The Weekend in Review

Alright, I guess I should fill in the gaps in my life for the last few days. I always get in the mood to blog when I need to be studying.

My family and I spent this past weekend in Indiana, at the Notre Dame v. Pitt game (GO FIGHTING IRISH). Thursday, my cousin Will and I were supposed to drive back to Cumberland, meet our families, and then everyone was going to Ohio. However, this plan was kind of tripped up when I rear-ended another car before even making it onto the beltway. I wasn't texting and driving or doing anything stupid - I was driving behind a big truck and turned to check my blind spot to see if I could merge onto the beltway ramp. While I was looking out the back, the truck in front of me merged over, revealing a stopped car directly in my path, and I couldn't stop in time. No one was hurt and I didn't get a citation or anything, but I don't know how my car is faring as of yet. The front was pretty smashed up, but it could still move. I'm worried that it might be totaled, simply because it's a 2002 Toyota Camry, and insurance companies don't usually put effort into helping out older model cars. Hopefully it'll be fixable though, and I'll soon have Neville back in my possession. Yes, my car is named Neville, as in Longbottom, because it's accident-prone. Appropriate, right? We got everything sorted out, both cars towed away, and then my dad heroically drove 2 hours here to pick up my cousin and me and then drove back, picked up my mom and sister, and drove all the way to Cleveland. We got to our hotel by 4 am, and were back on the road to Indiana by 7.

Besides my accident, it was actually a pretty great weekend. We had a ton of fun at ND, despite the fact that my dad insisted on taking pictures of Claire and me all over the campus even though he's never done anything like that here at Maryland where he actually went to school. We attended a luncheon and a pep rally on Friday, and then the game on Saturday. The band was phenomenal, and their football team is so good this year (9-0!). It felt really weird to be getting so excited over a team that wasn't made up of Terrapins, but I've been a Notre Dame fan for literally as long as I can remember, and I can't just turn my back on that. It was a really intense game, and my whole family was saying that it was Grandma that gave the Irish the push for the win.

I've spent the last few days trying to get back on track, it was strange being away for four days. I really need to buckle down with my school work, there are only about five weeks left in the semester, and things aren't going to be getting any easier. I'm honestly considering quitting Tumblr for a while, because it provides a huge distraction for me. I guess we'll see how that goes, maybe I just won't use it much next semester. Either way, I need to do some serious reevaluating of my life and my priorities right now, I need to get myself back in line and on the ball.