Five Paragraphs

1. People always say San Diego is a beautiful city, but I never understood why. It seemed like a dull and brown sort of place to me. Until spring hit. We got a month straight of rain and afterwords the place just erupted with plant life. Everything turned a gorgeous green, and I've never seen more wild flowers in one place. I hate to admit it but it really is beautiful.

2. Our neighborhood is going in a bad direction lately. A couple of weeks ago, Curtis's car got broken into right outside our house. Someone smashed in the passenger window and took his Ipod. Additionally, there have always been homeless people who wander the main road near our place, but lately they have taken to visiting the dumpsters of our apartment complex. I'm thinking this was a bad time for me to lose my house key.

3. College is going ok. I am getting A's in three out of four of my classes, however, my English class is a different story. The problem is the teacher. His grading is wildly inconsistent- I've been turning in pretty solid work all semester, but the grades he's given me have ranged anywhere between a 33% and a 100%. His feedback is confusing at best, and his teaching consists of asking students what they think, and never, and I mean ever, telling us what he thinks. The only thing that I have learned from him is that you should always check a teacher out at ratemyprofessors.com before enrolling in his or her class.

4. I got my green belt in Taekwondo a week ago. Which is pretty cool, it means that for the first time since high school I've managed to stick to a Martial arts class long enough to get somewhere with it. The day class is a nice little group of adults who I actually talk to and even go out to lunch with sometimes. The class is probably the only thing I will miss about San Diego when we leave.

5. We're moving in September or October, but we still don't know where. Curtis says he will probably not be able to decide on a job until one or two months beforehand. It kind of drives me crazy not being able to plan for the move yet. On the other hand, just knowing we're moving can be liberating in a way. It's like, anything I don't like about my life right now I can tolerate, because I know it's only temporary.