Grades were posted yesterday. I managed a B in Comparative Political Analysis, and I'm more proud of that B than I am the A's I got in everything else. GPA's up to 3.71.

The traditional post-semester clean-up is now underway. Phase one involves putting everything back where it belongs and taking out all the accumulated dirty dishes, trash and recyclables; phase two involves cleaning the whole bedroom and bathroom; and phase three, a new addition this time around, will involve attempts to sort through all of my things and figure out what's worth taking on the move to Matt's, what's worth donating and what's worth tossing. It bothers me how much useless junk I've picked up in my three years in this house or kept over from high school and earlier. It'd be great if I could get rid of a sizeable chunk of everything I own in the next month or two. Things are only worth the value you give them and I'm going to strip everything of that worth.

I'm heading to Asheville this weekend for my blood work and CT scan check-up at the clinic, then I start back at Summer Job on Tuesday. My first purchase is going to be a new computer because despite my vigilant maintenance, this six-year-old machine is stumbling toward its grave like a zombie in stilettos. It amazes me how cheap they are these days: I could trick out a Dell with everything I want and it'd be only $806. I would get one custom-built independently but my sphere of geeky knowledge does not extended into that intimidating realm. Oh, to soon have a decent computer and be out of debt!