Indiana Jones-ing

Whoa damn there is a lot to catch up on. I'm very tired so I highly doubt I'll get it all done tonight so here goes.

1. As of 2 hours ago I am finished with summer semester. My first summer semester of my life. Luckily it was only one class that wasn't too demanding so I could ignore it for a couple days (or 3 weeks, oops) and have no problem. I took Ohio History and I learned a ton. I've never really paid attention to history (ever) but for this I actually read the 364 pages of the textbook (another thing, I don't read textbooks, I barely skim). The beginning was pretty boring but it progressively became more interesting from Pre-Civil War on. While the class ended right after WWI I'm tempted to read on a little bit.

2. Evan is going back to school in the fall. He's taking English courses since he has now decided he wants to be an author. Coming from someone who would rather play video games than read I'm very shocked but he does have a lot of interesting ideas in mind and he does like to write.

3. The NY trip was a success. I'll go into details later before I forget everything but I had a really great time, met a crapload of family members (I learned where the shortness and my ass came from) and had bonding time with my immediate family. I saw really old pictures of my dad, my great grandparents and my grandma who was gorgeous! I think my dad wants to go back again sometime in the fall so I can see all the color changes which would be amazing up there.

4. The U2 concert was AMAZING. I still can't believe I saw my favorite band in the world that I've been listening to since practically the womb. My mom was practically spazzing the whole time since not only was she seeing U2 but she was in Heinz Field and she's a major Steelers fan. Really, do not watch a Steelers game with her and especially don't watch the Superbowl with her if the Steelers are in it...I'm warning you. I rode in a cab for the first time since I was about 9 in Cleveland. I experienced the majesty of the Pittsburgh ghetto and saw my first streetwalker at 1am from the safety of the cab. Luckily it was a Tuesday or else she probably would have been wearing less. We were only going through there because there was a quick way to the expressway that people wouldn't know about so we could beat all the traffic. 64,000 people make a lot of traffic.

5. Apparently I'm off to Amish Country tomorrow and Columbus next weekend. There's always something going on this summer.