A new year! My last year before I can finally and truly call myself a paleontology major. I'm super excited.
I have an apartment now, so I don't have to share a dorm. But my new roommate is kind of... Well, he's really something. Let's leave it at that. He pays his part of the rent and does his own laundry, so I don't really have much to complain about. He does have a cat, though, who's absolutely adorable. He named her "Velo" after the velociraptors from Jurassic Park, which I think is really cute... (Even if the films aren't entirely accurate :p)
Mari and I have been keeping in well enough contact. She got accepted into Yale last-minute, which is amazing, but also leaves me a little jealous. I'd kill to get into an Ivy League like that! She insists it isn't a big deal, but I know she only says that so Olivia and I don't feel bad. (We both applied to Yale, too. It was a last-ditch effort to try to get into the same school as one another, but none of us really thought we'd get in...)
Honestly, I am happy for her, though! I'm really glad that at least one of us got in. Still sucks that it wasn't me, but hey, whatever.
Anyway, classes start in a week or so. I'm excited, I bought this cute dinosaur backpack and some stickers for my laptop and a new dino case for my phone (my last one got really worn out, I had to replace it over the summer) - maybe that makes me a little nerdy, but I don't care! They make me happy :)
🦖!