadn't expected  a lease to be involved since the home belonged to my roommate's parents, nor did I intend to sign away another 7 months of my life when the search for a job could lead me practically anywhere. 


In the end, I was forced to move back home to my parents' and hope and pray that housing could be found before classes started. The waiting list for on-campus housing was closed because so many people had applied, and everyone had already found housing for the coming semester. Who would take in someone planning to stay for only one semester only three weeks before the beginning of that semester?


Then, a call! The housing office had an open space in Hillenbrand Hall! I grabbed at it like a lifeline. After all, Hillenbrand Hall was for upper classmen, I wouldn't have to make my own meals, I would be close to my classes, and I wouldn't have to worry about falling through more loopholes like the ones I had already encountered.


So, there's my fun housing story. Now I am tucked away in a nice little double with Panda, Panda Jr., Beaker, and a new roommate from India who seems very sweet. (It's a little bit awkward because she found out I was a Christian on Facebook and now she does stuff like hushing her friends when they swear and asking if I'm okay with being alone in our room with her boyfriend and whatnot, but I find it rather amusing.) My two fluffy companions are living at my parents' house. They have yet to befriend my dad's new cat, Sweet Baby Otis, but they love the screened-in porch and the dogs usually don't bother them. Sweet Baby Otis is abnormally social towards other cats and will attempt to pounce on my cats when they don't expect it, which results in lots of hissing and running.


It's my last semester of engineering! Ever! My classes aren't too overwhelming yet, and I'm pretty excited about my senior design project, especially since I'm working with a team instead of individual work.


Ummmmm, what else? Oh, I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It was fantastic. It's a fictional story written from the point of view of a young man who is autistic and amazing with numbers. I found it to be very eye-opening and enjoyed the plot quite a bit as well. Definitely would recommend it to anyone who's interested.


Yep. Soooooo, I guess that's all for now. Hope that was all worth reading!