wow.. long time no blog

ok, i just check and the last time i blogged was when i graduated. so i guess this is the time for me to give the internet world the latest in sandra news.
right after i graduated, i started my archaeology technology program at cabrillo college in aptos. it's broken down into three classes: survey, excavation, and lab. i finished survey and excavation already. i start lab on monday. it's been pretty fun. and the ppl in the class are pretty cool (for the most part). and like all anthro/archaeology ppl, alcoholics. every friday we all went to the seabright brewery to just hang out. which would have been super fun if i had been able to go every friday. but i had sucky quizno's to deal with.
the survey class was all about map making, reading maps, how to do surface searches for artifacts, and all that fun stuff. we had a three day camping trip to los padres national forest to survey. that was pretty fun. the excavation class was the actual digging part. we were at the redman hirahara house in watsonville. you can see it from hwy 1. it's the old victorian that's falling apart. it's the first japanese american site to be excavated. which was exciting. we at first wanted to see if there would be a clear anglo level and a clear asian level. but there wasn't. but that's ok. we found a ton of stuff anyways. lot of glass, buttons, tools, ceramics, gravel, dirt, and clay. and in the lab class, we're gonna sort everything into categories (interior decoration, kitchen, architecture, etc) and then identify things. like going through the sears roebuck catalog and saying "oh! here's the shirt that button came from!" but yeah, you should see us. it's a group of 30 ppl all wearing hats, long sleaved shirts and pants, doing various excavation things. we're an odd sight to see. all covered up and all.
aside from the class, which runs from 8-5 monday to friday, i also have quizno's. so by the time i come home, watch days of our lives, and shower, i'm half asleep. which is great if you don't want to talk to ppl ever during the class. but yeah. ...good times... the only thing i've kept up with is my soap and email. and seriously, in that order.
also, i now have a roommate. which is cool. b/c he can pay half the rent and i don't have to go insanely into debt over the stupid rent. he's quiet, from wisconsin, 20 and we never see each other. he wakes up and leaves for his internship before me, comes back when i go to work, and sleeps before i come home from work. it's like living with an invisible person. odd.
right after this program ends, i'm leaving santa cruz. which will be interesting. so yeah, if you know anyone in santa cruz who wants furniture, send them my way. i have a couch, tables, chairs, a desk, bookshelf.. yeah. it'll be interesting.