NCLS starts tomorrow - yay? I'm kinda blah about it, to be honest. Plus, I know I won't have much of a chance to work out which saddens me. I'll just have to get up early and do some yoga or something for an hourish.

Probably going to be debating on Friday and Saturday instead of NCLS/training session which is both a blessing and a curse. Blessing b/c we need to practice; curse b/c I need to work out and the t-sesh would've been awesome for that.

Josh was pretty upset about stuff today which was interesting to see because I normally see him in a very happy, somewhat stressful mood but rarely upset. It was interesting but beneficial to see and I'm glad he's feeling better now. He seemed really tired though - I think he needs more sleep to be honest... Hopefully he gets better/destresses soon :)

Ironing my uniform, reading and bed for me :)

So at lunch, Josh and I generally talk before lunch, eat lunch separately and walk out together. It's amusing though because I don't really acknowledge that I see him coming to leave with me until he's almost at my table and then I just stand up and fall into step with him on the way out. I had thought that I was good at making it not obvious that I knew where he was but apparently not...lol.

According to Josh, he knows that I can see him slash am watching him. Supposedly, when he stands up to walk out, my head turns towards him and follows him even though my eyes remain focussed on whatever I'm doing at lunch. So, he knows I can see him because my head is turned in his direction. I didn't even know I did that, to be honest. I guess it's true though because yesterday, at lunch, Mike asked me why I was stalking someone four tables away. I claimed I wasn't but he said he could tell I was focusing on something in the distance - not at our table. Ah well...I'm weird, I guess.

Kicked butt on my MSS GR which I didn't study for (137/150 - 91.3% or something like that) and am working on an English paper I received an extension on. It's due tomorrow but I'll figure it out. I'm going to go down to the gym and work out tonight for a while which will be fun, I'm sure. Anyway, I have a Chemistry quiz during 5th period today which makes me super excited...not. I leave tomorrow for a debate trip too. It's going to be a super fun weekend - i.e. very busy and stressful. I'm supposed to present at a conference but I don't know what I'm presenting or the topic of what I'm presenting. So yeah...no information, loveliness.

The USAFA Classic went really well, too. Jeff and I were quarter-finalists and we had a good time debating. I came in 5th place in Extemporaneous speaking too. Fun times.

I think I'm at USAFA for the next two weekends as well - yay! :)

So excited! Jeff and I broke at the USAFA Classic :)

Also, we ran our K against Tony - who is the judge I fear ever running a K against. He told me that he really liked my speech but I'm normally a lot more organized than I was. However, later, he ran into Danny and was like, "Hey, that girl on your team -"

"Karen?"

"Yeah, she's a badass. Super critical and fast..." And then he walked away.

OH MY GOSH! I'm so happy. That pretty much made my day. :) Plus, Danny told me that he wants to make sure that pretty much no matter what, I stay on the team. I guess he knows I've been considering quitting. I definitely will need to cut back next semester to maybe every other day but I'm looking forward to being able to do more of my own stuff.

Such a great tournament so far.

Also, Josh came to watch and met everyone. He saw me give an extemporaneous speech and watched Jeff and I pick up our fourth win of the night. It was great to see him because I hadn't seen him in a while...meaning since last night. ;)

Last night, he took me ice skating :) It was really fun and I got a chance to hang out with him for the night. I enjoyed myself and I loved it. I mean, who goes ice skating these days? But it was totally legit... :) Happiness

I really enjoy teasing Josh. We're going out tonight and he won't tell me where. So last night, he's like "are you excited for tomorrow?" and I responded, totally deadpan, "What's tomorrow?" His face literally dropped. It was hilarious - I couldn't help laughing. At which point he realized I was joking and proceeded to tickle me until I kicked him off the bed.

As I was leaving his squadron, I ran into a friend of mine in his squad. I asked her what she thought of him and she said she thought he was really nice, blah, blah, what did I think of him?

"He's my boyfriend so..."

"Oh my gosh - it's you?!" was the answer.

"um..."

"Oh my gosh...he wouldn't tell me who it was and was like, 'so I have these flowers and don't know how to give them to her'...but he wouldn't say who it was! That is so cute! He gets so nervous; it's too adorable..."

"Yeah... you should tell him that. Tell him he gets cute points or something..."

It was awesome... I smiled and laughed a lot as I always do around Josh. It surprises me that it's been a month and I have yet to actually get mad or annoyed with him as generally happens. I guess that's a good sign? Indeed...

I only have a little bit of homework to do between now and tomorrow which makes me very happy because I can basically goof off. Plus, I don't have to be anywhere until 9:45 tomorrow morning so I'm going to sleep in until 8:40ish. :)

I had a GR in Calc 3 today. I think it actually went really well - I was quite pleased with myself. And, I kinda stayed awake in English. Unfortunately, I didn't do very well on my EM GR so I'm going to have to rework all of the problems and turn it in again on Wednesday.

This weekend I plan on doing something somewhat productive with my life. Meaning, I'll write my poli sci paper and read the rest of "King Lear". Also, I'll finally catch up in my poli sci and MSS readings, finish reworking my EM, do some Calc 3 homework and yeah...go from there.

Fun times.