TIP Update

So here I am at TIP, into the third week with only a couple days to go. Getting onto a computer for personal reasons, "legally," is like trying to not shiver naked in a blizzard, but fortunately I have received the opportunity to get the evening activity Library for the night; it's the reason I'm talking to ya'll right now.

I absolutely adore my class, subject and person-wise. Overall, this is my favorite TIP experience (so far), and I am so glad I didn't chicken out to save money for a later date (aka Europe). This brings me to question whether or not I'm willing to sacrifice my fourth-year, fourth-year status (we're a dying breed) for a couple weeks in Europe. I'm sure the opportunity to travel to France and such will always be there, and I can only do TIP one more time before I can no longer do so (without becoming a fifth-year, fourth-year but they're a different story).

My RAG (RC group, whatever) has become the closest thing to a family I have at TIP, even though I have favorites among those I am able to get along with and am friends with but we probably won't stay in touch. Out of the original sixteen, we've lost two: the first was Stephanie during the second week, and she was hospitalized due to a medical condition that has been undisclosed to us (and not to be mean but she was always the odd one out anyway), and the second was Roja last night, and she had to leave because of a national tennis tournament that she would never have the option to due again. But for the rest of the girls, we all get along okay to an extent but overall I feel close to maybe a few.

Graham and I celebrated our two-year anniversary during the first week, and it went alright, but TIP is very strict at West campus on the PDA rules (apparently, kissing foreheads is going too far), and so we've had to move our affections into alcoves where RCs hardly go by. Thankfully, both of our RCs understand our struggles and have said to us both together personally that they have nothing wrong with "being sweet" in the alcoves on our hall. However, this brings me to a slightly less positive topic. In the past couple weeks, quite a few issues we have had were brought to my attention. I informed Graham of these issues, and all in all we broke up in our second week. Now, upon later examination of the situation, we decided that while we're staying broken up after TIP, we're going to make the best of the time we have left together. We recognize that what we have is too real to just give up on it entirely, so we do still plan for things after we're eighteen, but in high school we're cooling it. I mean, I have IB to think about, and I honestly cannot afford to get hurt again and be distracted in any way, not to mention the frustration I have sexually.

Anyway, I'll be back once I get home (and when I'm done with school work) to give details of TIP and to finish the "Love of my Life" posts.

I hope I don't get TIPression too bad...

Love,
Caitlyn