What is E for?

...I don't know yet, actually. My mom wrote me yesterday morning to ask what E is for, now that the whole family has read D. It's a little hard to write when you know your family (hi, family!) is probably hanging on every word. E is for... egret? Engagement ring? Elopement? Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective? I don't know. I'll decide tomorrow.

I called my mom on Wednesday, before I posted my D entry, to give her the heads-up on my plans before she read them on my weblog. She seemed rather, well, surprised, to say the least. I had two main points that I was trying to convey in the conversation: 1) that she's the mom, and I get why she would be concerned about me (but it's okay!), and 2) that this isn't some whim that I came up with last week. I've put a lot of thought and research into my plans.

So then yesterday (Friday, that is), she wrote me to let me know that she'd told my grandmother and my aunts, and that they had questions which it was incumbent upon me to clarify. Questions clarified, but it makes me all paranoid and insecure to know that people are talking about me and around me but not to me. It all feels very seventh grade somehow.

My Japanese final yesterday (that is, Friday) afternoon was a little harder than I was expecting. It probably could have used more studying than I gave it, but I'm fairly certain I got a high enough grade on it to get me an 'A' in the class. I forgot to write my entry yesterday as the evening wore on.

I was going to write two today, but I spent the morning procrastinating cleaning my room, then spent the afternoon (off and on) actually doing it. It's significantly cleaner now... I've got some clothes to put away and some boxes to stack strategically, and then I should be about done. I really need a night stand with drawers to stash stuff in, though. I keep finding things that would fit there.

This evening, Claudia and I took a bunch of stuff to Goodwill and cleaned the living room, so progress is being made, never you fear. But between the cleaning and the vegetarian chili and the 48 Hours mystery, I'm a little late with the entry. Ah well.