Excellent news over the past few days:

1) I have a place to stay in Dingle - after the B&B turned me down flat, BOTH hostels got back to me (yaay!), so now the only problem will be deciding between them. Well, and figuring out where to stay in Kinsale, Kilkenny, Cashel, Dublin...

2) Report card's back. For the first time in a long, long while, I didn't cringe while opening it.
medieval church: A
junior tutorial: A (A+ once I submit edits)
german: A-
Passes for everything else, including anthropology. A 3.9 term? You've gotta be kidding me! The last time I had a GPA like that was in high school...

Should've been a history major to begin with. But then, I wouldn't have gone to caltech... wouldn't have met the terrific people I know through Blacker and other houses... wouldn't have discovered medieval history, interacted with Professor Brown or Deverell or Washburn. I might not have taken so many academic and emotional beatings, but wouldn't be as wise as I hope I am now.

Perhaps it's better to not wonder "what if..."s, but to look ahead, especially since:

3) Sam may be visiting! :) He's in Livingston, probably the closest he'll ever get to Longview (especially since he'll probably not want to go back after this ;). If everything works out, he'll be coming to spend next weekend in Longview (and what's more, Longview will look GOOD after Livingston.) Hooray! :)