It's been a while since I've posted, mostly because these past couple weeks have been, in a word, ridiculous. Suddenly, Thanksgiving break was over and I was in my last two weeks of class. Fast forward a bit and you find me here at the beginning of finals week, already sleep-deprived and sitting at my computer damming wretched fate that has me taking 19 credits this semester. I hadn't even thought to post anything new until I happened to glance at my student planner, and lo and behold, there was a little 19 in the margins next to today's date. I've been counting down the days until I left for Rome since early September and as those numbers in the margin have kept me going for most of the semester. But as I have been watching those numbers drop lower and lower, I began to feel a sense of foreboding. Suddenly, the semester didn't seem to be crawling idly by anymore. It was quite the opposite - the days began to fly by, and I saw what little time I had left at SMC start to disappear before my very eyes.
Now don't me wrong - only an act of God could keep me from getting on that plane to Rome on January 2nd. But as I am forced to accept the fact that I'll be hundreds of miles away from SMC at best (and thousands of miles away at worst), I've been feeling rather sad. *For those of you who know me best, insert emo joke here.* But seriously. I had to say goodbye to a lot of people this weekend, and I didn't like it one bit. To all the saxes: I'm going to miss and every one of you, and Band Camp '10 won't come soon enough. To the SMC ladies: I still have some time with you all (and I'll see most of you in some delightfully random foreign country in a few weeks' time), so I'll save it for another day.
Anyways, I digress. The moral of the story is that I'm incredibly excited about next semester, but I know I'll miss South Bend and everyone and everything in it (and trust me, it's not too often you hear someone say that). But I think I've put off studying for long enough now, and being depressing is rather depressing itself. Go me, beat finals!
OMG! Natalie this sounds amazing! I am so jealous. So when do you have to start wearing your heels? ...If you are already having trouble in flats I would love to see you attack the cobblestones in your heels! ..And I totally could picture a bunch of umbrella vendors chasing your soaking-wet-self down the street. I was cracking up!
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