my cousin, Ryan, called me yesterday morning and woke me up. well, sort of but not really. He called at 7, or shortly before because my clock is about 15 minutes fast, because he thought that were (hawaii) were ahead in time (he's in cali). I reminded him that hawaii is ahead of no one. He didn't really wake me up though because i woke up right before he called because i had to use the bathroom. lately i've been waking up at 7 to pee. not sure why. i usually go to sleep between 12 and 1 am, so it's not like i've had my full 8 hours of sleep. then again maybe i don't need 8 hours of sleep. but today i slept 10 hours, although not uninterrupted. on the weekends i usually get up around 930 because W has the alarm set to go to work, but he took today off since he had to work on his last day off. He's still sleeping, at almost noon, which is not unusual for him. I don't know what time he went to sleep, he usually does around 3 am or so. Also he's sick, so he needs his sleep. i hope he wakes up soon though because i want to take a shower. he's been stirring for the last hour or so.

anyway, Ryan was calling to tell me that his plans changed and he would be coming out later than spring break. he was going to be here the last half of the break but now they will not be leaving until the first week of april, arriving here in the second week or so. hopefully i'll be able to clear my huge homework cache before then so that the only obstacle i have is actual school. however if i finish all my work ahead of time then it won't matter if i'm a complete zombie during class.

the whore downstairs is moving out and no one wants to rent it out again, we're all tired of dealing with other people and my mom thinks they can struggle without the money. so, happy happy, me and W will get to move down there as soon as they're out. They've paid rent for march even though they have pretty much moved all their stuff out. They haven't been "living" here since the end of february. all they have left here is their crap and they have a lot of it. after they move out, i think the carpets need to be cleaned but after that we'll get to set up house down there. i'm really looking forward to it because there's two bedrooms and 1.5 baths so we'll get to have a living room and a bedroom. we'll have so much more storage space so i'm really excited. we're pretty crowded in here and in fact, much of W's stuff has still not been unpacked because there's really no place to put it. he's been slowly getting rid of stuff but he doesn't have much time off to go through it and i don't want to throw away any of his stuff without checking with him first. at least when we get downstairs i'll have plenty of room, i can just put all his things away for him to go through when he has time. another plus is not having to share the bathroom, which is not really an issue, but is always nice to have your own bathroom. all of this will allow us more privacy which is also a good thing. we have some here, considering how close everything is, but downstairs will just feel more private, a little more separate from my parents. they've been good about respecting our space, staying out of our room (for the most part), but i think W still feels a little uptight about it. after all there's only a bathroom between our rooms and you always have to have an ear open for people moving around and having to remember to lock the door before you start doing anything is kind of a pain.

i happy about having a living room. now i'll be able to set up my study desk and the computer in the same place (rather than one in the room, one in the office) which will make doing my homework a lot easier. also i'll have a place to hang out when people visit (like Ryan) without having to keep them in my bedroom which i think is kind of uncomfortable for everyone involved. when we were at W's apartment i always had to do a quick check to make sure there were not unmentionables laying around when his friends came over to play games or whatever, and there always was something around. at least with a living room i can relax a little about keeping the bedroom clean.

of course we'll still have to go upstairs a lot since there's no kitchen downstairs. we might get a little refrigerator at some point, to keep drinks in just for that convenience, but our food will still be upstairs because we'll have to cook up there. also the laundry and the printer is upstairs. that's okie though, i like my parents and i think living downstairs, i'll like them even more. oh yah and i have to come upstairs to help work on the house. that is in exchange for our rent which is not going to be raised with our move downstairs. i do feel bad about that, even though i am generally opposed to living our your children's rent. my parents only charge W $300 to stay here though which, after utilities doesn't come out to much. i don't pay anything since i am still in school full time. i don't have a problem with paying rent, in fact i think it makes you appreciate everything more, but i think it should be more symbolic rather than a realistic, to make money, rent. If i had a job, i would give my parents some money, but i don't work anymore. i'll probably get a job after summer school since i should have only 2 classes my last semester.

for summer school i'm going to take 2 classes each session which will equal one full semester by the end of the two sessions. i only have to take 6 more classes for graduation, so assuming i get the classes i want for summer, i'll only have to take 2 during the fall semester, at the end of which i'll finally be graduating. i will probably get at least a part time job then, since i tend to get bored with all my extra time. also i will definitely be out of money by the time i finish paying my tuitions for summer and fall and will be left with a few grand in credit card bills. not nearly as bad as CJ, but i hate owing money and paying interest, so most of my job earnings are going to go towards paying those off.

i'll also be thinking about what i'm going to do after i graduate, since i'll have so much time on my hands. W is trying to get into the police department which will have him stuck here in hawaii for a little over two years (the hiring process takes several months and then he needs to be employed 24 months before transferring to another state). I need almost 2 more years of work for the FBI plus i need to work on my physical training, but i have the problem of being unable to find the right kind of employment here in hawaii. however with the move downstairs, things are looking up for the living situation and i don't want to move away without W because i'm trying to avoid another Dave like situation. i'd prefer not to delay anything because as it is i'm going to be about 27 when i finally apply with the FBI. that's not like especially old or anything (you have until 37), but add to that my whole family timeline and i'm pressed for time here.

so much to think about!! i've been studying for my midterm (HIST321) which is tomorrow morning. hopefully the questions i like will be on the test, but it usually doesn't go that way. i got a B in McNally's class last semester and I think if I hadn't missed the first 3 weeks when I went to Japan, I could have gotten an A. This semester, therefore, I should be able to get As in his class since i'm present the whole time. it's midterm week here at UH so I'll be pretty busy. I have french orals starting friday, a french test on friday (although it's just a regular 2 chapter test, not a midterm), a midterm for asian civs on friday (which may be moved to monday), plus a book report for asian civs due on friday. while i am almost done reading that book, i kind of glazed over the last half of it since they started talking heavily about communism, so it will take some major review to get a report out of that one. the book started out good, kind of like the joy luck club, but then it started getting all mao this and the party that. boring!

twelve thirty, i better go work on some more homework. still have to work on my questions for the french oral, read that boring book some more, do my regular reading for Okinawa class, review for the HIST321 midterm some more and a whole long list of other things. it never ends. oh, reading for my tuesday class as well, that's always fun. i guess i can always do that on monday, i'm not sure if W has anything planned or not, but i was trying not to have to do anything tomorrow just in case he did have something in mind. i doubt it though, besides, he's sick.