My ideal class schedule would be one that has classes start at, oh, 11:30 or so, and run solidly until about 3:18. That would be a-ok. I could still work in the morning, or in the evening, whichever I preferred. I would have a chunk of learning each day, and that would be it. Instead, what I get stuck with is these random hour-and-18-minute or 48-minute blocks in between classes. I don’t really mind the free time, but in this weather, and due to the location of my classes, it’s severely impractical to return to my dorm in between classes.

Therefore, I often find myself in need of somewhere to go. I feel sort of like a wandering refugee twice a week after French and before econ. A lot of times, I default to the Science and Engineering library, open 24/7 and always warm and welcoming for the most part. I can try and get work done, or I can simply veg in the new lounge chairs on the third floor. On other occasions, class is boring and I write notes to my friends in other states that I promptly take to the post office after class. Today, a fellow French/ econ. refugee and I straggled into the Journalism Building, located conveniently near both my French class and my econ. lecture hall. There are two open computer labs for student use, one with Macs and one with PCs. We settled comfortably into the PC lab (his choice) and basically did nothing with the help of the World-Wide Web until it was time to learn about Average Total Cost and Long-Term Cost Curves. Fun stuff.

The moral of the story is, there are many options when one finds his or herself wandering campus with time to kill before class. These discoveries are going to be especially key when I am living off campus next year, making going home increasingly less practical.

C’est tout.

GO BUCKS!