I had a very long day at work today. Everything seemed to go smoothly. I don't like grad school very much right now but I am still hoping that things will get better with time. I feel like I got thrown into the deep end of a pool and now I am just trying to keep my head above water. I should be more thankful for my situation. I am sure there are many people in the world struggling to get their degrees who don't have nearly as good a situation as I have set up for myself for the next few years.

Amy sounded so cheerful on the phone tonight. We only talked for a few minutes because I was still at work but it was so nice to hear such joy in her voice again.

I have made a couple of new friends in the last couple of weeks. One of the them has decided that she wants to trade me guitar lessons for golf lessons. We shall see if that happens.

Just spent the last hour trying to calm my sister down. She moved up into our brother's house in Jax three weeks ago and tonight he asked her to move out. She has busted her ass to help him out for the last few weeks with his house, bills, and dog. Not to mention the fact that she dropped her entire life two hours away from Jax to be there for him. He can be such a shithead sometimes. Now I get to be the mediator for the family and try to get my parents and brother to see my sister's side of the story. Sometimes I am really glad that I moved to the opposite coast....