It's tempting to Alexander Supertramp it.

I was in the musical, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, at my college this fall. It was fun, but I'm glad it's over in a way. It was definitely good for me, however. I need structured activity. Now that I have a little more time to do what I please with I'm thinking a lot more. Thinking is usually a good thing, but I tend to think too much. I also have a wild imagination and a small amount of common sense. This combination often leads me to think of such things like going places on a whim. Today for example I have a horrible urge to run away on a greyhound to some place down south, take all my earnings (which are awfully, awfully slim.) and find a super, crappy shack in the woods where I can be like Thoreau and isolate myself from everyone and everything and just write. I get so into these ideas that I look online to see how much a shack down south would cost. Sometimes I even look into the price of greyhound tickets. Don't worry though, thankfully I'm not selfish enough to Alexander Supertramp it; though I get horribly, terribly tempted at times. As silly as this all sounds it's a serious issue for me. I'm praying that I have the strength to fight such urges. If I ever do give in I'll be sure to tell people first, though. I'm kind of going somewhere next semester that resulted from such musings, but actually I've been thinking about it for over three months now. I'm transferring schools. Crazy I know. This whole school situation has been absolutely insane for me. My mom and I frequently joke that I should just collect as many student IDs as I possibly can. I already have two. One for UofM and one for Carroll University. My third is going to be for UWM. I'm pretty sure this is going to be my third and final, however. It's funny how I ended up back where I began. That's where I was going to go before getting accepted to UofM. I'm absolutely thrilled for Milwaukee. I love the city of Milwaukee. Everything about it. (well...except that it gets so cold, but that's out of MKE's control anyways.) I'm going to move into a studio apartment downtown all on my lonesome. I'm most excited for this aspect of it; slightly nervous, but I believe it will do me a lot of good. I'm a very, very independent person and I thrive on being able to apply that independence. I've spent more time day dreaming about grocery shopping and eating oatmeal at my small little breakfast table in my bathrobe while listening to NPR in the mornings far more than I ought. I can so clearly see myself sitting on my pull out couch (the only piece of furniture I'll probably be able to fit in the place)and writing and listening to classical music. I'll get to jam to Weezer in my underwear while vacuuming and I'll be able to sprawl my canvases all over my floor. It will be wondrous. I'm also looking forward to having the power of public transportation. Sure it's slow, but since I'll be a UWM student I'll get a free bus pass. FREE. Who wouldn't want free transportation even if it's slow! Don't get me wrong, I know there will be tough times. There will be some scary nights and other nights it'll be so cold I won't want to make the trek to get food and I'll opt to let my tummy grumble and complain, but I've wanted to live this way since I was fourteen. I truly will miss some things about my current situation such as how easy it is to register for classes and my wonderfully chill and fun roommate, but I've done all the growing I could possibly do at Carroll. It's time for me to move on; expand my horizons. I still have four more weeks where I'm at though and I have lots and lots of papers due, so back to writing a five page 11 pt. font paper about the fonts and other various typographical elements of two magazines. How Exciting! (That statement was obviously dripping with sarcasm, no make that drenched with sarcasm.)