You'd think I already would have figured that out by now, right? It is my third year as an undergraduate after all. But it just keeps getting harder! I am so thankful it is Friday right now after a week of stressing out about how in the world I'm going to get everything done before the end of the semester; the thought of all the homework that I will inevitably end up working on most of the weekend is making me cringe! As one of my friends told me last Friday when we all took the night off to watch movies, "Don't say the H-word!" It's a good think I took the night off too because the rest of the weekend involved homework and getting as much sleep as possible. That's probably what this weekend will be like too. But, as one of my other friends would say, "this is life!" And it is... it's not always easy but we must make the best of it!
Luckily, I did have a very enjoyable fall break. Getting away from campus and going home was so nice! It's interesting how my view of home has changed since coming to college. Before leaving for my freshman year of college, I just couldn't wait to get out of the house and I left home on move in day without bating an eye. When my floor mates constantly talked about being homesick, I thought they were immature and needy. I definitely wasn't homesick and I remember not even really wanting to go home for the first break, even though I did. Now, I love going home. Not forever of course, but for short breaks. School is my home now in a sense since it's where I live for most of the year, but it's so nice to get away for a short while and just relax. I've also learned to value my family more since coming to college. In high school I thought they were annoying and would much rather hang out with friends all the time than spend a weekend with them. Now I truly enjoy spending time with them, and try to make the best of that time!
So, naturally, over fall break I spent time with my family. I also saw two of my friends who happened to be back from their schools. Lastly, I met up with some of my Morris friends. Three of us met up at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to see The Spoon Bridge and Cherry, the most iconic of all the sculptures at the Garden, which I had never seen before. However, it was really cold that day so we decided to go the Mall of America where another one of our friends was. It was all in all a good time and I was kind of disappointed that I had to head back to school. I could have used a few more days of break!
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| In front of the Spoon Bridge and Cherry! |
The last few weeks I have been so busy. I've been spending most of my evenings in the library working away. I have five papers that I have to write before the end of the semester - two of which need to be between ten to fifteen pages - and I have to worry about keeping up with all my reading! I have so much else to do too with my CA job and the research I am doing this semester with a professor! Thankfully, the professor understands that I'm super busy so she doesn't expect me to put a whole lot of time into the research. It's busy but everything will get done eventually... it always does!
The other day I did a pumpkin carving program on my floor which was fun. I hadn't done a program in a long time just because I've been so busy so I'm glad I finally had the opportunity to do one. Unfortunately, the grocery store in town was out of pumpkins (which I thought was ridiculous seeing as we went to buy them three days before Halloween!) but luckily, there was a plethora of other types of squash which we decided to experiment with. I also provided some fall-inspired food such as apples and caramel and Halloween-inspired cookies. Everyone who came seemed to enjoy themselves though squash are really hard to carve so it was more of a pounding party than a carving party! I understand now why pumpkins are the gourd of choice for carving!
Earlier today another CA and I went to the women's soccer game to watch our residents play. Our residents asked us to come watch them so we did and it was actually really fun. We arrived during halftime and they had already scored two points. They didn't score anymore while we were there but luckily, the other team didn't score at all either so we won! That was exciting and I discovered that soccer is pretty fun to watch! I'd never been to a college soccer game before and I must say, I did enjoy it. So, I haven't done any homework yet today but hopefully I'll get some done tonight and I'll for sure have to get to work tomorrow!
I should finish up now and actually accomplish something. It was good to write though... I get so tired of writing for school and I find that writing for fun is kind of rejuvenating.
Until next time...
~Britta
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