Since I’ve basically fallen off the face of the earth, and because I’m in a pretty good mood despite the cold weather, and my hot water not working (!!!!), I feel that it’s basically time to catch up on the long, monotonous last month or so that had been my fall quarter ’08. Or shall we say my misery quarter. Let’s just put it this way, I made it out alive. Math 151 about killed me. That and football Saturdays and working all the other nights of the week. Stress city. Oh, and my internet here at the old apt. didn’t work all last quarter. But now, I here I am back from a restful break, with all my body parts and my GPA still in tact, bravely facing the challenges of winter quarter.

Sadly, my unhealthy relationship with mathematics is not yet over. 9 more weeks. However, since Math 152 is the last math I have to take to fulfill the math requirement for my B.S., it matters not if I totally understand the material inside and out. I basically need to pass. I know that’s the wrong attitude, especially this early into the quarter, but alas. It’s not worth my mental health to repeat last quarter and do math ALL THE TIME!!!

In other news, I remember why I loved working so much in the morning. Getting up at 5 every day kiiinnnndddaaaaa sucks, but by the end of the day I feel so accomplished. However, the disadvantage of having a campus job is not working over break and therefore not getting paid for a whole month. January 30th, aka payday, you can’t come soon enough.

School’s not so bad though. It’s something to do anyways. Walking to class in this weather is dangerous however. -9 with windchill of -24. That’s not like even realistic. My brain can hardly even comprehend how cold that is. One word, layers. As a present to myself for making it through last quarter alive, I bought myself, among other things, a legit bomber hat with rabbit fur. True, I may look like a woodsman/ WW2 pilot on my way to class, but it’s a small price to pay for being WARM. I’d highly recommend it.

The new year is always exciting though. New places new faces! New jams! And NEW PLACE TO LIVE NEXT YEAR! Not to hate on this apartment, it’s not the worst thing in the world. But the problems we’ve had with this place include but are not limited to: the internet not working, the power going out twice, the hot water disappearing twice, no laundry, the dishwasher breaking, the people upstairs wrestling ALL THE TIME, it’s cold, and it’s far from where all the cool kids live, aka it’s far from my friends ☹. Tomorrow I sign the lease for my house of next year and hopefully all my remaining years here at THE Ohio State University. If only we could move in tomorrow…

But in the meanwhile, I’m going to embrace the long weekend. I’m going to see Girl Talk at the Newport tomorrow and I’m pumped. I’m going to catch up on some much needed z’s. And I guess I’m going to catch up on some HW. Groan. But for now, I’m just waiting for the guy to come fix my hot water problem, and then after that, it’s nap city. Forever.

I’m going to make an earnest effort not to disappear into the folds of my life this quarter like I did last quarter. Generally I’d say I’m optimistic about this quarter. Generally. I have no reason not to be.

GO BUCKS?