Peas and Carrots

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ~Margaret Mead

Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Rochelle - the younger sister (if you're in the mood to label). I am 21 - well, not yet, but I will be in 12 days, so I figure that's close enough - and I'm the peas of the peas and carrot duo. Why am I the peas? Well, simply because my fifteen-month older sister is the carrot. Think about it. Kids hate vegetables, they just do. But hand them a carrot stick and most of them will drop into a Bugs Bunny impression and eat it cheerfully enough. But with peas ... it's a different story. Those who like peas, really like peas, but those who don't ... just don't. Well, stick around and it might start to make sense.

I'm in the process of working full-time. Kay, fine, not full-time, but nearly 36 hours a week. And attending the local university for nine credit hours. I would love to do twelve, but I found that going 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, is about all I can handle - seeing as I typically have homework to do over the weekend. I'm double majoring in English and Social Work... or maybe English and Psychology. I've yet to figure out whether Social Work or Psyche is better. I do know, however, that I'm majoring in English. Therefore, I signed up for English classes.

I'm signed up for United States Civilization. Oh, right, that's not English. But it's a general requirement. I have this particular class on Monday, and, for the most part, it seems like it will be a good class. The teacher seems to be genuinely interested in his subject, and that's always a plus. The downside is that there are some rather weird students in this class. Like, one who believes that we should all get the black plague again so that it will kill off the one-third of the world that is unemployed. Right, genius idea, we'll just hand out a noncontagious black plague pill along with their welfare checks.

I, luckily, have Tuesdays off. My class today is World Literature (and yes, that is an English class). I'm not as excited as I guess I should be to attend, but that's just because I'm way tired. I will let you know how it goes. And tomorrow's class is British Lit: Renaissance ... I was told the teacher in this one is particularly good. We'll see.

So, onto the social aspect of my life. Kay, admittedly, it's not much at this point. I typically avoid dating if at all possible. For one thing, I'm generally much too busy. For another, I just don't find it fun. I'd much rather get together with a bunch of people as a group. However, Stephanie (a girl I've been friends with for 12 years now) wants to set me up with some guy who has apparently gotten sick of setting himself up. We were going to double a couple of weeks back, but Stephanie's boyfriend, who had just returned from his LDS mission in California, decided to play soccer and break both the shin bones in one leg. So, this set up is postponed for a while. Which I'm kind of glad about.

Well that's it for now. I'll keep you posted.