All that I know...

So, I finished finals. Hooooooorayyyy! And I'm going to Rosarito this weekend with my parents (very random). I'm soooooooo relieved that I get a five-week break. I can't emphasize that ENOUGH.

I feel like I've lived a lot more this semester...should I put it that way? I feel like I have a broader exprience of life, to put it another way. My heart has been torn apart in every which way. But yet, it's still in tact. How is that possible? I guess I can call myself somewhat resilient now.

If there's one thing I've learned in the past few months, it's that life reallllllllly hurts. I understand real sadness now. Ohhhh man, do I. Because I'be felt that, I feel empowered. For once, I feel like I know real strength, through real sadness. If that makes sense.

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Random things that happened today:

• there was an armed robber on the loose in my parents neighborhood and a gazillion helicopters flying about looking for him. Kind of amusing/scary.
• I was play-fighting with a girl at my work (I hang around too many boys) and she charged me and ended up hitting me in the nose with her face. I kid you not. I now have a fun little bruised bump on my nose. People will think I've been beaten...hehehe.

Life...is funny, sad, happy, draining, exciting....is it always such a rollercoaster? I guess I will see.