great day today. talked to maria for the first time since leaving her behind in Spain, and had a good quality conversation with Val. I also Finished up the last little bits of my independant study course, nostalgified by playing the original Zelda game for about an hour, made dinner for my dad and I, fixed a few of the problems on my computer, programmed three messages into my new scrolling message belt buckle (my brother bought me one as a belated birthday present), went swimming twice, once with family, and again with one of my greatest friends, Allyson, and had a great talk with her about relationships, childhood, and other matters of life, and ended the night with a hearty serving of pete and pete, and then helping my future roomie Richard witha religious debate with some friends of his. great day...