There's a bug going around, and it's not fun. So far it's hit a lot of my classmates, some with the same symptoms, others with different ones. I caught it about a month ago and it's still lingered like a flea-bitten stray. The diagnosis? Chronic senioritis. Yep, CS has settled onto Truman's campus with full-force, attacking every senior or super senior in sight. No senior I know is immune. Symptoms include fatigue, laziness, occasional drunkenness, melancholia, nostalgia, insomnia, anxiety, listlessness, and a general lack of caring.
But seriously, folks, being a senior sucks. By this point, I'm so incredibly ready to graduate, yet am simultaneously terrified by the future, and yet am also finding it hard to care about anything anymore. There's so much to think about and worry about: grad school applications, the TAPIF application, my Capstone project, a research opportunity in Québec presented to me recently, the French play, being the Vice President of Pi Delta Phi, peer teaching, not to mention the mounting schoolwork in general where every professor seems to think that their class is a) our only one or b) the most important.
Sigh. October has begun. Don't get me wrong: I love October; Fall is my favorite season. But thank God midterm break is next weekend. Granted, Kat and I only get one extra day off since we already have Fridays free, but, as she said, one day is one day. We're definitely looking forward to it, especially since Thursday is one of our most difficult days. Also, this is the first time since we've been in college that the Folklife Festival in Hannibal has coincided with midterms, so on Saturday or Sunday we'll go down there and take some much needed time away from Kirksville.
In other news, Lauren got back from her séjour in Québec recently and brought me, not only a hard copy of Bruno Pelletier's newest album, but also a small, stuffed moose with a fleur-de-lys on his belly. I love him. He is adorable and soft and he is all mine. French Immersion Weekend was this past Saturday and Sunday. I take the Praxis exam for French on Halloween. No play practice tonight. Biology test next Tuesday. All of the days are kind of blending together.
I need a nap.
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