adventures of spring break

I finally have time to update!! Of course, that means that spring break is officially over (for me). However, I've come to terms with that fact, and truthfully, it's a good thing that now I can settle into routine once again. But before I start catching up on the papers and studying that I really should be getting to, let's figure out how I've spent the last week and a half!

Where have I left off... Oh yes. It has been awhile, hasn't it. Last you have heard, I found out that I did well on my Bio test. Yes... then, I discovered that my confidence should not have perhaps extended as greatly to my other classes. The Calc test turned out alright, but that is probably more to do with the fact that I got lucky with a lot of my guesses. Let's just say that I have a lot to restudy for the final. Chemistry... was a LOT harder than I expected. And the worst thing is, I don't even know what grade I got on the test!! aaahhh!!! Well, enough complaining.

Spring break was a total blast. I rode down to the cities with probably two of the craziest girls in the J3 wing, and that was awesome in itself. We rode a giant rocket. How cool is that. Pictures may come later, but I do have them as proof.

And... unbeknown to me, Carol was planning all this time to spend her spring break in Boston as well! (Although for mightier reasons than me; she spent her whole week working in a food bank for AIDS patients and their families.) Carol and I had a lovely evening getting lost in the shopping districts of Boston... although, after we split up to head our separate ways home, I managed to get even more terribly lost. After wandering around for 45 minutes in the dark alleyways of the warehouse district of Cambridge, I finally figured out that I had gotten off at the wrong T stop and was still very far away from anything I could recognize. Talk about scary. (Don't worry, Mom and Dad! I called up Josh eventually, and he saved the day.)

I'm pretty sure that I have lost a few pounds this trip. Being away from the freedom of all-you-can-eat dining centers will do that to you. Well, and I walked pretty much everywhere in Boston. I think that on average, I walked 3-4 miles every day. That is especially impressive, taking into account the fact that pretty much everywhere I went, I wore my backpack filled to max capacity with boring placebo/mind-body medicine books. (Yeeessss, I'm still working on that paper... in fact, I have one that is due this Wednesday that I haven't even started on... eeeek!) Grr... why can't I stay on one topic.

However, all the walking and lack of eating has still not given me the ability to fit into that wonderful size 4 clothing. I went shopping at Old Navy yesterday, and somehow, my body constitutes a size 8 in pants sizing?! Freaking clothing industry. I know it's just a number, but what is the industry's deal? Are they trying to make everyone go on a diet here?

Okay, now I'm done ranting. All in all, it was an excellently full spring break. I had excellent food, I breathed fresh air (which is more than I can say about the poopishly-corn-smell I am currently experiencing through my open window), I got a greater sense of how lucky I truly am, and I got to spend it all with my cousin and other wonderful people. The plane experience was even awesome; I met some girl from Ukraine flying in to play piano in Missouri, I sat next to a female chemist on one of my plane rides, and I'm pretty sure that the guy I sat next to flying into the Twin Cities was flamboyantly gay. It was a fantastic trip, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Except with caffeine pills, so I wouldn't be so tired all the time!!

Talking about time. Bedtime! More later, perhaps.