Meaning, it started out not-so-great and got better later, after which it continued to be good all throughout the rest of the day!
(And even the not-so-great parts weren't that bad. Just having to wake up at 8 AM really sucks, and I kinda wanted to go to the first Forum thing of the year... but crowdiness and not knowing for sure where I'd be able to sit were a problem as always, and plus I would've had to go in, get a seat, leave to get my drink from the art room where I left it, and then come back and be late for the thing. So of course, I just left instead. That was pretty much it.)
Anyway... after that whole thing was over, there was lunch (where I ate... rice, and then later ice cream), and I got to really talk to Ruth for the first time this semester! I'd say that was definitely worth paying for a second dining hall meal to go back in after I had left before (...and I got ice cream too, so it's not like I paid to get in and then didn't even eat anything. XD) Yeah... I really missed actually having friends around to talk to, goof off with, etc. over the summer... but now I've managed to see at least most of my friends from previous semesters who are still here at this point. And the first week of school isn't even over yet; it's nice to not have to go around for weeks wondering where someone is before finally bumping into them.
After that (and my last class) I took a walk down to the post office and shipped one of the three NES games that I've sold on eBay recently. The buyer for the other two paid later today, and requested some pretty specific packaging (both of the games in a box, with padding so they don't knock around and get damaged), so it'll take a little longer to ship them than previous ones... I'll need to actually find a decent box, plus some padding material of some sort to put in it. Plus I'm not sure if the post office is even open over the weekend, so I probably won't be able to ship it until next week. And I should probably wait for the "E-Check" (not sure what that is... it's the first time I've gotten a message about waiting for an "E-Check" when someone bought some of my stuff... possibly using a slightly different payment method because it was so much more money than most?) to clear so I know for sure that I'm going to get the money without any problems, which should happen sometime around Sept. 11th (so mid-next week, which leaves Thursday or Friday open to actually ship the things.)
On the way back from that trip, started getting hungry and decided to stop by this little restaurant that opened up in the spot where Franks for the Memories used to be. Had the best chicken nuggets I've ever had (actual chicken breast meat! not nasty ground-up nonsense! oh, and the breading stuff on the outside was good too), then headed back home for a bit before going up to the Institute social thing. Bumped into a few people I knew last year there (most of them very briefly, though I did have short conversations with a few), but spent most of my time hanging around with someone I just met this week. Apparently she has the strange and amazing talent of reciting the scripts from most episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender (complete with the right tone of voice, emotions, facial expressions, etc.) After a while we ended up going up to the Lofts to play ping-pong, with a couple of other people I just met this week following at first but then randomly staying behind after a while. I'm pretty sure I was up there playing ping-pong, talking, and just generally goofing off for around two hours with several new people who weren't at SVU until this semester. And now, after bumping into them two or three times, I can actually remember their names! XD
Also, I really like the fridge at my apartment. Yeah, that's really random to mention, but oh well. It keeps my milk really cold, but doesn't partially freeze it into "90% of a gallon of milk, 10% giant ice shards" like the ones at the Library Mods and Carriage occasionally did (mostly when the other guys in the house pushed my milk all the way to the back of the fridge to make room for theirs.) It does look a little empty with nothing but milk, tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese, soy sauce, and a random (so far unopened) jar of pickles in it, though. XD
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