Snow days

Contrary to the idea of this city being pretty close to sea level, we got an arctic freeze (say what?) this weekend and we're snowed in.  But for this area, that means we got a few inches of snow and a lot of ice and so everything is shut down.  People who had finals today either have them online or they've been postponed till we get back in January (thankfully, I didn't have any scheduled today).  Yesterday, we went down to south campus, which is really beautiful during any weather, but especially during snow.  I took about a roll and a half of black and white film over the course of the day, but given that its film, I can't really post any pictures right now.  I hear that it's snowing back home, too, so that's also exciting.  I really love snow until I get tired of it.  Hopefully, that won't happen for a while. 

I'm flying home on Thursday.  I'm finally starting to be ready for it.  I know I'll be really excited to see friends and family in the next few days, and then I'll get to be excited to see my new beloved friends again.  I have so much that I want to do, now that I won't be working over break.  Here's my list of things to do over break:

Finish Lamb

Finish 1984

Knit happy things

Listen to good new music

Find somewhere to volunteer

Read The Road

Read The Autumn of the Patriarch

Go running 

Go hiking

Do yoga

Spend time with friends

Cook

Bake

Play mandolin

I think that sounds like a good plan for break, yes?  Part of me just wants to spend the whole break holed up in my house with my books and crafty projects, but a bigger part of me is more excited about spending time with friends.  It's possible that when I'm in Mexico, I might just be really anti-social... or "on retreat."    Whatever.  The thing is, living in the dorms is fabulous because it's so social but that's also sometimes a downside in ways I don't really think about very much. That is to say, it is really good because it so friendly but sometimes it's a little bit stressful just because it's so hard to get personal time.  Maybe that's just me personally.  I just want to be out in the common room with my friends (even just studying) if I know they're out there.  

This semester has been really good.  I'm only halfway done with finals, but I feel pretty solid about them, especially the Islam one.  That is a reward all by itself, but the knowledge that I can do this and do it well is the biggest reward of all.