I'm trying to look at this situation with the "glass-half-full" mindset. Yes, I still have 4 more finals to go until I'm done. Yes, I did take the easiest one today, leaving all the hard ones for Thursday. But I have officially finished one college final. So I'm proud of myself, even though most of my friends on my floor have already taken at least 2 and are leaving on Wednesday or early Thursday. Meanwhile, I'm stuck here til Friday morning, because of one exam that has a common time. There are two large sections of the class, and to make things easier, the professors decided to hold them both at a special time, which happens to be Friday, the day that most people have no exams onand get to be home or are on their way there. Lucky me!
I'm trying to do as much as possible before then so I can leave ASAP. Who wouldn't want to, anyway? I've packed up as much as I can (mostly food, pjs, socks and camis) and I'm just anxious for Thursday to get here. Of course, I'm dreading it because I have 3 finals in a row, but I think I'm (almost) ready for them. Plus, that way, the day should just fly by and then I'll have one last exam bright-and-early Friday and then...I'm home! Of course, that's after a 2 1/2 hour drive, but at least I'll be spending it with my mom and looking forward to everything that Christmas break will bring. I. CAN'T. WAIT!
Tomorrow's a study-my-butt-off day, one last chance to make sure I'm totally prepped for my math, wildlife ecology and 20th century fiction finals. It'll hopefully be a productive day.
I'm more than ready to go home...just gotta get through these last 4 finals!
So this weekend's my last before I head home for Thanksgiving break! I can NOT tell you how excited I am for 9 days of my own bed, bathroom, delicious food (and not just on Turkey Day), free time and getting to be with my amazing family. Some days, the 132 miles (yes, I looked it up, thank you Mapquest!) between us just seems like so many more, especially when I'm counting down to a weekend at home. For some reason, they always go by way too fast though, since I'm usually going-going-going. Plus it probably has to do with the whole "time flies when you're having fun" thing.
Not that weekends on campus aren't fun, they just aren't nearly as fun. And they seem to drag. Last weekend was pretty long and dull, because I had a lot of homework to do and other stuff like laundry. Plus my friends from the hall went back to the Springs, so I was kinda lonely. Oh, except my roommate was there (as usual...she lives only about 30 miles away, and hasn't been home once except for one night!) but that's not really thrilling, since we're not friends. We talk occasionally, but she pretty much is hooked to her computer or leaves way late at night, interrupting my sleep. So yeah, we're not that close.
This weekend should be a little better...maybe. It's only supposed to be in the upper 30s and possibly snow tomorrow, so there's not much of a chance I'm gonna go outside to get away from my room. I might get to go out for dinner, but otherwise I'm going to the study lounge just down the hall so I can escape my room which is plagued with germs (yes, my roomie is sick with a cold, constantly coughs and spends most weekends completely in the room besides meals and bathroom breaks...so I'm not going to get much of a break from her this weekend, especially since she's sick :[ ). Maybe I'll brave a short walk, but only with coat and gloves.
And I do have more homework to do, not to mention laundry, just so I can give my mom a little break when I do go home. I have a math paper to write (really, a paper in math?), an essay to start (it's due the day after break, so if I don't want to be a slave to my laptop during break, I need to start it soon) and possibly study for a wildlife ecology test right after break. What is up with these teachers scheduling tests/papers for right after break? Couldn't they push it back a week to give us a chance to actually enjoy our free time? Oh, and spring registration officially begins for me at 3:20 p.m. on Sunday, so I'll frantically be trying to get into the classes of my choice at that time.
Another 'must-do' is watch SNL on Saturday. It's one of my favorite shows, and it really helps me unwind after a long week. It's new this week, too, so it's going on my weekend checklist.
Other than that, not much. I really hope I can do something with my friends, though, even if we just grab a frozen yogurt (crazy in this cold weather, I know, but there's a really good place that's only a ten minute walk from our dorm). I hope your weekend goes well too and is more exciting than mine. But I'm not complaining too much...less than a week til I go home :)
According to my Facebook news feed last night, it seemed like it snowed everywhere. Everyone's status was about how much they love snow, how it was so great that it finally snowed, blah, blah, blah.
Why was I mad? Do I hate snow? No, actually, I've been looking forward to snow since October, the first month when in usually snows in Colorado. No, I was mad because in Fort Collins (where my college is), it decided to rain. HARD! And of course, I wasn't expecting this so when I get out of my wildlife ecology class and see that it's pouring, I get a little upset. Because I have to walk halfway across campus to take a math quiz and then walk all the way back to my dorm. Did I mention I was wearing just a button-down shirt with a bandeau top underneath, jeans and leather platform shoes?
So basically, I got soaked. All in the name of math.
Later that afternoon, when I had to go to my math class, I was smart enough to actually put on a jacket. Suprisingly, it stopped raining but it was still freezing. (Here's my question, though: since it was below 40 degrees all day, how could it have possibly been raining, instead of snowing? Just asking.) By the time my math class got done at a quarter to 5, it was nearly dark and colder than ever. This is why I hate daylight savings time.
When I logged onto my Facebook page back at my cozy dorm, I was shocked at how many people's statuses involved snow. Most of my FB friends live somewhere in Colorado, and from Denver to the Springs to Boulder there was snow. But not in good old FoCo. In fact, most of my FB friends who also attend CSU has posts complaining about the lack of snow. So I wasn't alone.
Basically, I want it to snow. Really, really bad. I'm hoping that when I go back home to the Springs for Thanksgiving break that it actually snows. Which it probably will, since my house is in an area of Colorado Springs where it snows pretty much twice as much as anywhere else. I think I've got a pretty good chance of a white Thanksgiving.
