I'm finally all settled down in Manhattan, KS. Every last box has been officially unpacked. Every new thing that we needed to buy for the apartment has been bought. True, there are a few little things we need to do here and there.. like get renter's insurance and small things like that... but, generally, we are done.
With that being said, I've been a little on a bored side. It's so ironic. When you are working or in school or both.. you want to pull your hair out from all the chaos it's causing to your once peaceful life. But when you're not working or not in school, or in my case, both... I'm bored out of my mind. It wouldn't really matter THAT much where I am.. even if I was back at home in California, I'd feel the same way. But I have to admit that I feel the boredom a little bit more here because I don't have friends or family to pester physically. It makes me miss California, even though I don't really have any real reason to miss it.
Last night Mike and I went to watch the UFC fight at a bar in Aggieville. Unfortunately the bar was completely filled with undergraduate boys, so we decided to have dinner at another bar and go back to watch UFC later. While we were eating dinner, we watched some of the Olympics. I was so excited when Park Tae Hwan won a GOLD MEDAL for the 400m freestyle for KOREA! It's the first medal that any Korean has won in the swimming category, so it was truly exciting! Right after the race was over, they went to a clip of his parents sitting in the stands, and they were just so happy. It's always really funny to see old Korean folks go crazy because typically they are always so subdued. After we had dinner, we went back to the bar. Fortunately they had a huge screen out in the back where we could just stand and watch the fights. I follow a little bit of UFC because of Michael. It's certainly entertaining. One day, when I actually have money, I want to take me and Mike to a UFC fight in Vegas. That's the goal in 10 years from now (I hope).
Orientation starts in 1 week.... at this point I can't wait to start. What I'm not looking forward to are tests EVERY Friday. Is that really necessary? =P
Oh, one more thing before I go. Contrary to what many people think about Manhattan, Kansas.. there is an actual MALL here! Granted it's not your typical two-storied gargantuan mall that you expect from Southern California... but it does carry a Gap (even the Baby Gap), American Eagle Outfitters, Victoria's Secret, Aeropostale, JC Penny, Bath & Body Works, Sears, Champs, Payless, etcetera etcetera. I was really surprised that they had some of these stores here! People were telling me that I should do all my shopping in California before I left for Kansas, that there would be no where to shop in Kansas, yadda yadda yadda... For me, this was the total opposite of what I thought I would find. Plus they have all these cute little stores in Aggieville, quite frankly, it's more than even shopping for this Californian girl. Although, I do admit that I'm not THAT big of a shopper compared to the average girl in California. But I definitely do like to shop. And I do miss H&M already. [sigh!]
