well, it seems that my plans for a relaxing vacation and time with friends hanging out in the city that i never get to see anymore have been almost completely squandered. here it is friday, and i have officially been sick now for about 5 days. i feel better but i can get rid of this horrible sinus cold. i hate the fact that my mom doesn't have the kleenex with lotion in it cuz my nose feels about ready to fall off and it sux. anyhow, the time hasn't been ill spent. i've got to see my brother and mom and dad more than i have any of the last four times i've been home this year. so the family time has been worth it, but i fear that i may have now gotten my mom sick which is bad cuz her immune system is about 4 times worse than mine. yesterday, vaughn and i went down to san jose state to buy his books for school and i can tell that he is now finally getting excited about the whole process. he is happy that he is going to be majoring in the coolest building on campus, yet is still depressed that he has to live at home for the first couple semesters. all of his friends that are going to sjsu get to live in the dorms and i know he feels a little left out. but then i remind him that he has his car, and he knows how much money he's put into it for lights, and bumber, and bucket seats, and a whole bunch of other stuff that i don't even realize. anyhow, he is happy about being in college and a little scared as far as computer engineering is concerned. i'm confident he'll be fine once he gets adjusted or maladjusted to college life. i was supposed to go see a show in the city tomorrow night with my friend who is in love with this up and coming new band. but i don't want to get sicker, and really need to get better before my own school starts. (sigh) i guess i'll just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings.

in other news, i failed my mechanical/electrical architecture test. which is not too much of a surprise. i had a horrible feeling going into it and came out of it feeling even worse. it was not at all what i expected nor what the study material covered. oh well...i guess i'll have to wait till january 2005 now to take it. which is a bummer, but what can i do? there are 7 more to take in the mean time. i made my roommates open my mail and be the bearers of bad news. well, at least i've passed one so far....my brother is just happy that i am actually capable of failing a test at all.

i still haven't signed up for classes or paid for tuition....i'm a little worried about the whole process since i haven't really been able to contact anyone about it. as far as i can figure, i can do it all on august 9th, which is next monday i think.

i can't wait till school starts. m y new job is turning out to be pretty favorable. although i'm not getting paid hardly anything. which is bad since money is going to be fairly tight with school coming and the hopes of going to europe for spring semester. but i figure that god provides everything we need, and if it is his will, then everything will fall into place accordingly.

ok, mom is home now, so i'm going to go. i just wanted to update you all there on the east and let you know i haven't fallen so ill that my words have been taken from me. later later. here's a pic of me in new york from brigita's camera phone....my brother said i look like i'm thiry-something years old....that's really bad....but then i guess it all evens out cuz since i've been home, he says i'm more like 19.