us open

last friday, i got to go to the us open and watch some great tennis. dave and i went last wednesday to try and get tickets, but after standing in line for a little over 2 hours, we decided we would be better off buying tickets for friday so we could spend more time on the grounds. however, we ended up having about as much time on friday as we would have on wednesday. thursday night, we went out with one of dave's friends and meghan.
one of meghan's friend's friend won a contest at a local bar and they had free beer for them and all their friends for 2 hours...that was followed by a karaoke bar and then it was 3am...i had to be at school at 10 to register for classes and it, as expected, lasted longer than i had planned. partially because the lady that was "helping" me was not very helpful at all. long story short, we didn't end up getting to the open until about 2 (same time as we would have gotten in on wednesday).
overall, i think it was a good choice, mainly because there were better people playing by friday and i got to see a couple people i wouldn't have been able to on wednesday. the pic above is of andy murray. it was a great time, but next year, i will make sure to buy tickets online and print a schedule. hopefully, we won't have the same amount of rain next year, either!

as far as school goes, i never did get registered because the computer shows that i don't have the pre-requisites for the classes i want to take and the very helpful advisor i met with didn't think she needed to pick up the phone and fix the problem. i'm going back on tuesday to see if i can meet with someone a little more proactive. for classes, i'm going to be taking translations and geometry on tuesdays and thursdays and discrete math on mondays and wednesdays. don't think it's going to be too stressful, but i don't want to slack off either. i'm so excited to get back to school, but i realized today that i'm not prepared, at all!! i don't have notebooks, books, or a calculator...i need to get busy this week.