There’s only one full week left of
school before finals period – isn’t that crazy? Of course, there are a few days
before Thanksgiving, but no one’s feeling that on-the-ball at the moment – thus
the tardiness in this blog. And my last final isn’t until December 21st,
so I’ll be sticking around awhile, probably working on my thesis. But still – I
am about halfway through my senior year of college. When did that happen?!
That said, I just finished my last
midterm on Wednesday. It was logic; I was fairly worried about it – worried
enough that I still feel kind of anxious in the aftermath, even though I can’t
do anything about it now, which I can usually compartmentalize away. I did get
an A on my ROTC midterm, though, as I found out this morning, so that’s one
more worry out of the way. Now only a couple of papers stand between me and
finals period.
I can tell I’ve been worked up
lately by a couple of things. One is the fact that I keep waking up in the
middle of the night; this morning I woke up, took my vitamin C supplement, and
fixed myself a cup of tea before realizing it was only midnight and I had five
more hours (I saved the tea for later). The other is my stomach acting weird,
although it’s been fairly well-behaved for midterm season. We had weigh-ins for
ROTC, and I’ve gained a few pounds, but it’s all muscle, so I’m happy with
that. ROTC is also finishing up; today we have our final staff meeting.
Everything is beginning to wrap up.
I’ve also had the chance to be a
little more social over the past week. On Saturday night I went to the
Navy/Marine Corps Birthday Ball and for the first time in four years actually
changed out of my uniform and stayed a little while to dance. I used to feel
more awkward just standing on the dance floor obviously not really knowing what
to do, but then I realized that’s pretty much all that’s required, except for
the people who get drunk and decide to go for it. We had a good time. I also
got to talk one-on-one with several friends this week, which was a nice way to think
over how the past few months had gone and share some frustrations.
What else happened this week?
Attendance was pretty low at FUEL, between the cold and the rain and the dark
and the general business, but we showed up and I tried out a kids’ song that at
least I hope everyone enjoyed. We’re not having it next week due to
Thanksgiving, which will make things simpler as I prepare to head home. I will
be going back to Texas to spend Thanksgiving with the family, so I won’t be
posting next week; I’ll start again the first week of December.
This weekend is going to be
exciting as well; I have my ticket to Harvard-Yale, the one football game that
everyone cares about here. The game is at Harvard this year, which is good,
because I don’t think I could work up the energy to go all the way back to Yale
again, although I’m sure the administrators would rather Yale have to deal with
the logistics hassle. We’ll see what the weather’s like and if I end up staying
for the whole thing.
Speaking of the weather, it’s still
pretty warm around here, although it hasn’t diminished the foliage one bit. It
has started getting dark around four, though, which is not motivating when it
comes time to settle in for homework; I finish dinner (which I eat at five) and
feel like it’s already time to curl up with some tea and go to bed.
Fortunately, essays can be written just as well in bed as anywhere else, and I
just received a care package from my parents with lots of soup and chocolate to
keep me company.
That’s about all I have for this
week. Have a happy Thanksgiving, and I’ll talk to you in a couple weeks!
Pictures:
You'd be forgiven for thinking I was driving home late at night, but this is actually about 5:30 in the evening on my way back from ROTC.
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